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June 22, 2020 | Labor & Employment
Today, public sector employers are presented with new legal issues as they deal with the global pandemic resulting from COVID-19. As employees start returning to work throughout the country, ...
April 29, 2020 | Automobile & Trucking
A private arbitration to assess liability and damages involving a motor vehicle accident was agreed to by counsel for both plaintiff and defendant. After considering the evidence presented, the ...
April 23, 2020 |
Handwritten notes made by a defendant on a document in evidence in preparation for deposition are not protected by the privilege extended by the attorney-client relationship or work product. The ...
April 6, 2020 | Workers' Compensation
As part of Pennsylvania’s on-going disaster declaration to address the spread of COVID-19, in alliance with the Governor's objectives to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 within the workers' ...
March 31, 2020 |
UPDATES TO INTERPRETATIONS OF FFCRA
On March 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor published a series of questions and answers on its website, providing additional guidance for ...
March 20, 2020 |
FAMILIES FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT
On March 18, 2020, President Donald J. Trump signed into law H.R. 6201, the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” (“FFC Act”) which, among other ...
March 12, 2020 |
Coronavirus disease, also known as COVID-19, is a global concern that is raising numerous legal issues new to many employers. Businesses are being impacted in various ways, including employees ...
January 16, 2020 |
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has held that a provision in an automobile insurance policy requiring an insured who is seeking first party medical benefits to undergo an independent medical ...
January 10, 2020 | Workers' Compensation
Listed below are the top ten OSHA Standards that employers violated the most over the 2019 fiscal year:
Fall Protection – General Requirements (1926.501)
Hazard Communication ...
December 30, 2019 | Automobile & Trucking
A Pennsylvania Trial Court in Lawrence County entered an Order on October 7, 2019 overruling the Defendant’s Preliminary Objections which sought to strike Plaintiff’s claims for recklessness ...
November 19, 2019 | Insurance Consulting, Insurance Coverage & Bad Faith
The relationship between an independent insurance broker and its business customers is one at arms-length. Absent evidence of some special consulting relationship, or some level of ...
September 19, 2019 | General Liability
A Federal Court recently dismissed a claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress filed by the decedent’s fiancée where the fiancée used a smartphone application to locate the decedent’s ...
July 1, 2019 |
In-house corporate attorneys will be pleased to learn of the recent Pennsylvania Superior Court decision recognizing the attorney client privilege for communications between corporate employees ...
May 20, 2015 |
The U.S. Supreme Court on May 4, 2015 held in Bullard v. Blue Hills Bank that a Bankruptcy Court order declining to confirm a bankruptcy plan is not 'final' and therefore not appealable as of ...
February 22, 2012 |
In Corbin v. Khosla, decided on February 21, 2012, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court resolved a dispute between state and federal courts on the consequences of owning an uninsured vehicle. ...
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