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June 28, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

2017 Roundtable Discussion on Diversity Issues

The editorial staff of The Legal Intelligencer recognizes diversity as a continuing concern in the legal community. This is our biannual discussion, an attempt to propose concrete solutions for the issues the legal profession faces in recruiting, hiring and retaining minority attorneys.
110 minute read
May 25, 2017 |

The Grand Bargain Becomes the Grand Betrayal

Over 100 years ago, the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act was introduced to the commonwealth. It was called the "grand bargain." The grand bargain resulted in the loss of the constitutional right of an injured worker to sue their employer in exchange for the certainty and guarantee of workers' compensation benefits consisting of a weekly check and payment of medical treatment.
7 minute read
April 20, 2017 |

Case Study: Diversifying the Plaintiffs Bar, One Small Firm at a Time

"We haven't hired a friend's kid," said a founding partner of 37-lawyer Pond Lehocky. "So I don't think we've ever been in that position where we have only candidates that look like our friends."
10 minute read
April 20, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Case Study: Diversifying the Plaintiffs Bar, One Small Firm at a Time

"We haven't hired a friend's kid," said a founding partner of 37-lawyer Pond Lehocky. "So I don't think we've ever been in that position where we have only candidates that look like our friends."
10 minute read
March 30, 2017 |

Workers' Comp 'Reforms' Don't Stand Up to Scrutiny

There's a classical Roman maxim: "There are some cures worse than the disease." Of course, we know what it means: There's an actual problem, but the proposed solution will either fail to solve the problem, create more problems or kill the patient. And we must consider the source of the proposed miracle cure. Pennsylvania Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, whose district includes parts of Bucks and Lehigh counties, is developing expertise in proposing legislative "reforms" to our workers' compensation legal system that are Trojan horses. They purport to solve a genuine crisis, but if enacted, would not help and, worse, will actually harm and create new difficulties for injured workers across Pennsylvania.
15 minute read
February 09, 2017 |

Four Exceptions to the 'Coming and Going' Rule: Protecting the Commute

Pennsylvania's workers' compensation statute is designed to protect workers who are injured, killed or disabled in the course of employment. With its origin dating back to 1915, the statute and accompanying administrative legal system has continuously adapted in an attempt to protect the ever-evolving Pennsylvania workforce.
14 minute read
February 02, 2017 |

People in the News—Feb. 3, 2017—Marrone Law Firm

Jacob N. Snyder joined Marrone Law Firm.
6 minute read
December 22, 2016 |

Workers' Comp Lawyers Pay Fee Refund After Appeal

In an outcome some plaintiffs' lawyers feared would cause a "chilling effect," the Commonwealth Court has ruled that a workers' compensation claimant's lawyer can be ordered to repay the employer unreasonable contest attorney fees when the employer prevails on an appeal.
9 minute read
December 22, 2016 |

Court Won't Consider Franchisors' Workers' Comp Liability

The state Supreme Court has decided not to weigh in on a case that attorneys said could have altered the landscape of the franchise business model in Pennsylvania.
7 minute read
December 09, 2016 |

Further Investigation Unnecessary in Many Workers' Comp Cases

For years, Pennsylvanians injured at work were entitled to receive notice from their employer's workers' compensation insurance carrier whether their claim was accepted or denied within 21 days. As a "paper system," this acceptance or denial comes in the form of a Department of Labor and Industry document. Eventually, the insurance industry cried that many claims required more than 21 days to investigate.
13 minute read

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