By Michael Riccardi | January 11, 2018
Following is a listing of executive and legislative action for the week of Jan. 8. Both houses of the General Assembly were in recess and scheduled to return to session on Jan. 22.
By Samuel C. Stretton | January 11, 2018
I am a young lawyer and I want to start using credit cards since I am having difficulty getting clients to pay me. Are there any rules or regulations about using credit cards by an attorney?
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | January 11, 2018
The Commonwealth Court has reinstated an arbitration award requiring Lackawanna County to resume its past practice of providing to certain Court of Common Pleas employees an additional paid day off that is not specifically mentioned in the parties' collective bargaining agreement.
By Kristie Rearick | January 11, 2018
In 2013, plaintiff Justina Bogaski began working as a laborer for the North Park facility of Allegheny County's Public Works Department, in Pittsburgh.
By Kristie Rearick | January 11, 2018
On April 21, 2014, plaintiff Shana Leedie, 35, a salesperson, was driving a sport utility vehicle on north Interstate 95, in Philadelphia. When she was near the Front Street on-ramp, she became stopped in traffic and her SUV was rear-ended by a sedan. She claimed injuries to her neck, left shoulder, and back.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Lynne Z. Gold-Bikin | January 11, 2018
Domestic violence became a part of Pennsylvania law on Dec. 6, 1976. It was difficult to accept the fact that ongoing and accepted behavior between spouses in long-term marriages that had gone on for decades was now a civil tort.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By David G. Mandelbaum | January 11, 2018
The Pennsylvania appellate courts decided about two dozen cases that one could call “environmental” last year. A brief review follows that necessarily…
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. Dannunzio | January 11, 2018
The Commonwealth Court has ruled that while employers seeking a modification of workers' compensation benefits based on proof of earning power must show that positions identified in a transferable skills analysis are open and available, a claimant's own testimony about pursuing those jobs could also be used to bolster the employer's case.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Leonard Deutchman | January 11, 2018
Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part series.Last week, I discussed Winfield v. New York, 15-CV-05236 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 27, 2017), where…
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Ben Seal | January 11, 2018
A Pennsylvania State Police trooper fired for unbecoming conduct after he was accused of harassment by a female trooper can return to work because the incidents that led to his dismissal were not proven at an arbitration hearing, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
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