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Is a Workers' Comp Practice Compatible With Pro Bono?
For some time, the Philadelphia Bar Association's workers' compensation section has been searching for the best way for its members to fulfill their pro bono obligations. Christian Petrucci discusses the challenge of making pro bono service part of the "culture and fabric" of workers' compensation practice, and presents some ideas for helping to reach that goal.ABA Opinions Clarify Ethical Obligations in E-Mail Interception
One of the "trending" topics in employment law circles and blogs revolves around employees communicating by e-mail with their lawyers while on the clock and the extent to which such communications may be privileged.Federal Judge Rules Taxes Shouldn't Be Withheld in FMLA Settlements
No wage taxes should be withheld when an employer is settling a suit under the Family and Medical Leave Act, a Pennsylvania federal magistrate judge has ruled. Judge David R. Strawbridge found that the text of the FMLA differs from other employment statutes because it provides for "damages equal to" the amount of lost wages. By contrast, he said, Title VII uses language that shows Congress intended back pay awards recoverable under that statute to be treated as "pay."3rd Circuit Revives Reverse Sex Harassment Claim -- Barely
A Pennsylvania prison guard who said he was taunted with constant jokes from co-workers after he complained that a woman had sexually harassed him may have a valid claim that he was subjected to a "hostile environment," a federal appeals court has ruled. The court stressed that it revived the claim only on the thinnest of reeds, because the allegations had satisfied the requirements of notice pleading.Pro Bono Possibilities in Workers' Compensation Actions
For quite some time now, the Philadelphia Bar Association's workers' compensation section has been searching for the best way members of our section can fulfill our obligations as lawyers to provide professional services in an effort to make justice available to all and to increase our representation of the poor and disadvantaged who do not have appropriate access to the legal system.Trending Stories
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