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- What Employers Need to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine/Testing Rules in Light of Recent Court Rulings
- Tucker Arensberg Welcomes Attorney Barb Zemlock to the Firm
- Updated 2022 Estate and Gift Tax Rates
- PA Supreme Court Extends Employer Liability For Injury Sustained After Work Happy Hour
- To Be Exempt From the Mask Order on Religious Grounds, Applicants Must Demonstrate that Wearing Masks Offends Sincerely Held Religious Beliefs
- Daniel C. Conlon Elected as Shareholder at Tucker Arensberg, P.C.
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- Event Release Invalidated for Violating Public Policy
- Parental Challenge to School District Compliance with State Mask Mandate Rejected
- Commonwealth Court Voids Health Department’s School Masking Order, But Appeal Keeps Mandate in Place
- Have Independent Contractors on Your Jobsite?
- Mandatory COVID Vaccine for Healthcare Workers
- IRS and SSA Announce 2022 Indexed Numbers
- Eviction Moratorium Ends – Rental Assistance Continues
- Tucker Arensberg Welcomes Attorney Brett Flower to the Firm
- Having a Discrimination and Harassment Policy is Not Enough to Avoid Potential Liability
- PA Senate Approves Another Telemedicine Bill
- Mike Cassidy Appointed Legal Advisory Group Member of the National Center for Telehealth and eHealth Law
- Tucker Arensberg Attorneys to Speak at the PBI Health Law Institute
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- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds that Communications between Agencies and their Consultants are not Exempt under the Internal, Predecisional Deliberation Exception
- Aaron Walayat Authors Article in Iron & Steel Technology Magazine
- Allegheny County Paid Sick Leave
- PA Catering Permits Now Open for Application. Plan now for Next Year’s Festivals, Food Truck Stops & Weddings
- Article Review – Intellectual property: What every medical practice needs to know
- The Authority to Punish Lewd Speech is Limited Once a Student Exits School Grounds
- Commonwealth Court Approves Assessment Appeals Based on Recent Sales and Cost Benefit Analysis
- The Continuing Saga of Hospital Price Transparency and Surprise Billing
- – ESTATE PLANNING ALERT -Legislative Proposals Could Significantly Impact Estate Planning Options
- The Tucker Arensberg Family Mourns the Loss of Charles J. Vater, a Forty-Six-Year Career Attorney and Shareholder With the Firm
- This Constitution Day, Let’s Celebrate Our Other Constitutions
- What Employers with 100 or More Employees Need to Know About the New COVID-19 Vaccine/Testing Rule
- Tucker Arensberg Lawyers Named Among the Best Lawyers in America® Lawyers of the Year, and as Ones to Watch in 2022
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- Third Circuit Affirms $96 Million Withdrawal Liability Award Against Renco
- Big Win for Tucker Arensberg’s ERISA Withdrawal Liability Group
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- The CDC’s Eviction Moratorium: The Government Responds
- Jennifer Bittel Derby to present Digital Assets Webinar
- The CDC’s Eviction Moratorium Challenged Again, But Is It Different This Time?
- Mike Cassidy Included Again in The Best Healthcare Lawyers in America 2022
- CMS Updates COVID-19 Vaccine Shot Payment
- CMS Resumes Targeted Probe and Education (TPE) Program
- The New CDC Moratorium: A Little More of the Same
- UPMC Finally Settles Data Breach Lawsuit for $2.7 Million
- Neil Gregorio Quoted in Bloomberg Law News
- The Keys to Certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise
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- CMS has Published the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule
- Ongoing Federal Telehealth Fraud Enforcement
- The “Promoting Competition” Executive Order: How Can Companies Comply with a “Right to Repair”?
- Tucker Arensberg Featured in Pittsburgh Business Times
- Survey of 401(k) Participants
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- IRS Extends Relief for Participant Signatures
- Individual Owners Held Personally Responsible for Withdrawal Liability Based on Rent-Free Leasing Activity
- DOL Cybersecurity Audits
- “Behavior Reminders for the Young Lawyer” by Honorable (Ret.) Judith K. Fitzgerald
- Mark Hamilton Authors Article in Iron & Steel Technology Magazine
- School Districts Are Not Required To Identify Employees Who Are Subject To Discipline Unless And Until They Are Demoted Or Discharged
- Bob McTiernan Talks With KDKA’s Jon Delano On Landmark Ruling from the United States Supreme Court
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- Pandemic Shows That Employees Are Open to Virtual Employee Education
- What Every School Board Member Should Know Before Using Social Media
- Tucker Arensberg Welcomes New Estates & Trust Attorney
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- Tucker Arensberg featured in Pittsburgh Business Times
- Benchmarking Your Retirement Plan
- The Era of Cocktails To-Go in Pennsylvania has Ended…For Now
- A Recent Case Highlights Equal Protections In The American Rescue Plan Act
- Lawsuits Continue Against Retirement Plan Fiduciaries
- EEOC Issues Guidance To Employers About COVID Issues, Including Vaccine Mandates and Incentives
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- 16 Tucker Arensberg Attorneys Named Super Lawyers® Pennsylvania
- Clean and Green Tax Program May Provide Opportunities for Property Tax Relief
- Christopher Voltz to present – The Accidental Meeting: Emails, Text Messages and Social Media Posts under the Sunshine Act and the RTKL
- Dept. of Labor Rule Impacting Independent Contractors and Gig Workers Rescinded by Biden Administration
- Nora Gieg Chatha to present Estate Planning Webinar
- Bob McTiernan Provides Input on PA ACLU – Student Free Speech Case to KDKA
- Court Denies Injunction to Student Claiming Denial of Rights to Participate in Extracurricular Activity
- Honorable (Ret.) Judith K. Fitzgerald and Beverly Weiss Manne to Speak at Turnaround Management Association (TMA) Event
- SBA starts accepting applications for COVID-19 Relief Grants of up to $10M from food and beverage businesses
- Medical Practices Face Liability for COVID Accelerated and Advance Payments and PPP Loans
- School District Effort to Prohibit Students’ Political Attire Enjoined
- Tucker Arensberg Welcomes New Labor & Employment Attorney
- Cybersecurity Guidance For Fiduciaries
- Official Action Taken on Added Agenda Items Without the Opportunity for Public Comment Violated the Sunshine Act
- EEOC Withdraws Proposed Wellness Rules
- Images of Students must be Removed from School Bus Surveillance Video when Responding to a Request for Records Under the Right-To-Know Law
- Eviction Moratorium Extension: Landlords Continue to be Locked Out
- New Participant Disclosure For DC Plans
- Correction: 2021 Medicare Conversion Factor
- 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule changes
- New IRS Guidance About Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
- New Rule for Tracking Part-Time Hours for 401(k) Plans
- FAQs Issued About COVID Diagnostic Testing and Vaccinations
- Federal COVID-19 Relief Grants to Restaurants of up to $10M will soon be available through the SBA
- Kathleen Nandan to speak at the ACAMS Virtual Event: Women in Financial Crimes, Law Enforcement, and Compliance
- Grants to Hospitality Businesses of up to $50,000 will be available in Allegheny County next week
- Eviction Moratorium – Landlords Remain Locked Out (for now)
- Last Minute Guidance About COBRA and Other Deadlines
- Education Law Report – Winter 2021
- Proposed HIPAA Changes Intended to “Empower Patients” and “Improve Coordination of Care”
- Upcoming Deadline: Your Business May Need a Decennial Filing
- Allegheny County Property Tax Appeal Season Recommences: COVID May Have an Economic Impact on Your Property
- Law in the Time of Corona: Attorney Daniel Conlon Featured in Duquesne Law School Publication
- 2021 Pennsylvania Medical Record Fees
- Contractor or employee? The Department of Labor gets into the debate of how to classify some workers
- Commonwealth Court holds that School Districts are not Required to Identify Employees who are Subject to Discipline Unless and Until they are Demoted or Discharged
- Interim Final Rules and Application Released for Second Draw PPP Loans
- 2021 Medicare Fee Schedule Conversion Factor Reduction Reversed
- OOR Holds that Police Departments Are Not Required to Disclose their Inventory of Weapons and Tactical Equipment
- PA Dept. of Labor Industry’s Municipality Bidding Thresholds Increase in 2021
- OOR Updates RTKL Fee Schedule
- Another Lockdown Lifted: Are These Government Bans Constitutional?
- INFORMAL BUT ACTUAL NOTICE OF BANKRUPTCY: WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
- A Missed Opportunity for Immunity
- OOR Confirms that Local Agencies are not Required to Respond to Anonymous RTKL Requests
- OOR Continues to Hold that Names and Home Addresses Are Protected by the Constitutional Right to Privacy, but that Tax Map Parcel I.D. Numbers Are Not Protected
- OOR Holds that Individual Names and Addresses contained in Stormwater Management Agreements and Grant of Easement Agreements Are Not Protected by the Constitutional Right to Privacy
- Potential Federal Action Regarding Surprise Billing
- What Can Employers Do About Employees Who Refuse a Vaccine?
- OOR Rules that Elected Official’s Social Media Accounts are Records of the Agency
- Cybersecurity AKS Safe Harbor and Stark Exception
- Mike Cassidy to Participate in CTeL 2020 Summit Keynote
- Time to Appeal Under Bankruptcy Rule 8002(a)(1): What the Right Hand Giveth, the Left Hand Taketh Away
- The Importance of Federally Registering Your Company’s Trademark
- Dispute Between Telehealth Giants Heats Up
- Two Attorneys Elected as Shareholders at Tucker Arensberg, P.C.
- OOR Rules that Police Investigative Report is Exempt in its Entirety
- Daniel Conlon Featured on Pittsburgh Legal Diversity & Inclusion Coalition Website
- CASPA AND COVID-19 – WITHHOLDING PAYMENTS FOR CONTRACTING WORK
- Erin Beckner Conlin Named Tucker Arensberg’s Chief Compliance Officer
- OOR Defines “Employment Applications”
- Small Business Administration Provides Guidance for Change of Ownership When a Seller Has a PPP Loan
- Future of telehealth: Boom or back to business as usual?
- Taskforce on Telehealth Policy Urges CMS to Retain Telehealth Changes
- Raising Funds as a Start-Up Cyber Security Company
- President Trump Issues Surprise Billing Executive Order
- Orthopedic Practice Pays $1.5 Million for HIPAA Damages
- House Passes Internet of Things Legislation
- AHLA and Health IT News Report Enormous Telehealth Hacking Increases
- Defense Contractors Are Required To Implement Cybersecurity Measures In Order To Do Business with the Federal Government
- Beverly Weiss Manne to Speak at PBI’s 2020 Oil and Gas Law Conference
- Wheeling Hospital Settles FCA/Whistleblower Litigation with DOJ
- CDC Issues Nationwide Order Barring Evictions for Most Renters
- Tucker Arensberg Elects New Managing Shareholder
- Do you have to pay remote, non-exempt employees for work time you didn’t know about?
- Maribeth Thomas Elected President of the Junior League of Pittsburgh
- Public Employee’s Social Media Post Justifies Discharge
- Prominent Criminal Defense Attorneys Join Tucker Arensberg in Harrisburg
- Best Lawyers in America® Recognizes 24 Tucker Arensberg Attorneys
- Proposed 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Changes
- CMS 2021 Fee Schedule Expands ASC Procedures
- Private Snapchat Messages Sent After School Hours Do Not Constitute Cyberbullying or Terroristic Threats
- Are Many Employers Adopting CARES Act Changes for Retirement Plans?
- Additional Flexibility for Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) Taken During 2020
- COBRA Challenges During COVID-19 Pandemic
- What every school district must do to comply WITH THE NEW Title IX Regulations Addressing Sexual Harassment
- Governor Wolf Signs Act 75 into Law
- IRS Notice Provides Temporary Relief for Freezing Safe Harbor 401(k) Plans
- Mental Health Benefits During COVID-19 Pandemic
- Impact of COVID-19 on the Manufacturing Industry. A Q&A Session with Roger Atkins of the NTMA.
- Questions About In-Service Withdrawals for Child Birth/Adoption Expenses
- DOL Proposes New Rule for Investment Advisors Providing ERISA Fiduciary Advice
- Cyber Security Best Practices: Post COVID Remote Work
- DOL Proposes Rules for ESG Investments
- OOR Announces Possible Changes to the RTKL and Sunshine Act
- IRS Broadens Eligibility for COVID-19 In-Service Distributions and Participant Loans Under DC Plans
- DOL Safe Harbor for Electronic Disclosures
- Enforcement begins under the California Consumer Privacy Act
- The Honorable Judith K. Fitzgerald (Ret.) is the recipient of the Bankruptcy American Inns of Court Alliance Distinguished Service Award for 2020
- FAQs Issued For COVID-19 Health Coverage Matters
- Enforcement begins under the California Consumer Privacy Act
- Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency Launches Programs for Mortgage and Rent Relief
- Cybersecurity for ERISA Retirement and Welfare Benefit Plans
- I Am the American Inns of Court: Come Along with Me
- Return to Practice Under the COVID Threat
- SCOTUS Extends Title VII Protections to LGBT Employees
- CDC Issues a Resuming Business Toolkit
- Federal Court Rejects American Hospital Association Challenge to Trump Price Transparency Rule
- Does a Business Cooperative Make Sense For Your Organization in a COVID-19 Economy?
- Commonwealth Court: The Federal Telecommunications Act Does Not “Trump” Local Zoning With Respect To the Placement Cell Towers
- 14 Tucker Arensberg Attorneys Selected as PA Super Lawyers
- OIG Work Plan: Nursing Homes and COVID
- Federal Court Upholds Actuary’s Use of Discount Rate in Withdrawal Liability Calculation
- Will COVID Finally Bring Telehealth Professional Licensing into the 21st Century?
- PA Department of Education Issues Preliminary Guidance for Phased Reopening of Pre-K to 12 Schools
- Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act: Changes to the Paycheck Protection Program
- Neil Gregorio to Present to The International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans
- Tucker Arensberg Shareholder Elected to the Commercial Law League of America (CLLA) Bankruptcy Section Executive Council
- Public Pools Given the OK to Open But Must Follow Strict Guidelines
- Outdoor Dining in Yellow May Require a Liquor License Extension
- Avoiding Conflicts of Interest on the Board of Directors
- Daniel C. Conlon, Esq. Elected to Duquesne Law Alumni Association Board of Governors
- Time to Cash-in with Curbside Cocktails: Governor Tom Wolf Relaxes Sales of Mixed Drinks in Pennsylvania
- Beverly Weiss Manne and Tucker Arensberg are the IWIRC Sponsor of the Day
- Another Federal Court Refuses To Excuse An Employer From Making Interim Withdrawal Liability Payments
- Cares Act Mortgage Forbearances: Where is the Peak?
- The Small Business Administration Has Released Guidance on Several Important Payroll Protection Program Loan-Related Issues
- CMS Issues Toolkit to Aid Nursing Homes In Fighting COVID-19
- Seminar: Reopening the Economy and the Challenges Businesses Could Encounter
- Why Should I Get A Woman-Owned Small Business Certification?
- Labor & Employment Lunch & Learn Webinar Series – May 21, 2020
- How Are Credit Markets and Institutional Banks Responding to COVID-19? A Q&A Session with Nathan Agens of PNC Bank, National Association
- How Can I Add Another NAICS Code To My DBE Certification?
- SBA: Employees Who Decline Offers of Reemployment Will Not Reduce Amount of Borrower’s PPP Loan Forgiveness
- Albert Lee to Present at a PHRA VIRTUAL Mini-Conference
- Federal Court Appoints a Traditional Labor and Pension Arbitrator, Rather Than a Former Federal Judge, to Resolve $205 Million Withdrawal Liability Dispute
- Nora Gieg Chatha to Present at Penn State Beaver CPA Education Series
- What Is An NAICS Code And How Is It Used?
- Challenges To Your DBE Certification – What Are Your Rights?
- The Main Street Lending Program
- Albert Lee is a Panelist for a PHRA Virtual Discussion
- What’s Happening in Private Equity in Response to COVID-19? Q&A Session with Marc Friedberg of Wilshire Associates on COVID-19
- Recent Tax Law Changes Can Provide Immediate Refund Opportunities
- Beverly Weiss Manne Interviewed for the Pittsburgh Technology Council’s One Mic Stand
- How NOT To Get Certified As a Woman or Minority Owned Business
- Priority COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement
- SBA Provides Guidance Regarding PPP Loan Forgiveness, but Questions Remain
- Albert Lee Featured in RISK MANAGEMENT Magazine on the Cannabis Industry During COVID-19
- Relief for PA Taxpayers During COVID-19
- COVID-19 and Business Interruption Insurance: Are You Covered? Proposed Legislation May Help
- Nursing Homes Must Report COVID-19 Cases Directly To CDC, As Well As To Families and Residents
- COVID Impact: HIPAA and Privacy
- Now is the Time to Prepare for PPP – Round 2
- New Bankruptcy Forms as a Result of the CARES Act
- New Rules for Life-Sustaining Businesses in Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh Employers: Don’t Forget About the Pittsburgh Paid Sick Days Act For COVID-19 Absences!
- Nora Gieg Chatha to Speak at an Achieva Family Trust Webinar on April 17, 2020
- Tucker Arensberg’s Response to COVID-19: April 15, 2020
- New Legislation to Ensure Municipalities Operate During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Tough Times Ahead – Loan Relief Through a Forbearance Agreement?
- The Small Business Size Requirement and the Payroll Protection Program
- PA Governor Invokes Emergency Authority to Commandeer Critical Medical Supplies and Equipment
- Barton Doctrine Applies to Special Discovery Mediators in Bankruptcy Courts
- Pennsylvania’s Recent Election Code Amendments Concern More Than COVID-19 Response
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Commercial Leases
- Warning to AirBnb Hosts: Renting During Pandemic Could Lead to Enforcement Action
- New Case Highlights Importance of Analyzing Personal Jurisdiction in ERISA’s Controlled Group Context
- New Employer Notice Provisions Under Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Law Will Outlast COVID-19
- Department of Labor Publishes Final Rule Under Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Provides Employers With Much Needed Guidance
- Estate Planning While Under COVID-19 Quarantine
- Employees Working from Home: PA Workers’ Comp Law
- Katherine Janocsko quoted in Post-Gazette article on Gig Workers
- Pennsylvania and Maryland Permit Use of Remote Notarization During COVID-19 Emergency
- Strategies for Credit Unions Dealing With Mortgage Defaults During the COVID -19 Crisis
- CMS Issues Blanket Waivers for Stark Physician Self-Referral Law Sanctions
- What Are The SBA Rules Regarding Affiliated Companies?
- SBA Releases Guidance for Paycheck Protection Program
- PENNSYLVANIA BUSINESSES BEWARE: COVID-19 Business Exemption Waivers
- CARES Act Retirement Plan Update: Participant Loan Changes
- OSHA Obligation as Part of the CARES Act Loans
- CARES Act: Potential Tax Savings for Businesses
- CARES Act Retirement Plan Updates: Temporary Waiver of Required Minimum Distribution Rules
- CARES Act: Payroll Protection Program Loan Forgiveness
- THE CARES Act: Support for Financial Institutions And Borrowers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- CARES Act Retirement Plan Updates: In-Service Distributions
- April 3, 2020: Banks May Begin Processing Applications for the Paycheck Protection Program’s Forgivable Loans
- COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Loan Advances
- Privacy of Medical Records and Personal Information: Big Data, AI, Expanded EHR Safe Harbors and Consumer Privacy
- CARES Act: Relief for Retirement Plan Participants
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act Update and FAQs
- Financial Assistance to Eligible Businesses, States, and Municipalities Under Title IV of the CARES ACT
- Pennsylvania Putting Small Businesses First with New Program
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- Small Business Owners: What you Need to Know about the Paycheck Protection Program’s Forgivable Loan
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- Estate Planning in a Covid-19 World; A Primer on Important Estate Planning Documents and Execution Requirements
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- DOL Publishes More Answers to FFCRA FAQS
- Are Electronic Signatures Legally Enforceable?
- Business Operations During The Shutdown – Can You Remain Open?
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- Help is On the Way to Troubled Borrowers!
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- DOL Publishes FFCRA Poster and New Guidance
- Cash is King. How Can I Get Some?
- What’s in the $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Bill
- To Draw or Not To Draw: Using Your Company’s Line of Credit Prudently During the Pandemic
- Does The SBA Consider Me A Small Business? Important Information to Know For COVID-19 Relief
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- COVID-19 and Physician WRVU Productivity
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- Tax Due Dates for Filing and Payment – Current Status
- Getting Your DBE/MBE/WBE Certification – Gearing Up for What Comes After COVID-19
- UPDATED – Reprieve for Tax Filings and Payments for Tax Year 2019
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- TUCKER ARENSBERG’S RESPONSE TO COVID-19
- COVID-19 Physician Private Practice Guidance
- Guiding you through the COVID-19 Health Crisis: Best Practices & Mitigation of Risks
- Coronavirus/COVID-19 Legal Update[1]
- Reprieve for Tax Payments for Tax Year 2019
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- Coronavirus/COVID-19: General Considerations for Employers
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- Proposed Legislation for Security in the Digital Age
- Workers’ Compensation Claims for Healthcare Professionals Exposed to COVID-19 in Pennsylvania
- What Your Company Needs to Know About the March 2020 Amendment to the New York SHIELD Act
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- Brittany Holzer – Panelist on the Cardozo Society’s upcoming program, “What they don’t teach you in law school.”
- Assessing Risks Under Tech Start-Up Stock Incentive Plans – When Time Doesn’t Cure All!
- Albert Lee to speak at the NCRMA 2020 Members Meeting
- Complimentary Webinar: Strategic Use of Outside Counsel
- FDA Issues Guidance on December 28, 2016 for Postmarket Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices
- 2020 Pennsylvania Title Insurance Notice
- OOR Begrudgingly Recognizes the Broad Scope of Act 22
- Daniel Conlon Appointed Solicitor of Borough of Avalon
- School Districts Can Require Criminal Background Checks For Individuals Working On School Property Even If They Do Not Have Any Contact With Children
- Honorable (Ret.) Judith K. Fitzgerald Panelist at ACBA CLE
- Superior Court Repossesses Tenant
- City of Pittsburgh Realty Transfer Taxes
- Kate Koop Irwin and Ken Scholtz Present OSHA’s Rules for Post-Accident Drug Testing
- Silly Season Election Law Update Track 3
- David Mongillo Appointed Secretary of the ALS Association Western Pennsylvania Chapter
- Albert Lee Joins Law Firm Economics Panel at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- New IRS Form 1040-SR for Seniors
- Allegheny County Property Tax Appeal Season Resumes
- Seventh Circuit Finds Use of Words “Time Sensitive” on Envelope Containing a Debt Collection Letter Violates the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
- Commonwealth Court Decisions Allow Taxing Bodies Discretion In Determining Standards For Tax Assessment Appeals
- Nora Gieg Chatha and Brittany Holzer to speak at Disability & Mental Health Summit
- Albert Lee to speak at LaRoche University’s Professional Development Series
- Albert Lee to speak at The American Equity Underwriters (AEU) Conference
- Considering Purchasing a Condo Unit But Worried About Financing?
- OOR Explains Duty to Provide 911 Records
- The Fourteen-Day Time to Appeal Applies to Orders Enforcing The Automatic Stay
- Saving Time and Money When Selling A Privately Held Business
- US Export-Import Bank Reauthorized for Seven Years
- OOR Confirms that Requesters Can Seek the Same Records Twice Under the RTKL
- Sole Proprietor? Partnership? LLC? Which Business Entity is Right for Me?
- Free Speech Triumphs in Transit Advertisements
- Brian Murren and Edward Grattan Join Tucker Arensberg
- PA Dept of Labor & Industry’s Bidding Thresholds Increase for Municipality Bidding
- SECURE Act: Significant Changes to Beneficiary Distributions
- Tucker Arensberg Attorneys to speak at the PBI Health Law Institute in March 2020
- SECURE Act Is Expected to Become Law By December 20, 2019
- OOR Confirms that Agencies are Not Required to Provide Original Documents When Responding to RTKL Request
- 2020 Pennsylvania Medical Record Fees
- Losing Your Right to Appeal Through Silence
- Trade Secrets 101: If You Want To Call Something a Trade Secret, You Have To Take Steps To Protect It
- Is Your Brewery/Winery/Distillery Missing out on the Research & Experimentation Tax Credit?
- The Accidental Meeting: Right-to-Know Law & Sunshine Act
- Anti-Kickback EHR and Cybersecurity Safe Harbor
- OOR Confirms that Records Created or Obtained through the Safe2Say Something Program are Not Public Records
- Commonwealth Court Grants Over Four Years of Additional Back Pay to A Teacher, Overturning Pennsylvania Secretary of Education on Mitigation of Damages Issue
- Federal Estate Tax Exclusion Rises to $11,580,000 for 2020 (and more inflation adjustments)
- Court Quashes Civil Subpoena for Investigative Information Pursuant to Criminal History Record Information Act (“CHRIA”)
- Murray Energy Joins a Long Line of Coal Companies to Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
- Two Attorneys Elected as Shareholders at Tucker Arensberg, P.C.
- Winning Your Unemployment Compensation Case
- Sears Holdings Corp. Expected to Pursue 1000s of Preference Actions after Court’s Approval of Chapter 11 Plan of Liquidation
- OOR Confirms that Requests for “Updates” are Not Proper Under the RTKL
- Court of Common Pleas Denies Challenge To School District’s Policy of Providing Charter School Students With Bus Passes
- Albert Lee to speak at the PBI’s 2019 Employment Law West program.
- A Lesson in Commercial Leases
- Dazed and Confused: What School Districts Should Know About Legalized Medical Marijuana
- From Brewery to Table: How Restaurants Can Get Around Pricey Liquor Licenses in Pennsylvania
- Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Changes: 2020
- Albert Lee to speak at the Pittsburgh Human Resources Association 71st Annual Conference
- OOR Determines that Emails from Members of the Public to an Agency are Records “of” the Agency
- Daniel Conlon Named a 40 Under 40 Honoree
- Important Amendment to Pennsylvania’s Borough Code (8 Pa. C.S.A. § 101 et seq.)
- Kathleen Nandan Joins Tucker Arensberg’s Pittsburgh Office
- American Bankruptcy Institute Interview with Hon. Judith K. Fitzgerald (ret.)
- OOR Determines that Records Submitted to the OOR are not Records “of” the OOR
- The LVS License Exception: What is it and How Does it Work?
- Three New Bankruptcy Amendments Become Law
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds That Employers Have Duty to Protect Their Employees’ Data
- Commonwealth Court: Workers’ Compensation Settlement Not Binding on Medical Care Provider Who Was Not Party to the Agreement
- Commonwealth Court Establishes Test to Determine Whether Volunteer Fire Companies are Subject to the RTKL
- The ABC’s of the MPC: Navigating the PA Municipalities Planning Code
- OOR Provides Guidance as to when Requests for Emails are Insufficiently Specific
- Best Lawyers in America® Recognizes 22 Tucker Arensberg Attorneys
- Agencies Are Not Required to Identify Which Records are Responsive to Each Part of a Request (901)
- Court Dismisses Student’s Claim That Confiscation of His Cell Phone While District Investigated Student’s Suspected Misconduct Was an Unreasonable Search and Seizure
- OOR Holds that Borough’s Use of Taser Policy is Partially Exempt
- SEC Publishes Final “Regulation Best Interest” and Other Regulations
- CMS Rules To Allows Nursing Homes To Use Arbitration Agreements, But Adds Certain Requirements
- OOR Holds that Police Taser Usage Reports Are, in Part, Public Records
- OOR Holds that Some Development Plans Cannot Be Copied Pursuant to the Copyright Act
- Is an image on your practice’s website a potential liability?
- Restaurant Employees Can Be Your Best Defense or Your Worst Enemy When it Comes to Liquor License Citations
- Recent Amendment to Pennsylvania’s Tax Code Impacts Beer Manufacturers
- OOR Holds that Zoning Permit Application is not Exempt under the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code
- Daniel Conlon featured in Duquense Lawyer Magazine
- PA Inheritance Tax Rate Reduced to 0% for Parent to Child 21 and Under
- Court Establishes 5 Factors to Determine When A School District Offer to Resign Is Actually A Constructive Discharge
- Commonwealth Confirms that the Donor Exemption only Applies to Natural Persons and Not Corporations
- Tom Peterson Participates in the Third Annual CEO Soak Benefiting ALS
- Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Again Declines to Extend Consent Decree
- Bring your own device (BYOD) to work day
- ORR Holds that Records Documenting the Locations of Gunshot Sensors in the Possession of a Third Party are Public Records
- IRS No Longer Prohibits Pension Plans From Offering Certain Lump-Sum Window Programs
- Municipality’s Retaliation against Newspaper for Unfavorable Press Leads to Civil Rights Claim
- Third Circuit Interprets “Debt Collector” to Include Debt Buyer
- ORR Holds that the Investigative File of a Municipality’s Insurance Company is Not a Public Record
- SEC Approves its Regulation Best Interest and Other Proposals
- Commonwealth Court Affirms Denial to Challenge to Allegheny County Property Assessment System
- HIPAA Settlement Illustrates the Importance of Compliance Due Diligence
- IRS Confirms Ability To Rely On Proposed Hardship Regulations
- OOR Determines that a School Bus Surveillance Video is a Public Record (708(b)(17); FERPA)
- Can You Kill an Easement in a Vegetative State?
- SECURE Act Is Passed by the House
- Real Estate and Taxes
- Statements of Financial Interest Cannot be Redacted (Section 306; Ethics Act)
- Federal Prosecutions on the Rise for Physicians Prescribing Opioids
- Appointment Calendars Are Not Public Records (Section 708(b)(12))
- 16 ATTORNEYS FROM TUCKER ARENSBERG NAMED SUPER LAWYERS
- Agencies Can Refer Requesters to their Websites When Responding to Requests (Section 704(b))
- Cybersecurity For Pension Plans
- Filial Support is Alive and Well for those who receive care in Pennsylvania
- Duties and Deadlines RTKL Post Appears in the May edition of Borough New Magazine
- Shakeup on Short-Term Rentals: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules on AirBnb and Homesharing
- Are College Tuition Payments Subject to Claw Back by Bankruptcy Trustees? — It Depends.
- Mike Cassidy Named a Fellow of the American Health Lawyers Association
- Silly Season Election Law Update
- School Surveillance Videos are Not Educational Records under FERPA
- Requesters Can Submit RTKL Requests for Records that they Already Possess Because the Identity and Motivation of the Requester is Irrelevant under the RTKL (Section 301(b))
- Legal Ghostbusting: Pennsylvania’s Involuntary Plaintiff Rule
- Vape Store Owners – Did You Get Your Tax Refund?
- Evan Pappas contributes to “IP Deskbook for the Business Lawyer”
- Appeals to Court are Not Court Orders that Prevent Subsequent RTKL Requests for the Same Records (Sections 305 and 1302)
- Protecting a Consignor’s Interests in Retail Bankruptcy
- Jerry Russo Named Managing Shareholder of Harrisburg Office
- Agencies Must Prove that the Release of Security Footage will Endanger Public Safety and the Physical Security of a Building (Sections 708(b)(2) and 708(b)(3))
- Not All Information Contained in an Agency Employee’s File is a Public Record.
- Andrew Salemme and Ashley Wagner Join Tucker Arensberg’s Pittsburgh Office
- Information Contained in an Agency’s Database is “Record” under the RTKL (Section 705)
- CMS Issues Hospital Price Transparency Rules
- Empowered Officials Are Necessary For ITAR Compliance
- Mark Eck Joins Tucker Arensberg’s Pittsburgh Office
- “Can I Charge Fees for That?” FAQs Regarding Permissible Fees under the RTKL
- Immorality Illustrated: Court Affirms Principal’s Termination After Second DUI Arrest
- Requests Must Seek Records, Not Ask Questions (Section 703) – Insufficiently Specific Requests – Denying Requests
- Comprehensive Estate Planning is Necessary for a Secure Future
- Pennsylvania Superior Court Finds Contractual No-Hire Agreements Between Businesses Void Against Public Policy
- Emails can be “Records” of the Agency under the RTKL – (Section 701) – Types of Records
- Copyright Registration is Now More Important Than Ever!
- Mooting a Circuit Split
- New Rollover Rules For Participant Loans Can Help With Corporate Transactions
- 2017 Amendment Brings Relation-Back Doctrine to State Court
- Procedural History of UPMC – Highmark Litigation
- No “State-Created Danger” In Student-On-Student Sexual Assault and Harassment Case
- Redacting Legal Invoices – The Attorney-Client Privilege and Attorney-Work Product Doctrine (Section 305) – Privileged Records
- United States Supreme Court Confirms the “On Sale” Bar Is Triggered Even If a Sale or Offer for Sale Does Not Make the Invention Publically Available
- Avoiding the Titanic: Navigating Bankruptcy Mediation
- Agencies Are Not Required to Perform Legal Research or Make Judgments (Section 703) – Insufficiently Specific Requests – Denying Requests
- The 5-Business Day Response Period Begins when the Agency’s Open Records Officer Receives the Request (Section 703 of the RTKL)
- PA AG’s lawsuit against UPMC may not have clear path to resolution
- New Hardship Withdrawal Rules for 401(k) and 403(b) Plans
- Failure to Address the Request to the Open Records Officer (Section 703 of the RTKL) – Invalid Requests
- Failure to Use the Proper RTKL Request Form (Section 703 of the RTKL) – Denying Requests
- IRS and SSA Announce 2019 Indexed Numbers For Employee Benefits Plans
- Parent’s Legal Ownership of Residence Defeats Claim of Homeless Status
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decision Preserving the Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege
- RTKL: Police Audio and Video Recordings (Act 22 of 2017)
- IRS Relief for the Under-Withheld
- Review of Export Control Issues is Necessary Due Diligence
- Insufficiently Specific Requests (Section 703 the RTKL) – Responding to a RTKL Request
- PA Dept of Labor & Industry’s Bidding Thresholds Increase For Municipality Bidding
- The Open Record Officers’ Guide to the Pennsylvania RTKL: Responding to a RTKL Request – Duties and Deadlines
- WDPA Bankruptcy Court Revamps Procedures to Accommodate Complex Large Chapter 11 Cases
- Pennsylvania Superior Court Deals a Rare Win to Nursing Homes
- Opioid update: New federal law and physician subpoenas for records and depositions
- Student’s Physical Assault of Alleged Harasser Does Not Constitute Protected Activity Under Title IX
- The Federal Government Shutdown: What is the Impact for the Alcohol Industry?
- Taxes and Tabs – A New Line on Your Brewery Tab May Be on the Horizon
- Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: How Hollywood Headlines Could Impact Your Business and What To Do About It
- Jerry Russo to Appear on a Panel for Theology on Tap Harrisburg on December 20, 2018
- IRS Issues Proposed Temporary Clawback Regulations
- Our “Common Enemy”: Where to Turn After Flooding Or Water Damage
- New PA Workers’ Comp Law Designed to Save Employers Money
- IRS Tax Inflation Adjustments for 2019
- Ten Years of Pennsylvania’s Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act: Is Your Home Improvement Business Compliant with the Law?
- Opioid Update: New Federal Law
- U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Age Discrimination in Employment Act
- Legislation Update Affecting Schools
- Medicare Telehealth Services
- Paul Welk Receives Service Award
- Kevin Hall Elected Shareholder at Tucker Arensberg, P.C.
- Friendly Export Reminder: Know Your End-User!
- Commonwealth Court Reverses Hearing Officer’s Exclusion Based On Parent’s Alleged Non-Residency
- Kate Koop Irwin and Albert Lee to Speak at Fall 2018 HRM Professional Development Series at LaRoche College on November 19, 2018
- Pennsylvania Office of Open Records Updates RTKL Fee Schedule
- Recent Third Circuit CERCLA Decision Reaffirms the Importance of Environmental Due Diligence in Real Estate Purchases
- Judith Fitzgerald Comments on “What Could Bankruptcy Look Like for the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese
- No Retaliation Claim For It Employee Fired After Criticizing School District
- Pennsylvania Courts Implement a Statewide Uniform Guardianship Tracking System (GTS) Effective Immediately
- Perspectives On Mediation: Which Do You Endorse?
- Best Lawyers in America® Recognizes 23 Tucker Arensberg Attorneys
- Janus v American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
- Student Assaulted By Classmate Cannot Sue School District for Violation Of Constitutional Rights
- Kate Koop Irwin to Speak at Medical Marijuana Seminar on September 12
- No Retaliation Claim For It Employee Fired After Criticizing School District
- Tom Peterson Gets Soaked in the 2nd Annual ALS CEO Soak in Pittsburgh
- “Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Sexual Harassment, and Workplace Bullying”
- Kevin Cummings Joins Tucker Arensberg’s Pittsburgh Office
- Gorsline Case Encourages Municipalities to Regulate Drilling via Zoning Ordinance
- Reasonable Suspicion Justifies Drug Testing Of Teacher
- “Dazed and Confused: What Every Employer Needs to Know about Medical Marijuana, Opioid, and Prescription Drug Use in the Workplace”
- “Taxing Authority Assessment Appeals after Valley Forge Towers”
- Allison Carr and Maribeth Thomas Join Tucker Arensberg’s Bankruptcy Group
- Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) to Auction 25 Retail Liquor Licenses Statewide
- Court Affirms Reinstatement of A School Bus Driver Who Tested Positive For Drug Use
- Important Legislation passed in Pennsylvania.
- The STATES Act and What it Could Mean for Cannabis Businesses
- Daniel Conlon Appointed Solicitor for the Borough of Rosslyn Farms
- Article by Paul Welk in Impact Magazine – part of the American Physical Therapy Association
- Matt Hoffman to Speak at University of Pittsburgh’s Tri-State Symposium
- “Giving Applicants with a Criminal Record a Second Chance”
- Financial Industries Network (FIN) Tax Reform Planning Lunch
- New Decision Suggests that Fewer Employees can Recover Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Injuries Sustained While Traveling To or From Work
- Brian Pepicelli and Edward Wodarczyk Join Tucker Arensberg’s Pittsburgh Office
- The Ability of a School To Punish Lewd Or Profane Speech Disappears Once A Student Exits School Grounds
- Short Term Rental, Long Term Impact: Municipal Regulation of AirBnb and Homesharing
- “Recent Changes to the State Tax Laws”
- 15 Attorneys Included in the 2018 Edition of PA Super Lawyers
- Can Cryptojacking Result in a Databreach?
- “Sex, Drugs and … Employment Law?!”
- “Employment Law Developments in the Trump Administration”
- Creating a Circuit Split Regarding the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: Rotkiske v. Klemm, — F.3d —, 2018 WL 2209120 (3d Cir. May 15, 2018)
- “Medical Marijuana in the Workplace”
- Kate Koop Irwin to present at the Pittsburgh Business Group on Health’s Rx Solutions Forum
- Pre-Petition “New Value” Counts Toward the Preference Defense; Post-Petition “New Value” Does Not
- Direct Communication to Employees of Status of Negotiations Is Not An Unfair Labor Practice
- Chuck Potter a Panelist for the Financial Industries Network
- Katherine Janocsko Joins Tucker Arensberg
- No Monkeying Around with this Opinion – Naruto v. Slater, No. 16-15469, 2018 WL 1902414 (9th Cir. Apr. 23, 2018)
- David Mongillo to Speak at National Business Institute
- Jerry Russo to Present at PACDL Conference
- Can Natural Gas Drillers Drink Your Milkshake?
- Attorney Client Privilege is Not Dead – At Least Not in Pennsylvania
- Employment Performance Review Excluded from Peer Review Confidentiality
- Nora Gieg Chatha to present at PBI Webinar on Special Needs Trusts
- Duquesne University CLE on Estate Administration and Charitable Planning
- Three Tucker Arensberg Attorneys to Speak at Butler Human Resources Association Annual Forum
- Recent Decisions Suggest that Employers Cannot Terminate or Refuse to Hire Medical Marijuana Cardholders for Failing a Drug Test
- Commonwealth Court Holds That Addresses Contained In Property Tax Assessment Records Are Public Records
- Schedule a Check-up for Your Estate Plan – Maximizing Estate Planning Opportunities Under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
- Is Your Secret Recipe Still a Secret? How to Protect a Restaurant’s Signature Recipes
- Assessment Appeal Process May Provide Opportunities for Allegheny County Property Owners
- The Commonwealth Court Holds That Time Limits for Public Comments at School Board Meetings Are Valid Under the Sunshine Act
- Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Presentation
- Former Bankruptcy Judge to Appear at American Bankruptcy Institute Meeting
- Pennsylvania Expands Allowable Procedures for Ambulatory Surgery Center
- Something Amazing – A Unanimous Opinion by the United States Supreme Court in a Bankruptcy Case, Affirming and Remanding to the Seventh Circuit Regarding the Safe Harbor of 11 U.S.C. § 546(e): Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc.
- Important Information about the 2017 Tax Cuts & Jobs Act
- Court Upholds Termination of Teacher for Sexually Harassing Co-Teacher
- Financial Planning for Those with Disabilities
- Kristin A. Biedinger Receives a 2018 Client Choice Award for Intellectual Property/Patents in PA
- OIG Gainsharing Opinion Facilitates P4P
- School Code Update: School Boards Must Prohibit Lunch Shaming
- Uber and Waymo Settle Trade Secret Dispute
- Tips for Long Term Care Collections Policies
- Pennsylvania Superior Court Upholds Entry of Summary Judgment In Favor of Defendant In Slip And Fall Case
- Citizen’s Suit Against Individual School Directors For Categorical Ban From Attending Future School Board Meetings Dismissed
- Warning to Real Estate Buyers and Sellers in the City of Pittsburgh
- CMS Issues Billing Guidance for Major Joint Replacement (Hip or Knee)
- CMS Announces Bundled Payments Care Improvement Model
- Telehealth, Net Neutrality and the Tipping Point
- 2018 Pennsylvania Approved Medical Records Fees
- Construction Fundamentals: Avoiding Common Pitfalls
- A New Sheriff in Town — PA Liquor Control Board Institutes License Compliance Program
- Keep Calm and Call the Lawyer: Understanding the Role of a Municipal Solicitor
- Telehealth Reaches Tipping Point – Now Included in OIG Audit Plan
- A Reminder of OCR Guidance Regarding Students With ADHD
- Could a Casino be Coming to Your Neighborhood? Opt-Out Deadline Approaching!
- Deemed Exports and You
- Results of “Zombie” Restaurant Liquor License Auction
- On Again / Off Again – Estate Tax Repeal Efforts
- Tax Appeals Based on Property Type May Violate State Constitution
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Declares $3,000,000 Net Loss Carryover Deduction Unconstitutional
- Two Attorneys Elected as Shareholders at Tucker Arensberg, P.C.
- Proposed 2017 Tax Act Revealed – Death Tax Repeal Included
- Amount PA Employer Can Pay to Surviving Family Increases to $10,000
- Secured Lenders Take Note! In re Sunnyslope is something you want to know about
- Federal Court Holds That Banning a Commenter From a Public Official’s Public Facebook Page Violates the Commenter’s Right to Free Speech
- Unified Credit for Estates & Annual Exclusions for Gifts Increased for 2018
- IRS and Treasury Department Announce Withdrawal of Proposed 2704 Regulations
- Summary of Anticipated Major Changes to the Organization and Delivery of Certain Medicaid (Medical Assistance) Benefits in Pennsylvania
- School Employee Who Resigned After Her Hospitalization Coverage Was Reduced Entitled To Unemployment Compensation
- Students’ Privacy Claims Fail to Upend School District’s Transgender Restroom Policy
- District Court Permits Transgender Person Diagnosed With Gender Dysphoria to Sue Under Americans With Disabilities Act
- DOL Proposes Rule to Extend Applicability Date of BIC and Other Exemptions
- CMS Merely Soliciting Comments on Including Total Joints as ASC Procedures
- Pennsylvania Courts Split Over Sexual Orientation Discrimination
- Jerry Russo Joins Harrisburg Office
- New Guidance on Coverage for Eating Disorders
- 21 Lawyers Selected as Best Lawyers
- Senators Introduce Legislation to Improve Cybersecurity of Internet-Connected Devices
- Federal Court rules that Elected Official Violated First Amendment when Banning Commenter on the Official’s Public Facebook Page
- Tom Peterson Gets Soaked in the ALS CEO Soak
- State Begins Registering Doctors For Medical Marijuana Program
- Sharp Pencil Not a Weapon Under Pennsylvania School Code
- Supreme Court Issues Two Rulings Interpreting FDCPA
- Pennsylvania employers beware: One slur by a supervisor can now create a hostile work environment.
- Update on 1st Party/Payback Special Needs Trusts
- Billion Dollar Fine Signals the White House’s Agenda for Export Controls Enforcement
- Federal Court Allows Title IX Claim to Proceed Based Upon Allegations That Student Harassed By Peers for Failure to Conform to Gender Norms
- Selective property tax appeals based on property type or residency status of the owner violates the Pennsylvania Constitution’s Uniformity Clause
- PA Supreme Court Restricts General Assembly’s Right to Spend Oil & Gas Royalty Money
- What is a Reasonable Accommodation under the ADA?
- Office of Open Records Holds That School Videos Depicting Student In An Altercation Is Not An Educational Record Of The Student Under FERPA
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules that Only Physicians – Not Their Staff – Can Obtain Informed Consent
- Pennsylvania awards 27 Dispensary Permits
- Michael Shiner Comments on Takata Bankruptcy Filing
- Pennsylvania Split on Sexual Orientation Discrimination
- The End of the IRE Process (as we know it)
- Opioid enforcement is more than just PDMP!
- Pennsylvania awards permits to 12 Grower/Processors
- Pennsylvania Department of Health Issues Final Log of Applications Received
- FinCEN issues Marijuana Banking Update Report
- Tucker Arensberg Adds New Utilities Practice Group
- Matthew J. Burne and Sloane B. O’Donnell Join Tucker Arensberg
- Top 10 Red Flags for Potential Export Violations
- Pennsylvania Department of Health Finalizes Regulations for Physicians and Practitioners
- Bill Introduced in U.S. Senate by International Narcotics Control Caucus in Favor of De-Scheduling CBD
- 2018 Health Savings Account Figures Released
- Middle School Gay-Straight Alliance Allowed To Pursue Equal Access Claims
- 2017 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Named
- Pennsylvania’s Attorney General Vows to Protect Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Laws
- Commonwealth Court Orders Teacher Reinstated When The School Board Fails To Strictly Comply With Statutory Procedures For Dismissing The Tenured Teacher
- Congressional Spending Bill Expands Medical Marijuana Prosecution Protections until September
- Managing Payment Disputes in Lockbox Collection Operations
- Stephen M. Greecher, Jr. Receives the 2017 Richard B. Tucker, Jr. Award
- May An Amusement, Golf Course or Recreational Facility be Held Negligent When Customers Are Harmed For Injuries Occurring Upon Such Facility?”
- Additional Banking Legislation is Introduced in U.S. Congress to Assist Marijuana Businesses
- Updates to Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Program
- National Health Care Decisions Day
- Latest Legal Developments On Student Searches
- Pennsylvania Releases Temporary Regulations for Physicians
- Jury Awards $2.1 Million in Slip and Fall Case
- “Path to Marijuana Reform” Legislation Introduced in Congress
- DOL Finalizes Delay of Fiduciary Rule
- Identifying and Managing Corporate Risk from Internal and External Stressors
- Pennsylvania officially launches its PA ABLE Savings Program on April 3, 2017.
- United States Supreme Court Confirms Works of Art Incorporated Into Useful Articles Are Protected Under Copyright Law
- Business Listing Scams
- Nora Gieg Chatha presents at NBI CLE
- State Representative Dan Miller’s 4th Annual Disability and Mental Health Summit
- DOL Issues Temporary Enforcement Policy to Alleviate Uncertainty
- A Homeowner’s Mortgage Insurance Obligation is Not Modified by a Mortgage Modification
- The Importance of Brand Identity and Trademark Protection for Breweries and Wineries
- U.S. Senate Urges DOJ to Uphold Cole Memorandum
- Payment of Wages Through Mandatory Debit Cards
- Could 2017 Really Be the Year that Marijuana Becomes Decriminalized?
- University Invokes Sovereign Immunity to Avoid Patent Invalidation Proceeding
- Transgender Student Developments
- Hon. Judith K. Fitzgerald (Ret.) Appointed to the Board of Directors of Tucker Arensberg, P.C.
- Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due: First Responders Get A Break On Local Taxes
- Congressional Cannabis Caucus Formed To Pursue Federal Legalization and Regulation
- The Respect State Marijuana Laws Act was introduced this week in U.S. Congress
- Judge Bissoon’s Title VII ruling sets stage for appeal
- Capouillez Case is a Warning to Non-Attorneys Representing Landowners in Gas Lease Negotiations
- “Get Out Your Crystal Ball: How Employment and Labor Laws Will Change Under the Trump Administration”
- Third Circuit adopts the “honest belief” defense to FMLA retaliation claims and confirms that FMLA leave requests can double as requests for reasonable accommodations under the ADA.
- Retired Teacher Awarded Post-Retirement Benefits For Same-Sex Spouse
- The Beginning of The Repeal of Obamacare? Some Relaxation of The Rules For Small Employers
- Third Circuit Rules That Employment Practices Favoring Employees in Their 40s Over Those in Their 50s Could Constitute Age Discrimination
- Tucker Arensberg Attorneys Honored by Human Action Pittsburgh
- Private Sale Of Real Property Voided Where District Rejected “Substantially Higher” Offer From Charter School
- U.S. Senators Urge FINCEN to Update Guidelines on Legalized Marijuana
- The Third Circuit Court Of Appeals Denies Teacher Qualified Immunity Under The “State-Created Danger” Theory Where The Teacher Released A Kindergarten Student To An Unidentified Adult
- Pennsylvania Commercial Power of Attorney Problems Fixed by Act 103 of 2016
- Competition for Medical Marijuana Permits Gets Tighter
- Special Needs Fairness Act
- Procurement Code Attorney Fee Award
- Tax Credits Now Available to Emergency Service Volunteers
- Deadline for Providing Affordable Care Act Statements Has Been Extended
- Dennis Sheaffer In Memoriam
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Holds That Individuals Have A Constitutional Right To Privacy In Their Home Addresses And Other Private Information
- Pennsylvania’s New Opioid Laws and How They Impact Physicians
- Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Federal Judge: Employers Cannot Discriminate Based on Sexual Orientation
- Website Operators Must Use New Online System to Qualify for DMCA Safe Harbor
- Temporary Regulations Issued by the PA Department of Health for Medical Marijuana Laboratories
- U.S. News – Best Lawyers Ranks Tucker Arensberg Among the Nation’s Top Law Firms 2017
- PA Department of Health Issues Temporary Regulations for Medical Marijuana Growers/Processors and Draft Temporary Regulations for Dispensaries
- Urgent Captive Insurance Alert: IRS Lists 831(b) Micro-Captives as “Transaction of Interest”
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- U.S. Supreme Court To Rule Upon Transgender Student Issue
- Changes to the PA Uniform Planned Communities Act and the Uniform Condominium Act.
- Workplace Drug Testing and New OSHA Regulations
- Are You Protecting Guest Privacy, Safety and Security?
- Evan C. Pappas Joins Tucker Arensberg in Harrisburg
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Brought Down a Notch
- Kate Koop to speak at Excela Health Symposium
- Update to the Pennsylvania ABLE Act
- Daniel Conlon Joins Tucker Arensberg
- Plan Sponsors – It’s That Time Of Year Again! Medicare Creditable Coverage Notices Must Be Sent By October 15th
- Proposed 2704 Regulations: Significant Impact on Valuation Discounts for Family Businesses
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- FCC Rules that Informational Automated Messages Sent by Schools to Parent Cell Phones Do Not Violate the Federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act
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- New Safe Harbor Process for Transfer of Personal Data Between US and EU
- IRS Provides Guidance for Making an 83(b) Election
- City of Pittsburgh adopts Riverfront IPOD
- Judith Fitzgerald Receives Honorable Mention
- Tucker Arensberg Forms Medical Marijuana Practice Group
- “Update on the Washington County Reassessment” for Century 21 Frontier Realty
- New Sample Notice for Employee Wellness Programs
- Rounding of Hours for Non-Exempt Employees
- Best Practices For Implementing Internal Security Controls
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- Appeals Court Holds that Title IX Requires Schools to Provide Transgender Students Access to Restrooms Congruent with their Gender Identity
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- Are You Still Reimbursing Premiums For Your Employee’s Individual Healthcare Insurance? Then You’d Better Read This!!
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- Intellectual Property Risks With School And Teacher Websites
- Pennsylvania Title Insurance Notice
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- Phase II of HIPAA Audits Underway
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- Lifting the Curtain on Union Organizing Campaigns
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- FAA Releases Guidelines For Local Regulation Of Drones
- Michael Cassidy Named a Top Author by JD Supra
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- Molek v. Molek and Parol Partitions
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- Businesses Must Ensure Websites Comply With The Americans With Disabilities Act
- Kevin Hall Appointed To the New Cumberland Borough Council
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- Pennsylvania Court Confirms That School Districts May Target High Value Properties When Appealing Tax Assessments For The Purpose Of Increasing Revenue Without Violating The Uniformity Clause Of The Pennsylvania Constitution
- Nora Gieg Chatha and Brittany R. Holzer to exhibit at State Representative Dan Miller’s Disability and Mental Health Summit
- Cutting Employee Hours to Avoid Offering Healthcare? Your Risk of a Lawsuit Just Increased!
- New Rules for 831(b) Captive Insurance Companies
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- Brian J. Kahle Joins Tucker Arensberg
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- Paul ‘Shane’ Miller and Jeremiah J. Vandermark Join Tucker Arensberg
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- Retired U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Judith Fitzgerald Presents during the CLLA Luncheon at the NCBJ Annual Conference
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- Department of Labor Issues New Guidance on Who is an Independent Contractor
- Kristin Biedinger Selected to Western PA HIMSS Board of Directors
- “Settling Your Case and Sleeping at Night” presentation for PBI this Friday, the 17th
- United State Supreme Court Confirms ERISA Fiduciary’s Continuing Duty To Monitor Investments
- 25 Tucker Arensberg Attorneys Listed as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- Franchise Transfers
- DOL Issues Proposed Rule That Would Require Employers to Pay Overtime to Currently-Exempt Salaried White-Collar Employees Who Earn $50,440 Per Year or Less – Regardless of Their Duties.
- When the Friendly Government Inspector Arrives
- Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act Not Applicable to Public Works Project
- The Recent Auditor General Report and Central Pennsylvania Hospitals
- Experts Examine Supreme Court’s Baker Botts Ruling and Potential Implications For Professional Fees
- Public Transit Passes Satisfy the Transportation Requirements of the Charter School Law
- Cutting Costs By Reviewing Ongoing Medical Care For Injured Workers
- Work Made for Hire. An overview of the copyright concept
- Bankruptcy Blog Re: Debtor’s Funds When Case Is Converted From Chapter 13 To Chapter 7
- Overview of Annual Reporting Requirements/Statements of Financial Interests
- Legal Issues In Collaborations
- Scott R. Leah Elected to the Judiciary Committee
- Bankruptcy and its Effect on Oil and Gas Interests: Basic Issues
- Pass the Trash: A Summary of the Employment History Review Requirements Under Act 168 for Schools
- Dick Tucker Wins 2015 Richard B. Tucker, Jr. Award
- Understanding and Managing Compliance with the Affordable Care Act for Schools
- Estate Planning for Man’s Best Friend
- Kevin L. Hall has joined Tucker Arensberg, P.C.
- Important Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Holding by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals: Misstatements in Foreclosure Complaints are Actionable under the FDCPA.
- Nora Gieg Chatha presenting at PBI Seminar on Elder Law
- Podcast: Bankruptcy Judge and Scholar Debate Professional Fee Issue Currently Before Supreme Court
- Narrow network contracting: Are we finally poised to make progress?
- Nora Gieg Chatha Presenting at a PBI Program
- How Much Do You (or Should You) Negotiate in a Small Commercial Lease?
- Amendment to the PA Power of Attorney Statute
- Tucker Attorneys to Speak at American Banker’s Association National Conference in Orlando
- The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) has released Comptrollers Handbook A-DRCC, “Deposit Related Consumer Credit” (“DRCC”), as of February 2015
- Tucker Arensberg Recognized by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” 2015
- May an Innkeeper Legally Limit the Age for Accepting Children as Guests?
- The Advantages and Disadvantages of Arbitration vs. Court Litigation
- Steven James and Lindsay Kreppel have joined Tucker Arensberg, P.C.
- Tucker Arensberg Vindicates Rights of Government Landlords In Bankruptcy Appeal
- No it is not the IRS calling. Phone scammers pretending to be the IRS
- Supreme Court Holds That Whether or Not Trademarks May Be Tacked in Determining Priority is a Question for the Jury
- Supreme Court Clarified Standard of Review for Patent Claim Construction – Subsidiary Factual Findings are to be Reviewed for Clear Error Not De Novo
- Achieving a Better Life Experience: An Overview of the ABLE Act
- Tucker Arensberg Attorney protests Highmark decision not to cover pregnancy at Magee
- Energy Future Holdings Conference Call with Former Delaware Bankruptcy Judge Judith Fitzgerald on January 15, 2015
- Make Surveillance Worth the Money
- Mass Transit Maximum Limits Increased Retroactively for 2014
- Don’t Let Your Lawyer Get in the Way in Small Acquisitions
- Asset vs. Stock Sales 101: The Very Basics