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- Albert Lee to speak at LaRoche University’s Professional Development Series
- Albert Lee to speak at the NCRMA 2020 Members Meeting
- Albert Lee to speak at The American Equity Underwriters (AEU) Conference
- The Importance of Annual No Change Affidavits for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
- 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
- Ambulance Company Pays $65,000 Settlement
- 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
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- 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
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- The Accidental Meeting: Right-to-Know Law & Sunshine Act
- When Is My Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) No Longer Disadvantaged?
- 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
- $1,600,000 Civil Money Penalty for HIPAA Violations by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission
- Federal Estate Tax Exclusion Rises to $11,580,000 for 2020 (and more inflation adjustments)
- $3,000,000 Settlement by University of Rochester Medical Center for Numerous HIPAA Violations
- 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
- $2,154,000 Civil Money Penalty for Numerous HIPAA Violations by Jackson Health System
- 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
- My Application For DBE Certification Was Denied- Now What?
- Dazed and Confused: What School Districts Should Know About Legalized Medical Marijuana
- Jillian Nolan Snider featured in the Journal of Corporate Renewal
- 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
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- 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))
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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)
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- What to Expect from the WBE/MBE/DBE Certification Process- A Lawyer’s View
- 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
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- Copyright Registration is Now More Important Than Ever!
- Mooting a Circuit Split
- New Rollover Rules For Participant Loans Can Help With Corporate Transactions
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- 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
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- Avoiding the Titanic: Navigating Bankruptcy Mediation
- Agencies Are Not Required to Perform Legal Research or Make Judgments (Section 703) – Insufficiently Specific Requests – Denying Requests
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- Failure to Address the Request to the Open Records Officer (Section 703 of the RTKL) – Invalid Requests
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- 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
- UCC Battle of the Forms: How to Minimize Contractual Disputes Using Sales Order Acknowledgements
- 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
- Colorado Hospital Pays $111,400 HIPAA Settlement For Failing To Stop Former Employee From Having Access To Patient Protected Health Information
- 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
- Allergy Practice Pays $125,000 HIPAA Settlement for Disclosing Patient Protected Health Information to Reporter
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- 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
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- 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
- Anthem Pays Record Setting $16 Million HIPAA Settlement
- Pennsylvania Office of Open Records Updates RTKL Fee Schedule
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- 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”
- “How Do We Pay for Mom and Dad’s Nursing Home?”
- 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
- Pennsylvania Superior Court Rules that Wife Cannot Bind Husband to Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement
- 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
- Free Webinar: Legal Issues for Long Term Care Business Office Managers
- 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
- Can your business be reimbursed for legal fees when you file suit to collect money due?
- 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
- Nursing Homes Finally Score a Victory: the Supreme Court of the United States Rules that States May Not Treat Arbitration Agreements Differently than Other Contracts
- 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
- Tucker Arensberg’s Danielle L. Dietrich elected to the Board of Governors for the ACBA
- 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
- Commonwealth Court Dismisses Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Lawsuit against Golden Living
- 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.
- (Another) New Burden Placed on Pennsylvania Long Term Care Facilities- Determining Whether an Agent Actually Had Authority to Sign an Arbitration Agreement
- 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
- Does Your Nursing Home Discharge Notice Comply with the New Federal Requirements?
- 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
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