Protecting Our Elders? Or Protecting Big Medicine? Federal Court Blocks Agency Rule Banning Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements in Nursing Homes

By: Pamela A. Lee, Esquire        [email protected] In September, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”)-a federal agency that controls Medicare and Medicaid funding-announced comprehensive revisions to the federal nursing home regulations, including a ban on pre-dispute arbitration agreements. The new rule banning pre-dispute arbitration agreements-along with most of the new rules-was scheduled to take […]

You Can’t Say That: Labor Board Strikes Down Rules Limiting Employee Speech

By: Lisanne L. Mikula, Esquire        [email protected] A recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) found that an employee could not be terminated because he had warned a co-worker that the co-worker might be fired. Rather, the NLRB held that the employee’s termination-and the employer’s handbook policies upon which that termination was based-violated the […]

Our Heroes Are Not the Only Ones Who Need an Estate Plan

By: Matthew H. Fry, Esquire [email protected] Several years ago, I began volunteering for Wills for Heroes, a non-profit organization that provides free basic estate plans to military veterans, police, firefighters, correction officers and first responders. Wills for Heroes was formed after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, in response to a staggering statistic that over 90% of […]

Celebrating Diversity: Women in the Law Committee Approved in Delco

By: Lisanne L. Mikula, Esquire        [email protected] About two years ago, my colleague Pamela A. Lee and I -at the time both relatively new to the Delaware County Bar- were swapping stories about professional organizations in which we had been involved over the years.   Pamela shared with me her experiences with an organization that fostered […]

Read the Small Print – Beware of Arbitration Agreements in Business and Consumer Contracts

By: Matthew H. Fry, Esquire [email protected] Applying for a credit card; leasing a car; getting your loved one admitted into a nursing home; or getting a checking or savings account with a local bank. What do they all have in common? The agreements you are required to sign for each most likely contain arbitration clauses […]

Reasonable Work Accommodation Requests – An Employer’s Checklist

By: Lisanne L. Mikula Esquire        [email protected] When an employee with a disability requests an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of his or her job, the employer has the responsibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act to clarify what the employee needs and to identify the appropriate reasonable accommodation which will enable the employee […]

Pure or Impure: Real Estate Tax Exemption in Pennsylvania for Purely Public Charities

By: Pamela A. Lee, Esquire        [email protected] In Pennsylvania, our law provides for the “principle that a taxpayer should pay no more or no less than his proportionate share of the cost of government.” Our Supreme Court has explained that taxes are not penalties but are contributions which all are expected to make to fund […]

Public Education: It’s A Constitutional Right!

By: Matthew H. Fry, Esquire        [email protected] Our partner Robert M. DiOrio, Esquire has successfully defeated an improper attempt by a Chester County school district to exclude a student for alleged non-residency.   This victory for the student and his family highlights that public education is not only a valuable but a constitutionally-protected right as well. The school district had […]

Social Media: All is Fair in Love, War and Litigation

By: Lisanne L. Mikula, Esquire [email protected] Social media has transformed our everyday lives, enabling us to connect effortlessly with others and share information at the press of a button or a swipe of a touchscreen. These virtual interactions, however, have also transformed litigation. Social media posters publish vast amounts of personal information which may give […]

Did You Get The Point(s)? What you Need to Know About Points on your Driver’s License

By: Robert B. George, Esquire        [email protected] The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, more commonly known as “PennDOT”, maintains a record for every licensed driver in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in which it tracks, maintains and manages an ongoing record of points for each driver.  The assessment of points by PennDOT is essentially a system which determines […]

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