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A New Challenge to “At-Will” Employment for Health Care Workers

In Roman v. McGuire Memorial, the Pennsylvania Superior Court announced a new basis for challenging terminations of at-will employees. While...

CROWDFUNDING OR CROWDFOOLERY?

Part 1 of 3 Part Series: General Rules After years of hand-wringing and speculation by entrepreneurs, re-occurring angels, venture capital...

A ‘Rude Awakening’: Punitive Damages in a Commercial Dispute

Scam Alert for Pennsylvania Business Owners

Scammers targeting Pennsylvania businesses have been hard at work this summer. The Pennsylvania Department of State reports that three separate...

Entity Transactions Act: New Rules, Forms and Vocabulary for Pennsylvania M&A Transactions

On July 1, 2015, the Pennsylvania Association Transactions Act (also known as the Entity Transactions Act) (the “Act”) went into...

Indemnification Fee Advancement

No one (not even us legal corporate types) would ever suggest that bylaws are interesting. But recent Third Circuit and...

Pennsylvania Registration Key to Recovery for Foreign Corporations

Recent Amendments to POA Law Have Unexpected Impact on Commercial Lenders

Commercial lenders in Pennsylvania await action by the legislature to fix what appears to be an unintended byproduct of recent...

Do Confidentiality Orders Protect Confidential Information from Discovery in Subsequent Cases?

Unemployment Compensation Hearings: Sometimes You Get a Do-Over

Arbitration – A Skeptic’s Admission

So The Business You Bought Is Not What You Thought… Now What?

My wife doesn’t eat fish. Chicken is the staple of the diet in our house. Despite careful consideration, sometimes she...

Best Practices: Background Checks for Nonprofit Board, Staff and Volunteers

Reprinted by permission of Catalyst Center for Nonprofit Management. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. Childhood victimization and other abuses...

Deciphering the Hague Convention: A Primer on Conducting Discovery Abroad

Full Tort v. Limited Tort Coverage: What is the real cost of limited tort?

Deciding on an auto insurance plan, particularly after the rush of purchasing a new car, can be a deflating...

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Lets Stand Blanket Prohibition on Discovery of Attorney-Expert Communications.

On April 29, 2014 an evenly divided Supreme Court let stand a Superior Court opinion which effectively creates a blanket...

Look Before You Leap Into That Business Relationship

Business divorce, just like traditional matrimonial divorce, can occur for many reasons. Many times, business divorce is occasioned by underperformance...