Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Announce New "Safer at Home" Restrictions
11/18/20
By: Justin Boron
The City of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania announced new measures this week aimed at curbing the spike in COVID cases in the region, but neither appear to be ready to initiate a broad-based shutdown like …
Eastern District of Pennsylvania Finds that School District Immunity does not Extend to Teacher’s Alleged Intentional Torts
8/19/19
By: Erin Lamb
An Eastern District of Pennsylvania judge ruled that the Philadelphia School District is immune from a lawsuit wherein a special education student was allegedly choked by his special education teacher. However, District Judge Gerald Pappert also ruled …
Malware Incident in Philly Court that Downed Online Filing Highlights Concerns for Court Systems and Legal Community in the Future
7/11/19
By: Justin Boron
It’s back-to-normal for tech-dependent, legal professionals in the Philadelphia legal community. After a month with no access to online filing due to a malware incident in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, attorneys like me—who never knew a …
Philadelphia Burdens New Fair Workweek Law to Impact 130,000 Workers & Employers
1/9/19
By: John McAvoy
On December 7, 2018, the Philadelphia City Council passed the Fair Workweek Employment Standards Ordinance by an overwhelming margin of 14-3. Effective January 1, 2020, the objective of the Ordinance, which was introduced in June by Councilwoman …
A Holly(cal) Jolly (Almost) Christmas
12/28/18
By: Zach Moura
In what is sure to be the beginning of a slew of cases litigating coverage for injuries caused by drones, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California recently issued an opinion denying coverage under …
Philadelphia's “Salary History Ban Law” Gets Banned!
5/7/18
By: John McAvoy
More than a half-century after President JFK signed the Equal Pay Act, the gender pay gap is still with us. Women earn 79 cents for every dollar men earn, according to the Census Bureau. What will it …