“Sanctuary Cities” Get a Reprieve For Now
1/10/19
By: Pamela Everett
As many city, county and state attorneys are aware, in 2017 the US. Department of Justice (DOJ) added three conditions to the application process for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (“Byrne JAG”) program in an …
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 …
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 …
Waymo v. Uber – Addressing the Stakes of Driverless Car Trade Secrets and Intellectual Property
2/12/18
By: Courtney K. Mazzio
The litigation surrounded a man named Anthony Levandowski, a former Waymo employee who took thousands of documents with him when he left Waymo in 2015 to pursue his own company. Uber purchased Levandowski’s company, giving Levandowski …