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July 24, 2019

New Year, New Rules: 2019 Pennsylvania Public School Code Revisions (Part 1)

(Editor note: This is Part 1 of a two-part alert on the changes to the Pennsylvania Public School Code for the 2019-2020 scho...

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July 17, 2019

Knick v. Township of Scott: SCOTUS Opens Pandora’s Box for Developers and Municipalities

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision could have far-reaching effects for property owners, real estate developers and municipa...

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July 12, 2019

USPTO Sets New Rule for Foreign Companies in Trademark Cases

A new rule from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will require all foreign-based companies and individuals who make tradem...

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July 10, 2019

Deadlines for School Safety Grants Coming Fast

Summer deadlines are fast approaching for three federal grant programs that focus on promoting school safety. These...

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July 8, 2019

Maryland Joins Growing Trend to Ban Non-Compete Agreements

Maryland has become the latest state to take on non-compete agreements, banning them for employees under a certain salary thr...

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July 3, 2019

Gov. Wolf Signs Trauma-Informed Education Legislation

Trauma-informed education is now mandatory at all Pennsylvania public schools thanks to new legislation included in the state...

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June 21, 2019

Partner Salvatore Anastasi presented at IP5 meetings in South Korea to Promote International Patent Harmonization

Partner Sal Anastasi, chair of Barley Snyder’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, and member of a US delegation fro...

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June 19, 2019

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds that Evidence of Risks and Complications is Admissible in Medical Malpractice Cases

Yesterday, in the decision of Mitchell v. Shikora, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that evidence of risks and compli...

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June 19, 2019

NLRB Allows Employers to Ban Union Organizers From Union Activity In Employers’ Public Areas

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently reconsidered and overruled forty-year precedent permitting union represent...

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June 7, 2019

FTC Sets New HSR Deal Reporting Thresholds

Pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976, the Federal Trade Commission has released new repo...

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June 5, 2019

Lions, Tigers, and (Gummy) Bears, Oh My! How Will Schools Deal with CBD?

The rise of ingestible CBD products and the attractiveness of those products to minors has left school districts scrambling f...

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May 29, 2019

Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Continues

As camping, growing, picnic, landscaping and hauling seasons get underway in Pennsylvania, it is important to remember that t...

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