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Employers May Be Eligible for Refund of Severance Pay FICA Taxes
Employers who have made severance payments to laid off employees may be entitled to refunds of Federal Insurance Contribution...
Learn MoreNLRB Provides Clarity Regarding Permissible At-Will Employment Acknowledgments
On October 31, 2012 the Office for the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued advice memos...
Learn MoreDeferred Action Application Process Implemented by DHS
August 15, 2012 marks the beginning of the “deferred action” program implemented by the Department of Homel...
Learn MoreHomeowners Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program and Act 91 Notice Requirements Officially Reinstated
On August 9, 2012, Governor Tom Corbett announced the re-start of the Pennsylvania Homeowner’s Emergency Assistance Program...
Learn MoreThe 8/80 Overtime Rule for Hospitals and Nursing Care Facilities is Alive In Pennsylvania!
Earlier this month, Governor Corbett signed into law H.B. 1820, which revives the 8/80 overtime rule and gives health care in...
Learn MoreUSCIS Fraud Unit Site Visits – What Employers Need to Know and How to Prepare
Over the past few months employers have continued to experience unannounced site visits by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration S...
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Business Law Update – February 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS Understanding Non-Compete AgreementsDispute Resolutions: Know Your OptionsLetters of Intent: Start Your Pot...
Learn MoreAutomatic Petitions With Instant Decisions Now Offered by the US Patent Office
In order to automate select petition practice, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office offers the ePetitions web-based system, w...
Learn MoreWal-Mart Fails to Overturn Award of $187.6 Million For Wage and Hour Violations, But Pennsylvania Superior Court Sends $45.6 Million Award of Attorneys’ Fees Back to Trial Court Due to Potential
In the 2007 case of Braun v. Wal-Mart, one of the largest awards in a wage and hour class action in Pennsylvania history...
Learn MoreBusiness and Litigation Update – Spring 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS Expanding Your Business Through a Joint Venture: A Primer on Key IssuesFiduciary Duty in the New Millennium...
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