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Legal UpdatesEmployment Tax Amnesty for Workers Misclassified as Independent ContractorsMany businesses, lured by the reduced financial and legal burdens of engaging workers as independent contractors, may have misclassified workers as independent contractors rather than employees. October 18, 2011 Read Story Judge Ends Political Stalemate in SoleburyA Bucks County judge has forced an end to a political stalemate in Solebury. On Wednesday, Common Pleas Court Judge C. Theodore Fritsch ordered Solebury's board of supervisors to fill an empty seat on the board. September 29, 2011 Read Story Who Owns Engineering Plans and the Right to Develop?In this economy probably every engineering firm has a list of projects that have approvals in various stages of completion but are at a standstill. Unfortunately, those projects can represent hundreds of thousands of dollars of unpaid engineering fees. Developers and their single purpose entities have folded as the demand for new development has slowed dramatically. Engineering firms and banks can be left holding the bag for the developer’s risk taking. September 29, 2011 Read Story Residents File Lawsuit to End Political StalemateSolebury’s leaders have failed to play by the rules, according to a lawsuit. Two residents are taking the township’s board of supervisors to court for failure to fill an empty board seat. September 27, 2011 Read Story New NLRB Posting Requirement - Employee Rights Under NLRAMany businesses are not aware that they must comply with a federal labor law, the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). The NLRA applies to both union and non-union employees and states that employers cannot interfere with, restrain or coerce employees in exercising their rights under the NLRA, which protects the employees’ right to discuss their “wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment” for their “mutual aid or protection.” September 25, 2011 Read Story USER BEWARE: Maximizing the Possibilities, Minimizing the Risks of Using Social MediaIn thinking about the potential dangers associated with the use of social media, all one needs to do is think about all the dangers associated with any form of one-on-one communication and then multiply it by a factor of however many people have access to the online communication. Through an understanding of the nature of current social media usage, attorneys can make the most of these possibilities and minimize the associated risks. September 1, 2011 Read Story Court: Nockamixon Quarry Can't ExpandThanks to the state’s top judges, a small mistake a Nockamixon clerk made decades ago won’t cost the township tens of thousands of dollars to gain its authority back. August 2, 2011 Read Story Natural Gas Regulation in the Municipal Government ContextNatural gas drilling is a major social, economic, political and environmental issue affecting Pennsylvania. Currently, Pennsylvania laws supersede or pre-empt local regulation on a broad array of issues related to natural gas drilling and production. As a result, the scope of local governments' ability to regulate natural gas drilling in their communities is relatively narrow. July 26, 2011 Read Story When The Accused Becomes The Accuser: Protecting Your Company Against Gender Discrimination Claims During Sexual Harassment InvestigationsWhen one of your company’s employees brings an allegation of sexual harassment against another employee, your first thought is to go into crisis management mode – begin an investigation, separate the alleged harasser from his or her accuser, and generally make every attempt to make sure you do not make matters worse. But what if the act of managing the crisis can itself become the basis of a gender discrimination claim? June 25, 2011 Read Story Protect your Business with Confidentiality and Non-Compete AgreementsIn today’s business environment, employee turnover is a critical issue. When the departing employee is one in whom an employer has invested time, money and effort in training and nurturing in business practices, the departure of the employee may have a noticeable adverse effect on business opportunities and revenue. June 8, 2011 Read Story DEP Regulators Rush Through Gas-drilling Permit ReviewsPennsylvania environmental regulators testified that they spend 30 minutes or less reviewing permits for natural gas wells. April 14, 2011 Read Story Pennsylvania is Approving Gas Drilling Permits with Scant ReviewPennsylvania environmental regulators say they spend as little as 35 minutes reviewing each of the thousands of applications for natural gas well permits they get each year from drillers who want to tap the state’s vast Marcellus Shale reserves. April 13, 2011 Read Story Business Tax Provision of the 2010 Tax ActThe Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (“the Act”) includes the following provisions affecting businesses, in an apparent effort to get more money circulating in the economy. January 21, 2011 Read Story Preserve Company Name By Filing Decennial ReportSince failure to receive notice from the Department does not exempt an entity from the necessity to file the Decennial Report, it is important for you to check. January 21, 2011 Read Story Key Estate, Gift and GST Tax Law ChangesFrank Stecklair wrote an article about the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010. January 1, 2011 Read Story |
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