On Wednesday, August 20, 2024, a federal judge in Texas set aside the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Rule banning the use of noncompete agreements in employment, which was set to take effect on September 4, 2024. The judge…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
We do not often highlight specific projects on this blog, but with the anniversary of 9/11 approaching, it seemed fitting to recognize two development projects in the area that will support our veterans…
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/ Nonprofit Law, Real Estate - Residential
With a presidential election just around the corner, employers can expect to see an uptick in political discussions in the workplace, if they haven’t already. The days when coworkers typically refrained from discussing politics…
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/ Civil Rights, Elections & Politics, Labor & Employment Law
On July 17, 2024, Pennsylvania passed a new law concerning noncompete agreements within the healthcare industry, which is known as the Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act (the “Act”). The Act will take effect on…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Health, Labor & Employment Law
A jury will consider a former teacher’s (Mr. Moorehead) First Amendment claim against his former employer, a Pennsylvania School District (the “District”). The claim arose from Mr. Moorehead’s attendance at the “Stop the Steal”…
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/ Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, International Law & Trade
Allegheny County is no longer going to be the oddball Pennsylvania county when it comes to its annual assessment appeal deadline. On June 4, 2024, Allegheny County amended its Ordinance regarding annual assessment appeal…
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/ Administrative Law, Real Estate - Residential, Taxation
In an unreported panel decision of Armstrong Township v. Lycoming County Board of Assessment Appeals and Choice FuelCorp, Inc., 140 C.D. 2022 (Pa. Cmwlth. Ct. Apr. 5, 2024), the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania reversed the…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts
In April, we wrote about the U.S. Department of Labor’s new regulations set to take effect on July 1, 2024. These new regulations significantly increase the minimum salary required for employers to meet the Fair Labor Standards…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
On June 24, 2024, a federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction to block parts of the Department of Labor’s recent regulations updating Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements on federally funded construction…
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/ Construction Law, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
The Supreme Court of the United States recently unanimously ruled against the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) in Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney. The decision reversed the NLRB’s attempt to change the standard for evaluating…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
EEO-1 reports were due on June 4, 2024. If you have not yet filed your report, you should do so as soon as possible. The EEOC has provided a late filing deadline of July 9, 2024 to file your 2023 reports…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Pennsylvania real estate taxes are usually very large line items on any corporate balance sheet. Accordingly, you should be reviewing your assessed value(s) on an annual basis if you are a Pennsylvania commercial or industrial…
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/ Administrative Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Taxation
Legislation impacting guardianship cases in Pennsylvania takes effect tomorrow, June 11, so practitioners operating in this realm and those serving as guardians across the Commonwealth should make themselves aware of the changes…
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/ Civil Procedure, Family Law, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
The United States Department of the Treasury (Treasury) on June 3, 2024 published proposed regulations on Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Sections 45Y and 48E, which provide for clean energy production and investment tax credits for…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Taxation
EEO-1 reports were due on June 4, 2024. If you have not yet filed your report, you should do so as soon as possible. The EEOC has provided a late filing deadline of July 9, 2024 to file your 2023 reports. After that date, the…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
