If you are a business owner or the spouse of a business owner considering divorce, the conclusion of tax season is a good time to review strategy with a family law lawyer, as well as with your tax advisor, accountant, and other…
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/ Business Organizations, Family Law, Taxation
Pennsylvania businesses face increasing privacy and data security obligations, even without a single statewide consumer privacy law. Instead, Pennsylvania privacy law is shaped by the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy
Many employers are beginning to introduce technologies that enhance workplace security and employee monitoring. For example, employers may require employees to clock in and out using fingerprints to streamline timekeeping…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Many of today’s most valuable and sensitive assets exist primarily in digital form and may include communications such as emails, digital media such as photos, operational materials such as business records and licensing…
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/ Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Estate planning is often viewed as a process that ends at death, with assets transferred and administration completed through probate or trust administration. For many forms of intellectual property, however, that view is…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Intellectual Property, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
On February 26, 2026, the Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division issued a “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,” revealing its intention to revoke the Biden-era definition of “independent contractor” and reinstate a 2021 rule,…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Lancaster County is currently going through a countywide reassessment whereby the county is going to reassess every property within its border. The last time Lancaster County performed a countywide reassessment was in 2018…
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/ Administrative Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Taxation
In an unreported opinion on February 3, 2026, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania held that complimentary hotel rooms provided by a casino are not subject to Luzerne County’s hotel room rental tax because the operator…
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/ Administrative Law, Taxation
With the federal government’s increased scrutiny of nonprofit organizations and their tax-exempt status, the impact of losing tax-exempt status must be considered when these organizations are interested in issuing tax-exempt…
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/ Nonprofit Law, Securities Law, Taxation
Employers often run background checks as a regular part of the hiring process to evaluate candidates. However, in Pennsylvania, employers must consider their legal obligations under the Criminal History Record Information Act…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Privacy
The Pennsylvania General Assembly is considering House Bill 133, legislation that would create a long‑absent pathway for reinstating parental rights after termination. Interest in the bill has grown following recent committee…
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/ Family Law
The Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA) introduces some of the most comprehensive state-level privacy requirements in the country. Effective October 1, 2025, with enforcement beginning in April 2026, MODPA significantly…
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/ Privacy
In 2025, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) was defined by a lack of leadership and activity, as a lack of quorum for most of the year effectively froze the Board’s ability to issue decisions. Still, the guidance…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Estate planning traditionally focuses on tangible assets, including real estate, investments, and personal property. But in today’s digital age, your intellectual property may be just as valuable, and often more vulnerable. From…
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/ Intellectual Property, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
In case you missed it, at the end of 2025, Governor Shapiro signed House Bill 274 into law. This new legislation—now Act 55 of 2025—is a significant update to Pennsylvania’s Unemployment Compensation Law (“Law”). Among other…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
