ADA Title III Reform Legislation Moves Forward in Congress
By: Alisa N. Carr, Esq. On July 7, 2016, the House Judiciary Committee voted to advance the ADA Education and Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3765) further along in the …
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By: Alisa N. Carr, Esq. On July 7, 2016, the House Judiciary Committee voted to advance the ADA Education and Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3765) further along in the …
On July 19, 2016, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court’s decision in Herder Spring Hunting Club v. Keller, No. 5 MAP 2015, and reaffirmed “title washing” under historical Pennsylvania …
By: Alan M. Kindred, Esq. Voters in the United Kingdom (“UK”) recently voted in a referendum to secede from the European Union (“EU”). It is now up to the British …
On June 17, 2016, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) enacted Proposition 65 Maximum Allowable Dose Level (“MADL”) for dermal exposures to Bisphenol A (“BPA”) from contact with …
In the past, in patent matters regarding validity and infringement, it has been the general consensus among patent attorneys that a formal written attorney opinion was usually not needed. This …
Starting with tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2016, the tax return due dates for the vast majority of annual tax returns were changed through a seemingly unrelated …
On May 16, 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued Regulation Crowdfunding (“Reg CF”), the final rules on allowing non-public companies to offer securities to ordinary, non-accredited investors. …
On May 18, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) released the text of its Final Rule “Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees …
On Monday, May 2, 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued a new Fact Sheet titled “Bathroom Access Rights for Transgender Employees under Title VII of the Civil …
By: Alisa N. Carr, Esq. On April 29, 2016, U.S. District Judge Mark R. Hornak adopted the January 27, 2016, Report & Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Robert Mitchell (“R&R”) in …
In April 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a publication titled “The Employer’s Guide to the Family and Medical Leave Act,” along with a revised Family and Medical …
On April 29, 2016, the Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”), which sets policy on federal government hiring procedures, issued a proposed rule that would prohibit an agency from inquiring about …