It’s the first day of class, and you receive an anonymous hotline complaint about an employee’s sexually harassing conduct towards a subordinate. Follow your tried-and-true employment discrimination complaint process developed under Title... Read more
Sexual misconduct cases on college campuses – otherwise known as Title IX cases – fill the headlines. Not surprisingly, Title IX is often associated only with sports or higher education. But if you provide health care within Pennsylvania, New... Read more
Any day now, Secretary of Education Betsy Devos’s new Title IX regulations will be published. They are expected to substantially change the requirements for responding to sexual misconduct in an educational environment. While the final content... Read more
Act 78 of 2018: UNLAWFUL USE OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT AND PROHIBITING LOCAL REGULATION OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to... Read more
By: Alan T. Shuckrow and Alexis M. Wheeler On October 26, 2018, The Commonwealth Court handed down another opinion in a recent line of case law developing oil and gas land use and environmental regulation in Pennsylvania, Frederick v.... Read more
Under the 2017 tax bill, Congress requires charities to pay unrelated business income tax (UBIT) for the cost of the following fringe benefits if the charity offers these benefits tax-free to its employees: a) bus passes or transport to... Read more
NOTHING IN THIS DOCUMENT IS INTENDED OR SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS ADVICE TO PARTICIPATE IN, OR COUNSEL WITH RESPECT TO, CRIMINAL OR FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES. POSSESSION, DISTRIBUTION, AND SALE OF MARIJUANA IS A SERIOUS CRIME UNDER FEDERAL LAW, AND ENGAGING... Read more
The introduction of unmanned aircraft systems (“UAS”), known more colloquially as “drones,” into mainstream society has resulted in a significant uptick in consumer purchasing. Flying drones appeals to people. They enjoy piloting their... Read more
With the passage of the Medical Marijuana Act (the “Act”) on April 17, 2016, municipalities throughout the Commonwealth have had their fair share of concerns about how this law will affect them. Given the stigma attached to marijuana in general,... Read more
In the weeks since President Obama signed the executive order changing the salary requirements for certain executive, administrative and professional employees, there has been a lot news coverage, most of it incomplete and distressing. The... Read more
