25 Burns White attorneys named to 2016 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers/Rising Stars lists

May 13, 2016 | News

PITTSBURGH, May 13, 2016 — Twenty five Burns White attorneys in offices in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia were named to the 2016 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers/Rising Stars lists. The Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Ratings is a distinction received by no more than five percent...

Scott Eberle secures a defense verdict in a legal malpractice claim

May 12, 2016 | News

Member Scott R. Eberle recently obtained a defense verdict in a legal malpractice claim arising out of an underlying employment discrimination case. The four-day trial was held in Allegheny County and presided over by Judge Michael E. McCarthy. Note: The results...

LEGAL UPDATE: OSHA issues final rule requiring certain employers to provide injury and illness data for public disclosure

May 12, 2016 | Articles & Updates

By: Daivy P. Dambreville, Esq. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final rule on May 11, 2016, requiring employers in high-hazard industries to submit injury and illness data to OSHA for the purpose of...

GROUP BLOG: Eastern District Court says out-of-state employees working remotely fall under PA jurisdiction in breach of contract claim

Apr 18, 2016 | Articles & Updates

In her latest post for the Employment Law Blotter, Associate Katherine J. McLay looks at a recent decision made by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Numeric Analytics, LLC vs. McCabe, where it held that Pennsylvania courts possessed...

Jill Persico pens article on using social media as an investigative tool for The Legal Intelligencer

Apr 12, 2016 | News

Associate Jill M. Persico wrote an article for The Legal Intelligencer’s April 12, 2016 medical malpractice supplement on using social media as an investigative tool for obtaining information about adverse parties or witnesses. Click here and advance to page 6...