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LEGAL UPDATE: Supreme Court expands scope of employee discrimination cases
By: Dean F. Falavolito, Esq. Last week, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Staub v. Proctor Hospital, a much-anticipated decision that will...
LEGAL UPDATE: NLRB settles case regarding employee Facebook post
By: Dean F. Falavolito, Esq. When the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed suit against an employer in November of 2010 for terminating an...
ATTORNEY BLOG: Validating our support of alternative billing arrangements
By: David B. White, Esq. When our firm was founded in 1987, we sought to bring a progressive, pro-active approach to representing our clients, with...
ATTORNEY BLOG: U.S. financial crisis – the lost story?
By: Lyle Washowich, Esq. Arguably the "lost" story during the U.S. financial crisis is (and has been) the profound impact of this crisis on the...
2010 Employment Law Newsletter
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Identify and Manage Risks Arising From the Use of BIM
By: Chad A. Wissinger, Esq & Michael J. Cremonese, Esq Complete article from the 2010 Legal Intelligencer Construction Supplement available in...
US v Stricker et al
By: Medicare Team Recently the United States Government, on behalf of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), filed a recovery...
Insurance Bad Faith Case Law Update
By: John B. Cromer, Esq. In an important procedural case, The Hon. R. Stanton Wettick, Jr., of the Court of Common Please of Allegheny County, in...
Podcast – Medicare Attorney Talks About Medicare Compliance & Railroad Industry
From the Legal Talk Network - podcast available featuring Burns White Medicare attorney Benjamin Basista: "As of January 1, 2010, there will be new...
Genuine Science or Unscientific Speculation Offered by a Genuine Scientist?
By: Edwin B. Palmer, Esq. COURTS APPEAR TO BE TAKING A FIRM LINE AGAINST EXPERTS WHO OFFER OPINIONS IN TOXIC TORT CASES WITHOUT CONSIDERING EXPOSURE...
Superior Court puts limits on duties of insurance brokers
By: John B. Cromer, Esq. The Superior Court of Pennsylvania issued its decision in Wisniski v. Brown & Brown Ins. Co. of PA, No. 876 MDA 2003...
Medicare to assess penalties for late eligibility filings beginning in summer 2009 for WC and liability cases
The attorneys at Burns White would like to bring to your attention an important Medicare issue that will be affecting liability and workers'...
Supreme Court favors employees in setting new standard for the filing of retaliation claims against employers
By: Employment Law Team On June 22, 2006, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision that greatly affects the landscape of...