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Articles & Updates

Winter 2008
Business Identity

Spring/Summer 2007
Tunnel, What Tunnel?

School & Municipal

April 2008
turnitin.com Opinion

March 2008
School Closings Timetable

Winter 2008
Right to Know Article

Winter 2008
Right to Know Act Update

Winter 2008
FMLA Amended

2007
Act 114 of 2006, Section 111 of the Public School Code was amended effective April 1, 2007

2007
Additional Areas Impacted by New 2006 IDEA Part B Regs

2007
Legislative Update

2006
Student Complaints Against Teachers - Guidelines to protect the district.

2006
Act 88

2004 - May
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission approves proposed rule to correct the Third Circuit Court's "Erie" decision.

2004 - January
Reciprocal Enforcement of Suspension/Expulsion Policies

2004 - January
Legislative Updates for School Police Officer Training and The Wage Payment and Collection Law.

2004 - February
Act 1 of 2003 requires one chaperone for every fifty minors of school-sponsored events.

2003
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Sets the Standard for Random Drug Testing In Schools

Real Estate

2007 - Winter
Attachment to Tenant Allowance Article

2007 - Winter
Commercial Lease Inducements and Tax Treatment

2007 - Winter
Subsidence - Abandoned Mines in Pennsylvania

2006 - Summer
Sample Form - Garnishing Tenants Wages for Delinquent Rent - Residential Dwelling

2006 - Summer
Premises Liability for Third Party Crime

2006 - Summer
Garnishing Tenants Wages for Delinquent Rent - Residential Dwelling

2004 - December
Thinking of appealing the 2005 assessment on property in Allegheny County? Think again...

2001
Real Estate Taxable Status is based on the date that the tax is levied.

Construction

2005 - January
Winning large PA Public Works projects now means providing three, detailed submittals.

2004 - January
As of February 1, 2004, the Bureau of Occupational and Industrial Safety will no longer perform plan reviews for "walk-in" customers.

Banking & Finance

2005 - May
Not complying with Pennsylvania mortgage satisfaction time lines could cost you.

2005 - May
Accurate communication with business customers about Check 21 can prevent ill will and preserve the relationship.

Labor & Employment

2005 - January
An employee brings a sexual harassment claim -- do you know what to do next?

2004 - May
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission approves proposed rule to correct the Third Circuit Court's "Erie" decision.

2004 - January
Legislative Updates for School Police Officer Training and The Wage Payment and Collection Law.