Year: 2011

It is no secret that employees frequently use their work computer to access the internet for non business-related purposes. A recent Zoomerang survey indicated that nearly a quarter of U.S.…

The privacy and confidentiality of social network site communications is a developing issue in litigation.  Electronic communications and information are discoverable between the parties to a civil lawsuit, provided they…

David Raves will speak at the ABA’s Construction Industry Forum at the Consol Energy Center on November 3, 2011. The Construction Contracts Program: Understanding and Negotiating the Critical Clauses in…

In a decision announced August 22, 2011, Western District Judge David Cercone dismissed a lawsuit by granting the summary judgment motion filed by MB&M in favor of a client school…

In the Fall 2010 edition of MBM Education News, we reported on the final Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations which at that time had only recently been released by the…

School districts are constantly bombarded by litigation involving federal constitutional rights or protections, whether First Amendment student free speech issues or employee discrimination claims based on age, sex or race. …

In a decision announced August 22, 2011, District Judge David Cercone granted the summary judgment motion filed by Maiello, Brungo & Maiello on behalf of the North Allegheny School District…

On August 4, 2011, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania issued a decision on an appeal from the Office of Open Records (OOR) decision on a Right-to-Know Law (RTKL) request for…