A distinction shared by only five percent of lawyers in the state, Super Lawyers is a comprehensive list of outstanding attorneys selected annually based on researched evidence of peer recognition…
Full implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is less than a year away. Regulations impacting school districts have been issued and more are likely. The ACA…
School districts are in the business of education not construction. Nonetheless, in order to fulfill its statutory duties, construction and renovation are inevitable. What are the practical steps a school…
There is little question that social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn have become a critically important method of connecting brands and consumers. According to an eMarketer report, nearly…
There are numerous reasons businesses and organizations need experienced legal guidance and representation. Personnel issues are one of them. The Pittsburgh employment lawyers at Maiello, Brungo & Maiello provide the…
The new Chapter 10 regulations regarding school and student safety are now final. The regulations were necessary to comply with the requirements of Act 104 of 2010 relating to the…
In the Fall 2011 edition of Education News, we addressed situations where a school district could be exposed to electronically stored information (ESI) spoliation sanctions and provided steps to include…
The recently-revised school employee background check requirements contained in Section 111 of the Pennsylvania School Code received additional attention during the recent legislative session. As you will recall, last year’s…
At the close of the 2011-2012 legislative session, the General Assembly passed and the Governor signed Act 82 of 2012 into law on June 30, 2012. Act 82 made several…
On October 25, 2012,Pennsylvania joined a growing number of states in enacting Act 198 of 2012 that tailors the punishment for youth involved in “sexting” rather than relying on existing…
In an October 11, 2012 decision, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that claims for compensatory education under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act are limited by the two-year…
In 2011, U.S. Courts of Appeal decided four (4) cases involving public school districts disciplining students for offensive on-line student speech that took place off campus. In a pair of…
In the summer 2012 edition of Education News, we reported that MB&M had successfully appealed an Arbitrator’s award in which a teacher was reinstated to his position despite a finding…
In the Summer 2012 edition of Education News, we discussed anAllegheny County school district’s board policy which provided for the exclusion from school activities of any student who was charged…
When a person in the Pittsburgh area is injured through no fault of his or her own, nothing is more important than retaining the services of a qualified and experienced…