As every employer knows (or should know) the Fair Labor Standards Act requires that covered employees be paid no less than the federal minimum wage and one-and-one-half times the employee’s wage for…

As a both a Board Member and the Attorney for a youth football organization, one thing that has always concerned me is the liability of the volunteers who donate their time to…

Today is the 8th Annual World Autism Awareness Day. Each year, Autism organizations around the world celebrate this day to spread awareness and acceptance of individuals with Autism. According to a recent…

The Department of Labor has issued final rule-making that broadens the reach of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to legally married, same-sex couples regardless of the state in which they live.…

On February 12, 2015, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter signed into a law a new Ordinance that requires Philadelphia employers of ten or more full or part-time employees to give paid leave to eligible employees for certain purposes. The…

Recently, Pennsylvania enacted a new law that allows the transfer of a “Qualified Family-Owned Business Interest” (QFOBI) to one or more “Qualified Transferees” without being subject to Pennsylvania inheritance tax upon the…

Reductions in force (RIFs) can occur in a variety of settings, ranging from those driven by the economy, loss of a major customer, merger, or the broom of new management sweeping clean.…

Sports radio, 24-hour news stations and sports-based websites have fueled the desire for sports fans to get instant access to news involving their team as soon as it happens. However, the need…

Joel Luber, Chair of Reger Rizzo & Darnall’s Estates & Trusts Group, recently authored an article for the February 3, 2015 edition of The Legal Intelligencer. The article, Tread Lightly When Assigning a Trust Protector,…

Earlier this month, in Rochow v. Life Ins. Co. of No. Amer., No. 12-2074, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 3532 (6th Cir. March 5, 2015), a divided Sixth Circuit, sitting en banc, rejected a December…