UPDATE: On March 19th, the House of Representatives passed the Delaware Rapid Arbitration Act by voice vote. The DRAA is now pending for review by the Senate’s Judicial Committee. Delaware is home…

1. To Appoint an Executor Appointing an executor will allow you to designate someone you trust to act as the personal representative for your estate after your passing. The personal representative carries…

As a compulsive (albeit poor) golfer I am already experiencing “links-withdrawal.” Putting away Christmas gifts included storing several dozen golf balls (my family knows how I play) for warmer days got me…

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.…