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Zoning Variances: What a Landowner Must Prove to Obtain a Variance

Mar 30 2021

And How Concerned Neighbors Can Force Projects to Stay “Inside the Lines” With spring and summer construction season around the corner, property owners planning for new construction or alterations should evaluate whether they will need to seek a variance from … →

Posted in Legal Watch, Real Estate

10 Reasons To Update Your Estate Plan

Mar 11 2021

If you have never created an estate plan, it is absolutely something to strongly consider. An estate plan provides protection for your assets and gives you a say in how your assets transfer at the time of your passing. Passing … →

Posted in Estates and Trusts, Legal Watch

Spinning Out of Control: Peloton’s Attempts to Cancel a Trademark Bully

Mar 10 2021

Have you attended a spin class at your local gym or health club? Or are you immersed in the more timely, sanitary home-spinning craze? Have you related either of these activities to a company called Mad Dogg Athletics, Inc.?   Likely not. However, Mad Dogg owns several US trademark registrations, including Registration No. … →

Posted in Intellectual Property, Legal Watch

With Emergency Approval of a Vaccine, Will I Have to Vaccinate?

Mar 08 2021

Pfizer-BioNTech (“Pfizer”) and Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines have been authorized for emergency use by the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”). Due to the unprecedented speed of the vaccine approvals and release, some people are asking, “is … →

Posted in COVID-19 Updates, Labor and Employment, Legal Watch

DHS Final Rule on H-1B Lottery Process Will Not Impact the FY 2022 Lottery

Mar 04 2021

In January of this year, we posted an article discussing the rapid implementation of the Department of Homeland Security’s January 8, 2021, Final Rule. The Rule intended to convert the H-1B lottery system from a purely random selection process to … →

Posted in Legal Watch

Analyzing a Major Change in Pennsylvania Consumer Protection Law

Mar 02 2021

The Effect of Gregg v. Ameriprise Financial  Last week, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania finalized a major change in Pennsylvania consumer protection law that affects consumers, merchants, insurers, financial advisors, contractors, home sellers, and many others engaged in everyday commerce. In Gregg … →

Posted in Legal Watch, Litigation, Regulatory

How Scammers Target Your Employees to Steal Your Trade Secrets

Feb 25 2021

Employee Training and Education Is Key To Avoiding Online Scams What are Trade Secrets? For confidential information to be classified as a trade secret, it must not be generally known (i.e. it is only known and used by you) or … →

Posted in Intellectual Property, Legal Watch

End To Mandatory Arbitration Is On The Horizon

Feb 11 2021

Employment Landscape Changing With New Administration As most employers are aware, President Joseph Biden campaigned on an openly pro-labor platform during the 2020 presidential election cycle. Even more recently, the two Democratic candidates in the Georgia senatorial runoffs, Jon Ossoff … →

Posted in Labor and Employment, Legal Watch

New Financial Reporting Requirements Mean Businesses Must Act to Avoid Fines and Criminal Penalties 

Feb 10 2021

Businesses may have been spared new registration requirements as President Trump vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021, but recent House and Senate vetoes will now make those requirements a reality.  Changes To Beneficial Ownership Reporting The NDAA is a … →

Posted in Corporate, Legal Watch

5 Things Small Businesses Should Know About COVID Relief

Feb 08 2021

Financial Resources To Stay Afloat Businesses struggling to keep their doors open amid the ongoing public health crisis may not be aware of the financial resources available to them. Here are five things small businesses may not, but should, know about … →

Posted in Corporate, COVID-19 Updates, Legal Watch