The commencement speaker when you graduated from law school inevitably highlighted members of the audience who supported the graduates during school, and would provide continued support while the graduates studied for the bar exam and began their careers. Your career can be enhanced through relationships with others in your network of fellow attorneys, along with… Read more »
Gaetan J. Alfano will be a panelist speaker at the Business Insurance U.S. Women to Watch Annual Conference in New York City, on December 15, 2017. Mr. Alfano’s panel will focus on the gender pay gap issue. He will discuss recent case law on the employer ban on inquiries into salary history, the Philadelphia ordinance, and how all of… Read more »
Pennsylvania is on the cusp of a significant change as the State’s medical marijuana industry becomes fully operational. This summer, Pennsylvania awarded permits to twelve businesses to grow marijuana and twenty-seven businesses to sell medicinal marijuana. By June 2018, residents can start purchasing marijuana from dispensaries for approved medical purposes, and the industry is projecting… Read more »
Joseph L. Gordon was interviewed in an article titled, “Potential Litigation Uptick Seen From 3rd Circuit’s Workplace Slur Ruling.” Published July 31, 2017 in The Legal Intelligencer. Related Information: Click Here to Read The Legal Intelligencer Article
On April 7, 2017, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania issued its opinion in Chestnut Hill College v. Pennsylvania Human Rel. Commn., 844 C.D. 2016, — A –, 2017 WL 1289250, (Pa. Commw. Apr. 7, 2017), holding, in a case of first impression, that a Catholic college’s decision to expel a student could be challenged under the… Read more »
To attract high caliber employees, employers sometimes commit to employment for a fixed period through an employment contract. Not surprisingly, those employees with the leverage to command an employment contract typically represent a serious competitive threat once they leave the company. Given that dynamic, most employment contracts include restrictive covenants, such as non-solicit or non-compete… Read more »
Joseph L. Gordon authored “Employers Feel Heat Following Summer’s Arbitration Agreement Cases” which was published in The Legal Intelligencer on September 28, 2016. Related Information: Employers Feel Heat Following Summer’s Arbitration Agreement Cases
On March 25, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a suit by former employee Peggy Young under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e(k) (“PDA”), sent the issue of whether UPS had a “legitimate, nondiscriminatory, nonpretextual justification” for treating employees differently back to the 4th Circuit. Young claims UPS violated the PDA by improperly denying… Read more »
P. Brennan Hart will be moderating the presentation,” Legal Briefing: A Survey of Employment Practices Law and Insurance Practices Bad Faith” in Kansas on March 11, 2015. Phillip R. Earnest and Christopher E. Ballod will present “Survey of the Interplay Between Unfair Insurance Practices Acts and Bad Faith Litigation.” Presented at: AIG 17200 West 119th… Read more »
The U.S. Supreme Court continues to tackle labor and employment issues. Employers must be ready to react as the decisions roll out. Young v. UPS, No. 12-1226 Issue: Whether the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e(k) (“PDA”), requires an employer to provide work accommodations to pregnant employees who are “similar in their ability or inability… Read more »