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Saxton & Stump Adds Five New Professionals to Growing Law Firm
LANCASTER, Pa., November 14, 2019 - Saxton & Stump, a Pennsylvania-based law firm, is pleased to welcome five new professionals. Aligned with the firm’s aggressive strategic growth plan for 2019, Saxton & Stump has added 14 attorneys, 15 business professionals...
NLRB Issues Proposed Rule That Would Clarify Employment Status of Graduate Student Workers
Last month, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) issued a proposed rule limiting its jurisdiction to exclude private university and college graduate students who perform work in connection with their studies from coverage under the National Labor...
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules MCARE Statute of Repose is Unconstitutional
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently declared that the seven-year statute of repose applicable to medical malpractice lawsuits is unconstitutional. Healthcare providers and their insurers and reinsurers should be mindful that some claims that were barred by...
The Problem with Sole Discretion Clauses in Construction Contracts
An increasingly popular trend in construction contracts is to include sole discretion language, which expresses that a breach of contract, change order, withholding, or right to terminate is at the “sole discretion” of the higher tiered contractor or owner...
Attorney Maureen Maley Earns Civil Rights Investigator Certification
Saxton & Stump attorney Maureen Maley has earned two Civil Rights Investigator certifications. The Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA) certification courses are specially designed for those working directly with Title IX investigations and sexual...
Hon. Lawrence F. Stengel (Ret.) Gives Testimony Before Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
Hon. Lawrence F. Stengel (Ret.) gave testimony at the State Capitol Building in Harrisburg on October 2 for the Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on statute of limitations with respect to claims of sexual abuse. As Chair of the Independent...
Court Reinforces that Employers Must be Aware of Associational Discrimination Claims Under the ADA
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently revived a plaintiff’s associational discrimination claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in a case involving his demotion and termination after a schedule change request to care for his disabled...
Dental Practice to Pay $10,000 for Impermissible Disclosures of Patients’ Protected Health Information on Social Media
Responding to a patient’s review on Yelp triggered an Office of Civil Rights (OCR) investigation of a small Texas dental practice recently which ultimately resulted in an agreement by the practice to pay $10,000 and implement a two-year OCR-monitored corrective...
Understanding Types of Construction Scheduling Claims
When a project fails to timely meet milestones or completion dates, disputes often arise. Sometimes, the owner threatens to assess liquidated damages. Other times, however, it may be the contractor who has a claim against the owner. Three typical claims that a...
The Tax Man Cometh — Breweries to Start Paying Use Tax on Certain Sales of Beer Starting October 1
The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue has locked in its new policy which takes effect October 1 and requires breweries to remit a use tax of 6% on 25% of the total retail price of their own beer sold to consumers at their premises. After some delay and several...
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