Business Leader Resource Center

1. Is Governor Wolf’s Order closing all non-life sustaining businesses valid? Yes. The law gives the Governor broad powers during disaster emergencies. Assume the Order is valid and comply with [...]

April 15 is now July 15. The U.S. Treasury Secretary just announced that the filing date for individuals to file 2019 federal income tax returns has been postponed by ninety days to July 15, [...]

In addition to protecting the health and safety of their employees and customers, many businesses may be questioning whether they have insurance coverage for coronavirus-related losses. The [...]

On March 18, 2020, President Donald Trump announced that he will invoke The Defense Production Act of 1950 (the “Act”) to overcome medical supply shortages resulting from the [...]

President Trump has signed emergency legislation that expands the Family and Medical Leave Act to cover coronavirus related leave and provides for emergency paid sick leave. The legislation, [...]

You heard it here, you might love April 15th this year! Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the IRS has postponed tax payments that would normally be payable with your 2019 tax return, which is [...]

Last week, we outlined CDC-approved recommendations for employers to take to determine the risk of, and to prevent workplace exposures to, the coronavirus/COVID-19. The EEOC recently updated its [...]

Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry announced that employees who are out of work due to COVID-19 may be eligible for unemployment compensation benefits under the [...]

Ohio Revised Code Section 1349.72, effective as of March 20, 2019, imposes a requirement that written notice be provided before a person “collects or attempts to collect” a debt [...]

As of February 15, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has heightened the requirements for filing trademark applications. First, all trademark applications must now be [...]