Clients sometimes wonder why loan documents or other contracts contain certain words or phrases. Do these “magic words” have any real impact on the rights of the parties, or are they simply legal [...]
OSHA Issues Covid-19 Vaccination-Or-Test Standard for Employers
In Corporate Issues, Employment and Labor PostedThe Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OSHA”) has issued a new emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) which requires employers with 100 or more employees to require their employees to [...]
PA Supreme Court Provides Guidance on Pennsylvania’s Steel Products Procurement Act
In Corporate Issues PostedWhile navigating tricky supply chain issues, it is still vitally important for suppliers and contractors to comply with state and federal procurement requirements. One such requirement for public [...]
Employment Alert: Employers in Allegheny County Will Soon Be Required to Provide Paid Sick Leave
In Employment and Labor PostedLast month, Allegheny County Council unanimously passed a new Ordinance requiring employers with 26 or more part-time and full-time employees to provide paid sick leave to their workers. The [...]
Identifying and Handling Risks Associated with Escalating Material Prices and Delays
In Corporate Issues PostedConstruction project owners and contractors now anticipate unpredictable prices and time frames resulting from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Projects must proceed, but price [...]
President Joe Biden has announced strict vaccine rules for large employers as part of the administration’s new six-part plan to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Labor’s Occupational [...]
OSHA Issued Updated Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace
In Employment and Labor PostedLast Friday, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued updated Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace. In the Guidance, OSHA adopted [...]
De-risking Series: Doing Business in Another State? When and Why You Should Foreign Qualify
In Corporate Issues PostedIf your company is doing business in a state other than the one in which you incorporated or formed your company, you are required to register or “qualify” as a foreign entity in that [...]
Data Security Blog Post: No JoKe
In Corporate Issues, Information and Business Technology, Intellectual Property PostedFrom JBS Meats to Kaseya, cybercrime is front page news and it isn’t going away. Large Cap, Middle Market, Mom and Pop – it doesn’t matter what size your business is or whether you are high [...]
Last week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued updated COVID-19 guidance for all industries outside of the healthcare sector. The new guidance differentiates between [...]