The American Arbitration Association has introduced Alternative Fee Arrangements for arbitrators. In lieu of the traditional hourly rate billing, for any two party commercial or construction [...]
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On September 5, 2018, the Superior Court filed an Opinion in American Express Bank, FSB v. James Martin and Amazing Masonry, LLC, No. 181 EDA 2018 (Pa.Super. filed Sept. 5, 2018) [PDF], [...]
Effective May 14, 2018, the rules implementing the Bayh-Dole Act (specifically, 37 CFR § 401 and 404) were changed in some important ways that impact patent protection of federally-funded [...]
Currently, written instruments controlled by Pennsylvania law have had two different statutes of limitation. Most written contracts must be enforced within a four-year statute of limitations. [...]
On May 25, 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect. The GDPR will impact any US business that (1) collects information directly from EU citizens (e.g., online sales, [...]
Throughout the end of 2017, reports of sexual harassment and sexual assault dominated the news cycle. Although initially focused on the entertainment industry, due to the explosive allegations [...]
By including micro captives on the list, the Service has telegraphed that it will continue vigorously challenging micro-captive arrangements. For three consecutive years, the Service has targeted [...]
On September 7, 2017, Equifax Inc. announced that it had experienced a security breach of approximately 143 million US consumers’ private data, including names, Social Security Numbers, [...]
Dentists who own and operate private practices are responsible not only for performing clinical services, but oftentimes also for numerous administrative tasks including managing human resources, [...]
Assets owned in a revocable living trust go directly to named trust beneficiaries when you die, eliminating the process of probate from their assets. That can make a living trust a valuable [...]
