The Pittsburgh office of Fox Rothschild has joined the Allegheny County Bar Foundation’s Pittsburgh Pro Bono Partnership to support the Protection From Abuse (PFA) Project.
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Professor of Law Kate Shaw is among the newest appointed members and senior fellows of the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS).
WASHINGTON – At its annual meeting this week, the Philadelphia-based American Law Institute voted to approve a Restatement intended to give legal clarity to consumer contracts – a project which has been subject to controversy, since its foundation is said to diverge from established contract law in some respects.
PITTSBURGH – A McDonald’s employee alleges she was repeatedly subjected to sexual harassment from her manager for months before being mandated to perform work duties in violation of a doctor’s order, which may have led to both her miscarriage and professional retaliation exacted upon her.
PITTSBURGH – The operator of residential homes for adults with mental and physical disabilities has launched legal action against seven individuals, alleging they have spread false and defamatory information regarding its care of a developmentally-disabled and autistic boy.
HARRISBURG – Justices from a divided Supreme Court of Pennsylvania have explained their rationales for recently selecting or choosing not to select the new congressional map that will govern politics and elections statewide for the next decade.
HARRISBURG – After a contentious and highly-partisan political battle, a divided Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has selected the new congressional map that will govern politics and elections statewide for the next decade.
HARRISBURG – Using its King’s Bench jurisdictional power, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania will now be the legal forum in which the finalization of the state’s new congressional map will take place.
