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).
Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced that Erie County has been officially designated as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) by the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy. Erie joins four other western Pennsylvania counties - Allegheny, Beaver, Washington, and Westmoreland - in receiving dedicated federal resources to coordinate federal, state and local governments to fight drug trafficking and abuse.
HARRISBURG – In a major victory for state Democrat officials, a 4-3 decision of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has given the Pennsylvania Democratic Party its requested three-day extension to count mail-in ballots and approved the use of drop-box locations apart from official polling places.
James D. Schultz has joined Holland & Knight in Philadelphia as a partner in the firm's Public Policy & Regulation Practice Group and will lead its Northeast Government Advocacy Team. Mr. Schultz served as senior associate counsel and special assistant to the president during the first year of the Trump administration.
The following cases categorized as "labor" cases were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Aug. 7. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "labor" cases were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Aug. 6. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Patrick Pizzella against Maribel Rodriguez, THE White House Daycare Center 2 Inc. and THE White House Daycare Center LLC on Aug. 7: '3 Summons Issued As To Maribel Rodriguez, The White House Daycare Center 2, Inc., The White House Daycare Center, Llc. Forwarded To: Plaintiff's Counsel On 8/8/2019 (amas)'.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Patrick Pizzella against Maribel Rodriguez, THE White House Daycare Center 2 Inc. and THE White House Daycare Center LLC on Aug. 6.
PHILADELPHIA – On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the Boyertown Area School District’s policy of allowing transgender students to use the restroom facilities corresponding to their gender identity.
PHILADELPHIA — Tasked with deciding a climate change lawsuit brought on behalf of children, a federal judge says he won’t supervise the White House’s actions on the environment.
Several K&L Gates LLP lawyers from diverse backgrounds and offices across the K&L Gates platform recently have been honored for individual accomplishments within the legal industry.
Cozen O'Connor continues to expand its national Labor and Employment Department and its Pittsburgh office with four additional attorneys from Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney.
PHILADELPHIA – The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will become less Draconian and more complaint-based, its new stewards say, and there will likely be a decline in its investigations, but an attorney who focuses on the CFPB said the mission of the agency - and his firm - will continue.
PITTSBURGH – The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit that challenges the federal law prohibiting sex discrimination to also include discrimination based on sexual orientation.
