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August 09, 2006 |

Justices: Court Cannot Freeze Woman�s Assets

Scolding a Philadelphia Family Court judge for his less-than-strict adherence to due process norms, the state Supreme Court has overturned the judge�s decision to freeze assets belonging to the Hong Kong-based lover of a man engaged in litigation stemming from a bitter divorce.
4 minute read
October 09, 2003 |

Political Donations Ban Lifted From Uniformed Firefighters

A federal judge has struck down a Philadelphia ordinance that prohibits all political contributions by uniformed employees of the fire department, finding it violated the firefighters' First Amendment rights and that none of the city's justifications for the law was valid. U.S. District Judge Stewart Dalzell found that the public suffers from the effects of the ban, because the collective voice of the firefighters is silenced in the political arena.
5 minute read
July 03, 2002 |

Circuit Curbs Union Leafletting, Reversing Two NLRB Orders

Under Pennsylvania law, an employer has the right to prohibit union organizers from distributing leaflets in a company driveway - even if it qualifies as a public right-of-way - unless the local municipality has expressly said such handbilling must be allowed, a federal appeals court has ruled.
4 minute read
January 27, 2004 |

PTSD Sufferer May Not Be Forced Into Inmate Duty

A Philadelphia prison guard diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after her fingertip was amputated on the job may not be required to take on a light-duty position that would potentially bring her into contact with inmates, a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge has ruled.
4 minute read
September 02, 2005 |

ERISA Allows Alter Ego And Veil-Piercing Liability

In a case of first impression within the courts of the 3rd Circuit, an Eastern District judge has ruled that ERISA allows the trustees of a multiemployer pension plan to use both alter ego and piercing the corporate veil theories of liability against the corporate affiliates and individual owners of a bankrupt company.
7 minute read
November 17, 1999 |

In Same-Sex Harassment Case Are Questions About Homosexuality Allowed?

When a male employee files suit claiming he was sexually harassed by his male boss, does the employer's lawyer have a right to ask if the plaintiff is gay? That's the question in a suit filed against QVC, the cable shopping network, now that the plaintiff's lawyers instructed him not to answer any questions relating to his sexual history or "predisposition." QVC's lawyers filed a motion to compel the answers, arguing the plaintiff must comply because the case is still in discovery.
5 minute read
October 07, 2003 |

Political Donations Ban Lifted From Uniformed Firefighters

A federal judge has struck down a Philadelphia ordinance passed in 1952 that prohibits all political contributions by uniformed employees of the fire department, finding it violated the firefighters' First Amendment rights and that none of the city's justifications for the law was valid.
5 minute read
October 22, 2004 |

Pa. High Court Clarifies Challenges to Suspension Notices

The recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision in US Airways v. WCAB (Rumbaugh) is an important victory for injured workers, says Michael Dryden. The decision, which clarifies the issues presented when an employee challenges a suspension notification, limits an employer's ability to unilaterally suspend payment of indemnity benefits. This decision will make it much easier for claimants' practitioners to counsel clients who return to work.
4 minute read
May 12, 2003 |

Bowen et al v. The Parking Authority of the City of Camden et al,

Fed. R. Civ. P. 35(a) requires more than a claim for emotional distress as an element of an underlying cause of action to compel a psychiatric examination of a plaintiff; here, since plaintiff has alleged no more than a claim for emotional distress, defendant's motion to compel such an examination is denied.
7 minute read
June 03, 2005 |

Judge OKs Class Action Suit Against Union

In a decision that could change the way some union organizers do business, a federal judge has certified a class action suit under the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 brought by a group of factory workers who claim that a union illegally obtained their home addresses by copying their license plates in the company parking lot.
6 minute read

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