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3rd Circuit Finds Retirement Packages for Tenured Professors Are Taxable
Ruling on an important tax question that has split the federal circuits, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the University of Pittsburgh's early retirement payments to its formerly tenured professors are taxable wages under the Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA). But 3rd Circuit Chief Judge Anthony J. Scirica dissented, saying he would have upheld a lower court's ruling that awarded a refund of more than $2 million to the university.Nixon Peabody Gets Trio of Franchise Attorneys
Arthur Pressman, one of the nation's best-known franchise litigators, who counts McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts and 7-Eleven as clients, is leaving Pittsburgh-based Buchanan Ingersoll along with fellow partners Craig R. Tractenberg and Washington, D.C.-based Andrew P. Loewinger to join 600-attorney Nixon Peabody.
Plaintiffs Lawyers Hit on New Pharma Angle: State Clients
Hersh & Hersh, which has represented hundreds of Zyprexa users in suits against Eli Lilly, is one of the plaintiffs firms now taking on bigger clients against the pharmaceutical giant: states seeking money for footing the public health costs from the anti-psychotic drug. So far, seven states have filed Medicaid recovery suits against Eli Lilly over the way it promoted Zyprexa. Thanks to the drug's commercial success, any fine or cost recovery in state-government litigation could be sizable, attorneys say.Networking: The Basics and Beyond for Lawyers
Sometimes I challenge myself with my columns. I've done it again by writing about networking, already the subject of hundreds of thousands of columns, books and articles. According to my resume, I last undertook to write about networking 10 years ago.Damages Awarded For Interfering With Job Opportunity
An Allegheny County jury has found that a staffing company must pay one of its former business recruiters more than $170,000 in damages for interfering in his attempts to get a new job.Supreme Court to Hold Arguments in Phila.
A closely watched case that challenges the ordinance granting certain benefits to registered same-sex "life partners" of city employees tops the list of cases the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will hear during oral arguments in City Hall this week.TRENDING STORIES
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