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Domestic Violence Numbers Spike Globally During Coronavirus Pandemic
For many of us, the stay at home order has been a way to keep ourselves safe and flatten the curve. But for some, home is more dangerous than ever. Victims of domestic violence are currently being directed to stay within the confines of their home and their abuser, causing domestic violence numbers to spike Read More
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Major League Baseball & the Players Association Reach Contract Agreement for Delayed Season
Shortly after publishing our recent blog post about the effects of COVID-19 on contracts, news broke that that Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association, better known as the Baseball Union, had reached an agreement detailing when the circumstance under which baseball could return, how salaries would be paid, how players’ service Read More
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CARES Act
Congress has approved and the President has signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to provide emergency financial relief to workers, families and small businesses impacted by the coronavirus. It totals more than $2 trillion. For healthcare efforts, CARES provides: $100B to healthcare providers and hospitals $27B for life-saving capabilities Read More
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Force Majeure
COVID-19 is obviously having a devastating effect on the health of many people around the world, and there has obviously been an immediate and destructive effect on many businesses, but the extent of the damage is still unknown. On the business side, what happens when a company is not able to complete its obligations under Read More
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Facts for Families
On March 18, 2020, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) was signed into law and requires employers with less than 500 employees to provide a certain amount of paid sick and paid leave to employees affected by COVID-19. One piece of that act, the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (EPSLA), provides employees with two Read More
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UPDATE: The SECURE ACT has now been enacted
The Act was attached by to the 2020 Appropriations Bill on Monday by Amendment. The House passed the Appropriation Bill on Tuesday December 17 and the Senate passed the Bill on Friday December 20. The President signed the Bill into law the same day.
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Taylor Swift faces copyright lawsuit that she can’t quite Shake Off
Artist of the Decade award winner Taylor Swift has gotten herself into some Bad Blood with musical group 3LW as an ongoing copyright lawsuit recently moved to Appellate Court. In the chorus of Swift’s 2014 Billboard Top Chart single Shake It Off, Swift sings “Players gonna play, play, play, play, play, and the haters gonna Read More
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REAL ID & Philadelphia Marriage Certificates
Beginning next fall, all Pennsylvania residents are required to hold a REAL ID in order to fly domestically or enter government facilities. The process of securing a REAL ID is much more complicated than that of a driver’s license because REAL ID applicants are required to present four different types of legal documentation to PennDOT. Read More
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Estate Planning
We spend many years going to school and then pursuing a job, a family, or both. Hopefully, the student loan debt is satisfied and we begin to accumulate property. It may be a house, a rental property, a vacation property, furniture, jewelry or motor vehicles. Even if you do not have all of those items Read More
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Made in America?
In his recent ACtion Magazine column, partner Keith Leonard sets out various highlights of the developing trade agreement intended to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Mr. Leonard’s column was sent to press while negotiations with Canada were ongoing (dairy products were a sticking point), but the United States, Canada, and Mexico have Read More
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