By Leonard Sciolla, LLP | Published April 23, 2018 | Posted in employment law, news | Tagged Tags: ACtion Magazine, employment law, gun control, gun debate, guns, Keith Leonard, second amendment, workplace safety | Comments Off on Gun Control: No Easy Answer
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Gun Control: No Easy Answer
Gun control, always a hotly debated issue across the country, returned to the top of the list following February’s deadly shooting at a Florida high school. One of the debates specifically centered on whether or not it would improve school safety if teachers carried firearms at work. In his April column in ACtion Magazine, partner Read More
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Technology and Distracted Driving
Voice-commands, touch screens, and other interactive technology are becoming common features in new cars. You may think these additions are making your ride safer, but a new study by AAA found that these technologies are actually creating a distraction for drivers. AAA’s Center for Driving Safety & Technology performed the study alongside the University of Read More
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Appellate Court Overturns Department of Labor Rule
A federal appellate court vacated the so-called “fiduciary rule” adopted in 2016 by the Department of Labor. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit determined that the Department of Labor exceeded its authority by issuing the rule, which essentially required financial professionals to put their clients’ needs in front of their own. Read More
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Questions Arise After Fatal Waterpark Incident
Federal authorities arrested one of the designers of a Kansas City water park slide two years after a fatal accident. This comes a week after a grand jury indicted three men connected to the waterslide. The indicted men face a total of 17 charges, including second degree murder. A 10-year-old was decapitated in 2016 when Read More
Read MoreSchultz Celebrates 15 Years at Firm
Leonard Sciolla, LLP congratulates partner Paul H. Schultz, Esquire on his reaching his 15th year with the firm. Mr. Schultz joined the firm as a law clerk in 2003 while he was completing his JD and MBA degrees at Rutgers University. The firm hired Mr. Schultz as an associate in March 2004, and he became Read More
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Traffic Safety
Think every state is similarly concerned about your safety on its roads? Think again, as some states have adopted very few of the traffic laws considered to be essential to traffic safety. In partner Keith Leonard’s March column for ACtion Magazine, he identifies those states which have done a lot to ensure the safety of Read More
Read MoreLeonard Sciolla Celebrates 36th Anniversary
The law firm of Leonard Sciolla, LLP enters its 37th year in 2018. The firm has consistently been rated AV PREEMINENT for both its legal ability and ethics by its peers in the profession and by judges. The firm was founded in 1982 when John Leonard left the Obermayer Rebmann law firm with two other Read More
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Schultz Organizes Community Event
Partner, Paul H. Schultz, Esquire, served on the committee of volunteers who planned and organized the Delran Township Winter Festival and Tree Lighting. The December 1, 2017 event, which was held outside for the first time at the new Delran Community Park, saw attendance of between 2,000 and 3,000 people. The event included pictures with Read More
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The Future of Electric Vehicles
The fate of the electric car tax credit remains uncertain in light of the conflict between the bill approved by the Senate this week (keeping the credit) and the bill being proposed by the House of Representatives (which will repeal it). What is the current electric vehicle climate in the US, and how does it Read More
Read MoreAny Changes to DOL Overtime Regulations Remain Up in the Air
The Department of Labor battled it out in federal court over overtime pay regulations that were supposed to go into effect in December 2016. Attorney Keith Leonard explains how the regulations were stalled nationwide before they took effect after a ruling in Texas federal court in his ACtion Magazine column. The full column, including the steps Read More
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