In June 2025, the Pittsburgh City Council unanimously approved an amendment to the Pittsburgh Paid Sick Days Act. The amendment significantly increases the number of hours of paid sick leave employers of all sizes must provide…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
In order for a lending institution to successfully take real estate through foreclosure litigation and have the real estate sold at a sheriff sale, the property needs to have a clear title. What many do not understand is that…
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/ Civil Procedure, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
On July 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed rule for the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule. As expected, there are several meaningful updates that providers, practices, and health systems…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law (“RTKL”) provides access to public records and promotes transparency in our Commonwealth. A record in the possession of a government agency is presumed to be public unless the record is protected…
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/ Administrative Law
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have jointly announced the launch of a reinvigorated DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group aimed at enhancing interagency coordination…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Government Contracting
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched the WISeR Model (Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction) to modernize and streamline Medicare’s prior authorization process…
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/ Administrative Law, Government Contracting, Health
In Allegheny County, the tax appeal season will begin shortly for 2026. For every tax year, County property owners can file an assessment appeal. But allegedly, to continue providing certainty to taxpayers and taxing bodies…
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/ Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Taxation
In the largest health care fraud takedown in U.S. history, the Justice Department announced charges against 324 individuals—including 96 licensed medical professionals—in connection with schemes involving over $14.6 billion in…
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/ Criminal Law, Government Contracting, Health
It has been a long-standing cardinal rule in Pennsylvania that municipal authorities were beyond the regulatory reach of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (“PUC”)…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities
In October 2023, a five-year-old girl (Roe) in the Red Lion Area School District (District) was reportedly physically and sexually assaulted by a male student while riding a school bus. After this incident, no measures were…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
Jane Doe v. Riverside Sch. Dist., 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 231380 (M.D. Pa., Dec. 23, 2024). After a classmate was convicted for sexual assault of a student outside of school, the student’s family alleged the School District took…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
A Right of First Refusal (ROFR) Clause is an optional clause that may be included in certain commercial leases which grants a tenant the first right to buy the property should the owner decide to sell…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Real Estate - Commercial
Lowry v. Rose Tree Media School District, AP 2024-2478 (Dec. 5, 2024). The Office of Open Records holds that registration forms for a cross-country meet that was organized and run by a booster group on school district property…
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/ Administrative Law, Education Law
Being a foster parent is difficult. It takes a special person to step up and step in to care for a child in need. And the process of caring for the child can be even more complicated as time progresses and court hearings…
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/ Civil Procedure, Family Law
Deivert v. Zartman and Borough of Northumberland, 2025 WL 83747 (M.D.Pa. 2025) -
(Neither a municipality nor a municipal manager had immunity under the Pennsylvania Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act (“PPSTCA”) for the…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
