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Data Center Permitting on the Fast Track in PA

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With President Trump's July 23, 2025, executive order, “Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure,” and Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro's prior executive order, “PA Permit Fast Track Program,” efforts are...more

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Pennsylvania Perspective for Thursday, March 6, 2025

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Gov. Shapiro Signs Executive Order to Hire Fired Federal Workers - Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order giving hiring preference to federal employees laid off by the Trump administration, aiming to fill 5,600...more

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Pennsylvania Perspective for Monday, January 27, 2025

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Parties Rush to Nominate Candidates for HD-35 Special Election- Democrats and Republicans are quickly selecting nominees for the special election on March 25 to resolve the even split in the Pennsylvania House. Democrats...more

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Governor Shapiro Takes Action to Improve Permitting Efficiency Within Pennsylvania Agencies

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On 31 January 2023, Governor Josh Shapiro signed an Executive Order to improve Pennsylvania’s licensing, permitting, and certification processes. The Executive Order will help to establish a “date-certain” by which applicants...more

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Broad Street Brief: The Present and Future of Public Safety in Philadelphia, the World Cup’s Potential Impact on FDR Park

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Public Safety in Philadelphia: DA Krasner Updates City on Crime Stats, Mayoral Candidates Talk About Approaches to Crime- Public safety has long been a topic of concern for Philadelphia officials and residents alike. With...more

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Remote Online Notarization: One Year Later

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The introduction of virtual notarization (aka remote online notarization, or “RON”) has recently been a hot topic thanks to the barriers created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that it’s been over since the pandemic began,...more

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New PA Bill Offers COVID-19 Civil Immunity to Healthcare Providers

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On November 20, 2020, Pennsylvania legislators passed H.B. 1737, which affords healthcare providers and other businesses immunity from civil suits related to the COVID-19 pandemic. This legislation follows Pennsylvania...more

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COVID-19 and Unprecedented Litigation Insights, Issue 26, October 2020

This 26th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us returning to now-familiar topics involving liability protection for businesses, wrongful death lawsuits (particularly those...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

COVID-19 Litigation Trends, Issue 14

This 14th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, showcases new and evolving trends. Employers are facing claims for both doing too much and too little in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....more

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Governor Wolf Signs Executive Order Providing Limited Immunity to Healthcare Providers

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In response to calls from groups to protect Pennsylvania’s frontline healthcare providers, Governor Wolf signed an Executive Order “to enhance the protections for health care providers” during the COVID-19 health crisis. The...more

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rejects Constitutional and Statutory Challenges to Business Shutdown Order

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The campaign of a political candidate and several small businesses jointly challenged COVID-19-related governmental measures, asserting that the Governor of Pennsylvania exceeded his statutory powers, and violated various...more

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Pennsylvania Places April 3rd Deadline On COVID-19 Closure Exemption Applications

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Run a non-“life sustaining” business in Pennsylvania and want to continue operating a physical location? Better get your waiver application in fast.  Late yesterday, Pennsylvania updated its closure-order “FAQs” to impose an...more

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