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SEP 18 2018

Third Circuit Affirms That Employers Must Provide Background Check Reports to Applicants Before Relying on Them to Deny Employment

CURTIS M. SCHAFFNER
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
SEP 5 2018

Energy Insider Interview Series: Insights from Marcellus Shale Pioneer and Founding Principal Civil & Environmental Consultants Gregory Quatchak

JAMES O'TOOLE JR.
ENERGY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY
AUG 30 2018

Restriction Requirements and Prosecution History Estoppel in Design Patents

WENDI L. WEINSTEIN
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PATENT PROCUREMENT
AUG 29 2018

Solving the Opioid Crisis: 4 Potential Regulatory and Legislative Scenarios

MICHAEL P. STRAZZELLA
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY HEALTHCARE
AUG 23 2018

PHRC Decides to Treat Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation as Unlawful

DAVID J. LAURENT MATTHEW W. WILSON
AUG 9 2018

California Privacy Bill’s Big Implications for US Businesses – Part II

KIMBERLY AROUH ROBERT M. HOLLAND SUE C. FRIEDBERG
CYBERSECURITY & DATA PRIVACY
AUG 9 2018

PTAB De-Designates Ex parte Jung

BRYAN J. CANNON TRAVIS D. BOONE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PATENT COUNSELING & STRATEGIC ADVICE PATENT OFFICE LITIGATION
AUG 6 2018

Pennsylvania Proposes Changes to Exempt Employee Salary Threshold

ANTHONY F. ANDRISANO JR. JACOB J. SULZER JILL M. LASHAY
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
AUG 1 2018

Ninth Circuit Reverses Tax Court in Altera Corp., Restores Treasury Tax Regulatory Discretion – At Least for Now

JOHN P. WARNER SAHEL A. ASSAR
TAX TAX CONTROVERSY
JUL 26 2018

PTAB Establishes Plain Meaning of 'At Least One of A and B'

BRYAN J. CANNON TRAVIS D. BOONE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PATENT COUNSELING & STRATEGIC ADVICE PATENT OFFICE LITIGATION
JUL 26 2018

California Privacy Bill’s Big Implications for US Businesses: Part I

KIMBERLY AROUH ROBERT M. HOLLAND SUE C. FRIEDBERG
CYBERSECURITY & DATA PRIVACY
JUL 23 2018

US House of Representatives Examines Stark Law, Contemplates Major Changes

MICHAEL P. STRAZZELLA ROBERT B. RAMSEY III ROBERT M. HOLLAND
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY HEALTHCARE HEALTHCARE REGULATORY & COMPLIANCE
JUL 20 2018

US Tax Reform Provides New Withholding Regime for Partnership Transactions

SAHEL A. ASSAR
CORPORATE TAX REAL ESTATE TAX
JUL 20 2018

SEC Increases the Number of Companies Eligible for Reduced Disclosure

BRIAN S. NORTH JENNIFER R. MINTER
CORPORATE SECURITIES & SEC
JUL 12 2018

SEC Director Provides Guidance on Application of US Securities Laws to Token Sales

BRIAN S. NORTH JENNIFER R. MINTER
CORPORATE SECURITIES & SEC
JUL 10 2018

CMS Requests Input for Stark Law Modifications, Push Value-Based Care

ROBERT B. RAMSEY III ROBERT M. HOLLAND
HEALTHCARE HEALTHCARE REGULATORY & COMPLIANCE
JUL 9 2018

Cyber Risk News & Trends

SUE C. FRIEDBERG
CYBERSECURITY & DATA PRIVACY
JUL 5 2018

Pennsylvania “Fixes” Bonus Depreciation Disallowance

BRUCE I. BOOKEN
STATE & LOCAL TAX TAX
JUL 2 2018

Energy Insider Interview Series: Insights from Denise Brinley – Senior Energy Advisor, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development

MATTHEW M. PITZARELLA
ENERGY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY
JUL 2 2018

Supreme Court Strikes Down “Fair Share” Fees Paid by State and Local Non-Union Government Employees

WILLIAM P. LEWIS
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT TRADITIONAL LABOR RELATIONS
JUN 26 2018

FDA Approves First Cannabis Product as Drug

TINA HU-RODGERS WILLIAM A. GARVIN
CANNABIS FDA & BIOTECHNOLOGY
JUN 25 2018

Possible Changes on the Way in IPRs, PGRs and CBMs - From Broadest Reasonable Interpretation to a Phillips Standard, Consideration of Prior Claim Construction and Possible Retroactivity of Those Changes

ERIN M. DUNSTON
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PATENT OFFICE LITIGATION
JUN 25 2018

Supreme Court: Patent Owners’ Infringement Damages Can Include Extraterritorial Lost Profits

ANAND MOHAN DUANE A. STEWART III PHILIP L. HIRSCHHORN
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PATENT COUNSELING & STRATEGIC ADVICE PATENT OFFICE LITIGATION
JUN 25 2018

Supreme Court’s Landmark Decision in Wayfair: States Are Now Free to Tax Internet and Out-Of-State Retailers Without Regard to Physical Presence

CHRISTINE BORONYAK BOWERS LISA M. STARCZEWSKI
STATE & LOCAL TAX TAX
JUN 18 2018

NLRB General Counsel Issues Guidance on Handbook Rules and Policies

DAVID J. LAURENT
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
JUN 12 2018

PTAB Provides Guidance on Motion to Amend Practice

SHAWN B. CAGE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PATENT OFFICE LITIGATION
JUN 11 2018

Trump Signs VA MISSION Act, Expands Veterans Health Options

JAMES C. WILTRAUT JR. MICHAEL P. STRAZZELLA
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY HEALTHCARE
JUN 8 2018

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Avoids Addressing Environmental Rights Amendment in Gorsline Decision, Stresses Importance of Strong Evidentiary Record

BRENDAN P. LUCAS SHAWN N. GALLAGHER
ENERGY OIL & GAS
JUN 8 2018

Masterpiece Cakeshop – What the SCOTUS Decision Is (And Isn’t)

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
JUN 1 2018

Confidentiality Agreement: General (Short Form, Unilateral, Pro-Discloser) (PA)

LITIGATION TRADE SECRETS & RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
MAY 21 2018

Supreme Court Upholds Use of Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements

CHRISTIAN ANTKOWIAK DAVID J. LAURENT
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
MAY 14 2018

New DOL Claims Procedures for Disability Benefits, 3 Action Items to Stay in Compliance

CHRISTINE BORONYAK BOWERS JOHN E. MCGRADY III PHILIP J. WEIS
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & ERISA LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
MAY 14 2018

Using Asset Recycling as an Infrastructure Funding Mechanism

TERRENCE HEUBERT WILLIAM P. CONABOY, JR.
CONSTRUCTION GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC FINANCE
MAY 10 2018

Enrollment Dangers for Surgical Hospitals Following New Medicare Compliance Criteria

LORIN E. PATTERSON ROBERT M. HOLLAND
HEALTHCARE
MAY 9 2018

Answers to 3 Key Questions About the Remediation of Superfund and Brownfield Sites Under President Trump’s Infrastructure Proposal

EDWARD G. HILD HOWARD J. WEIN KIMBERLY AROUH
CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY
MAY 9 2018

California Makes it Harder for Companies to Classify Workers as Independent Contractors

MICHELE A. RAMOS
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
MAY 8 2018

USPTO Proposes Changes to Claim Construction Standard Applied in AIA Trial Proceedings

ROGER H. LEE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PATENT OFFICE LITIGATION
APR 27 2018

PTAB Provides Guidance on AIA Trial Procedure in View of SAS Institute

ROGER H. LEE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
APR 26 2018

USPTO Issues New Alice Guidance

WILLIAM C. ROWLAND
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PATENT COUNSELING & STRATEGIC ADVICE PATENT OFFICE LITIGATION PATENT PROCUREMENT
APR 26 2018

Ninth Circuit Unanimously Holds: Prior Salary Doesn’t Justify Wage Gap Under Equal Pay Act

JAIME S. TUITE
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
APR 25 2018

The Supreme Court Upholds the Constitutionality of IPRs and Strikes Down Partial Institutions

ROGER H. LEE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PATENT OFFICE LITIGATION
APR 24 2018

What a Successful P3 Looks Like: Florida’s I-595 Express Corridor

RHEA F. LAW
CONSTRUCTION GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC FINANCE TRANSPORTATION
APR 24 2018

10 Things You Need to Know About New Jersey’s Equal Pay Act

CHRISTOPHER J. DALTON
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
APR 24 2018

New Maryland Estate Tax Exemption for 2019, Signals Trend Following 2017 Tax Act

ELIZABETH CARROTT MINNIGH JOSHUA D. HEADLEY
ESTATES & TRUSTS TAX
APR 19 2018

Tick-Tock — Time May Be Running Out For TCCWNA Claims

CHRISTOPHER J. DALTON
CORPORATE LITIGATION
APR 18 2018

Transportation Complications: Top Issues to Consider When Drafting an Infrastructure Bill

ROBERT L. SHUSTER TERRENCE HEUBERT
CONSTRUCTION GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC FINANCE TRANSPORTATION
APR 17 2018

Pennsylvania Superior Court Adopts New Standard for Social Media Evidence

JORDAN A. YEAGLEY
LITIGATION
APR 16 2018

Congress Amends Fair Labor Standards Act, Takes Firm Stand Against Tip Theft

DAVID J. LAURENT MICHAEL J. LUFKIN ROBERT G. RIEGEL JR.
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
APR 12 2018

The Worker Shortage Challenge: 5 Labor-Related Risks that Would Arise from Infrastructure Legislation

DAVID J. LAURENT KIMBERLY AROUH MIN S. SUH
CONSTRUCTION GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
APR 10 2018

Due Process Trumps Validity Concerns in AIA Trials

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IP LITIGATION PATENT OFFICE LITIGATION
APR 9 2018

Pennsylvania Superior Court Holds “Rule of Capture” Does Not Preclude Liability for Trespass Due to Hydraulic Fracturing

BRENDAN P. LUCAS MATTHEW F. BURGER
ENERGY
APR 5 2018

3 Ways State & Local Governments Can Fund Infrastructure Projects

ANDREW J. GIORGIONE JASON P. WRONA KENNETH R. LUTTINGER MATTHEW T. FINE THOMAS J. MADIGAN WILLIAM P. CONABOY, JR.
CONSTRUCTION ENERGY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC FINANCE REAL ESTATE TAX
MAR 29 2018

IRS to Close Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program Effective September 28, 2018

BONITA WANG JOHN P. WARNER MITCHELL I. HOROWITZ RICHARD A. JACOBSON SAHEL A. ASSAR
TAX TAX CONTROVERSY
MAR 28 2018

Prior Art Known Before Filing IPR Petition Leads to Estoppel of Invalidity Grounds in District Court

SHAWN B. CAGE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IP LITIGATION PATENT OFFICE LITIGATION
MAR 28 2018

How Trump's Infrastructure Plan Impacts the Energy Industry

EDWARD G. HILD KIMBERLY AROUH MATTHEW M. PITZARELLA
CONSTRUCTION ENERGY ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY
MAR 22 2018

Orange Book-Listed Patents Challenged in AIA Trial Proceedings

ROGER H. LEE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IP LITIGATION PATENT OFFICE LITIGATION
MAR 21 2018

Recent Guidance on Whether the PTAB is Bound by a Prior Claim Construction

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IP LITIGATION PATENT OFFICE LITIGATION
MAR 20 2018

Cyber Risk News & Trends

SUE C. FRIEDBERG
CYBERSECURITY & DATA PRIVACY
MAR 20 2018

Public-Private Partnerships: The Only Road to Trump's Infrastructure Plan?

THOMAS J. MADIGAN
CONSTRUCTION ENERGY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC FINANCE REAL ESTATE
MAR 20 2018

Eleventh Circuit Finds Failure to Increase Salary After New Employee Becomes Proficient May Violate the Equal Pay Act

MICHAEL J. LUFKIN
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
MAR 19 2018

Preparing for the New Partnership Audit Rules: Why It's Critical to Act Now

LISA M. STARCZEWSKI
TAX
MAR 19 2018

Steel and Aluminum Tariffs and the Impact on the Energy Industry

EDWARD G. HILD
ENERGY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY OIL & GAS
MAR 13 2018

Finding Funds: 5 Ways to Pay for Trump's Infrastructure Plan

TERRENCE HEUBERT THOMAS J. MADIGAN
CONSTRUCTION ENERGY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC FINANCE REAL ESTATE TAX
MAR 9 2018

U.S. Department of Labor Announces New Program to Help Get PAID

GINA M. AMECI
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
MAR 8 2018

Energy Insider Interview Series: Insights from Senator Lisa Murkowski

EDWARD G. HILD
ENERGY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY OIL & GAS
MAR 8 2018

Contractor Termination: Don’t Make a Bad Situation Worse

THOMAS J. MADIGAN
CONSTRUCTION REAL ESTATE
MAR 7 2018

5 Key Takeaways from Trump's Proposed Infrastructure Plan

ROBERT L. SHUSTER
CONSTRUCTION ENERGY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC FINANCE REAL ESTATE TAX
MAR 1 2018

PTAB Denies Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Motion to Terminate IPRs Based on Tribal Immunity

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IP LITIGATION PATENT OFFICE LITIGATION
MAR 1 2018

Infrastructure Plan in Flux: 3 Ways State and Local Government Can Influence Congressional Legislation

CHARLES J. KOLLING JR.
CONSTRUCTION ENERGY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC FINANCE REAL ESTATE
FEB 28 2018

Effective Now: New Higher Thresholds Under the Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976

CARRIE G. AMEZCUA THOMAS G. BUCHANAN
ANTITRUST & TRADE REGULATION CORPORATE ENERGY HEALTHCARE
FEB 27 2018

U.S. Supreme Court Adopts Narrow View of “Whistleblower” Under Dodd-Frank

RYAN J. WILK
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
FEB 23 2018

Restoring the Securities Industry Exemption From Mortgage Broker Licensing

R. MICHAEL UNDERWOOD
CORPORATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY LITIGATION SECURITIES & SEC
FEB 21 2018

Affordable Rental Housing Environment – Tax Reform and Other Factors

MICHELLE R. YARBROUGH KORB
AFFORDABLE HOUSING REAL ESTATE
FEB 20 2018

Energy Insider Interview Series: Insights from Terry Fitzpatrick – President & CEO of the Energy Association of Pennsylvania

JOHN F. POVILAITIS
ENERGY OIL & GAS
FEB 19 2018

Tax Reform: Impact on Businesses and Individuals

BRUCE I. BOOKEN ROSE K. WILSON
TAX
FEB 13 2018

Personal Impacts of Tax Reform: Should You Adjust Your Wealth & Succession Plan?

ELIZABETH CARROTT MINNIGH
TAX
FEB 9 2018

Tax Considerations for Foreign-Owned U.S. Corporations After 2017 Tax Act

JOHN P. WARNER
TAX
FEB 9 2018

Pennsylvania Imposes New Withholding and Reporting Requirements on Compensatory Payments to Non-Resident Directors

JOHN E. MCGRADY III
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION LABOR & EMPLOYMENT TAX
FEB 7 2018

Effects of the 2017 Tax Act on Nonprofit Tax-Exempt Organizations

BONITA WANG CHRISTINE BORONYAK BOWERS
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TAX
FEB 1 2018

Opportunity Abounds as New Jersey Adopts “One Room” ASC Bill, Partially Lifting ASC Moratorium by Allowing Combinations and Restructuring of Single-Room ASCs

IVAN J. PUNCHATZ LORIN E. PATTERSON ROBERT M. HOLLAND
HEALTHCARE
JAN 25 2018

The Supreme Court Declines to Entertain Spokeo Round 2

PATRICK D. DORAN SAMANTHA L. SOUTHALL
BANKRUPTCY & CREDITORS' RIGHTS LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION
JAN 25 2018

Federal Circuit Reverses Course and Holds That the PTAB’s Time-Bar Determinations in Institution Decisions are Appealable

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IP LITIGATION PATENT OFFICE LITIGATION
JAN 25 2018

Cyber Risk News & Trends

SUE C. FRIEDBERG
CYBERSECURITY & DATA PRIVACY
JAN 23 2018

In the Realm of Protection Against Enforcement of the CSA Against Cannabis Businesses, All Is Not Lost! – LinkedIn

TRAVIS W. BLISS, PH.D.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
JAN 23 2018

Maryland Adopts Paid Leave Law

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
JAN 23 2018

The PERM Book - ILW.COM

DILIP PATEL
IMMIGRATION
JAN 18 2018

EU Trademarks and Brexit: Are You Ready?

BRYCE J. MAYNARD
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TRADEMARK
JAN 16 2018

Immigration Crackdown: Are You Ready?

GINA M. AMECI MIN S. SUH
IMMIGRATION
JAN 16 2018

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds Two Year Statute of Limitations Accrues from Date of Death for Both Survival and Wrongful Death Actions Under MCARE

ALEXIS A. LANGELLA ELISSA K. KERR
HEALTHCARE POST-ACUTE & LONG TERM CARE
JAN 9 2018

New Tax Bill Provisions Address Sexual Harassment Settlements and Paid Family Leave

CURTIS M. SCHAFFNER DAVID J. LAURENT
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
JAN 5 2018

Sessions' Announcement Rattles Cannabis Industry

ELIZABETH WESTBROOK JASON P. WRONA MICHAEL P. STRAZZELLA WILLIAM A. GARVIN
CANNABIS
JAN 3 2018

Minimum Wage Increases Now in Effect

HEATHER B. BROCK KIMBERLY AROUH MICHAEL J. LUFKIN
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
JAN 3 2018

Portion of PTAB’s Facebook Decision Addressing Pre-Institution Statutory Disclaimers Designated as Precedential

ERIN M. DUNSTON
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PATENT OFFICE LITIGATION
DEC 28 2017

Federal Circuit Reaffirms Its Expansive View of Divided Infringement

DAVID W. LEIBOVITCH WILLIAM C. ROWLAND
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
DEC 27 2017

Pending Reexamination Causes Denial of IPR Petition Under § 325(d) - Buchanan PTAB Report

ROGER H. LEE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PATENT OFFICE LITIGATION
DEC 21 2017

New Republican Controlled NLRB Overrules Four Major Decisions

DAVID J. LAURENT
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
DEC 19 2017

Conference Committee Agrees on Compromise Version of Tax Reform Bill

BRUCE I. BOOKEN LISA M. STARCZEWSKI
TAX
DEC 15 2017

OSHA Electronic Recordkeeping Now in Effect

ERIC J. HOLSHOUSER
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT WORKPLACE SAFETY & HEALTH (OSHA & MSHA)
DEC 15 2017

Year-End Employment Tax Reminder: Don’t Forget to Withhold FICA Taxes on Vested Deferred Compensation Benefits

JOHN E. MCGRADY III
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT TAX
DEC 11 2017

Energy Insider Interview Series: Nissa Darbonne – Author of The American Shales, Editor-at-Large for Hart Energy’s Oil and Gas Investor

SEAN W. MORAN
ENERGY OIL & GAS