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School Employers and Teachers Should Be Cautious When Entering into Emergency Contracts

School employers, retired teachers, administrators and other personnel should use caution when entering into emergency contracts for temporary, post-retirement employment. Generally, employers may hire retired teachers, administrators and other personnel under temporary contracts when there is an emergency, or in the event of a shortage of appropriate personnel. However, the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement …

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Preparing for Your First Domestic Relations Support Conference

For many separated couples the first step on the road to divorce is a domestic relations conference for spousal and child support. Even before a complaint for divorce is filed, many dependent spouses will file a complaint with the county domestic relations office for both spousal and child support. When you receive a domestic relations …

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Can I Stop My Neighbor From Doing That?

By: James C. Dalton You arrive home after a hard day’s work, only to find that your always-friendly neighbors have begun installation of a pool/patio/cabana complex, and, their excavation is destroying the roots of the majestic oak which stands on your own property (although the roots extend into the neighbor’s property). Surely, this damage …

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Are You Eligible for Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) Program?

By: Christopher L. Turner If you are arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol in Chester County, an Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) Program is available for those who qualify. Essentially, admission into ARD and satisfactory completion of the ARD Program gives an individual the opportunity to earn a clean record and dismissal …

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Protection for Those Engaged in Real Estate Design and Construction

By: Donald C. Turner If you are involved in the design, planning, supervision or construction of improvements to real estate in Pennsylvania, you should know that there are state laws that limit the time period to make claims based on defective design or construction and for injuries that arise out of design or construction …

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Investment Losses and Arbitration

By: Stephen P. Lagoy Investment losses? Here’s an article that explains how you may be able to use arbitration to recover. http://www.usnews.com/money/blogs/Fund-Observer/2009/09/23/could-arbitration-help-you-recover-investment-losses.html For more information on how arbitration, mediation and alternate dispute resolution can help you and your business, contact our office.

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Be Careful Before Teeing Off

By: Theodore F. Claypoole In Zeidman v. Fisher, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania found that general negligence principles applied to a case involving an injury caused by an errant “duck hook” shot on a golf course. After teeing off on the 17th hole, Plaintiff, with the agreement of his longer driving playing partners (which …

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Arbitrators: What is their value?

by: Stephen P. Lagoy Here is an article from the Dallas Morning News on arbitrators that you may find interesting.  For more information on how alternative dispute resolution, mediation or arbitration could help you, please contact our office.

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Large Corporations Use “Early Intervention” ADR to Control Litigation Costs

By: Stephen P. Lagoy It has been estimated that, if all costs are included, Fortune 500 Companies’ total litigation costs average about one-third of their after-tax profits!  This fact has led large corporations to increasingly utilize creative non-traditional approaches to dispute resolution.  One advantage of private dispute resolution is that the parties can customize …

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Justice O’Connor’s view on Arbitration

By: Stephen P.  Lagoy You may find interesting retired Justice O’Connor’s view on arbitration in this excerpt from the August 10, 2009 on line edition of the Wall Street Journal: WSJ: Has your circuit service affected your views of mediation, arbitration and other alternatives to litigation? Justice O’Connor: Well, I have been a strong advocate …

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