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Philadelphia Fair Workweek Employment Standards Ordinance
The Fair Workweek ordinance requires large, covered retail, hotel, and food service businesses in Philadelphia to follow specific requirements when scheduling and modifying employees’ work hours. If you have more questions after reading the this, please join me and the Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association for a Q&A presentation on July 18th at Offit Kurman’s Philadelphia Office.
Saturday Side Bar: The 21st Amendment and Alcohol Regulations
This content has been archived. It may no longer be relevantPardon the interruption last week, and I’ll now resume my posting on the alcoholic beverage industry. Just to set expectations, you’ll see this post then one more, then we’ll take a break while everyone is on vacation and resume around Labor Day sometime. This newly…
Pinnacles: Caroline Kauffman-Kirschnick, President of EMR
Caroline Kauffman-Kirschnick is president of Electric Motor Repair Company (EMR). For nearly a century, EMR has served the commercial kitchen and industrial service sectors as a leading provider of equipment service, repair, installation, and sales. Founded in Baltimore in 1927, the company has grown to comprise hundreds of employees in six service locations across the Mid-Atlantic. Caroline represents…
Offit Kurman Telebriefs® | Non-Competes, Vetos, and New Legislation
On May 25th Maryland Senate Bill 328 became law, which bans employers from entering into any kind of a non-competition agreement with employees who earn equal to or less than $15 an hour or $31,200 annually. This law will modify any agreements for lower tiered employees. Additionally, the Minimum Wage Adjustment Act was passed by…
Virginia Tech Set to Add to Amazon Development Explosion in Northern Virginia
Late last year, Amazon announced the results of its long-anticipated search for its new HQ2 locations. Northern Virginia’s selection catapulted the region into international news and set projected Real Estate costs soaring. Within the last week – Virginia Tech (formally Virginia Polytechnic and State University) – one the state’s largest public universities, announced that it…
M&A Nuggets: Due Diligence – Buyer
Most due diligence in M&A transactions revolves around the buyer seeking information from the seller, rightfully so. It is also important that the seller conduct due diligence on the buyer. Whether a buyer is a strategic or financial buyer, the seller should verify that the buyer has the financial wherewithal to complete the transaction and…
You Bet!: District of Columbia Releases the Proposed Regulations
Several new posts are in the pipeline, but I wanted to quickly update our readers to inform them that the proposed regulations that will govern sports gambling in the District of Columbia have been released. The regulations can be found here. These regulations are not final and are subject to public comment. I encourage anyone…
D.C. Property Management Minute: Accommodations that require the altering of physical space of a property
When it comes to property management, the District of Columbia has a unique set of laws. Join Billy each week as he gives you advice on dealing with a common property management problem in D.C. and how to quickly solve it.
Pennsylvania Public Records Requesting: 703 SPECIFICITY – Tips to Make Your Request Sufficiently Specific
The procedural section of the Pennsylvania’s Right to Know Law states, in part: “A written request should identify or describe the records sought with sufficient specificity to enable the agency to ascertain which records are being requested…” In other words – you have to make it clear what you want! Include a timeframe. Indicate the…
Wanting Your Cake and Eating It Too: Apple’s Mistaken Strategy in Apple Inc. v. Pepper
Introduction: Justice Kavanagh’s maiden antitrust decision provided us with a review of the 1977 case of Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois. The principle that Illinois Brick represents is that only direct purchasers can assert an antitrust claim against the antitrust violator, the direct-purchaser rule. In a creative reading of Illinois Brick, Apple sought to persuade…
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