Accusations Against Justice Baldwin While Acting as GC at Penn State Should Not Be Taken As Fact.

Justice Baldwin has had a distinguished career of service that can be matched by few others in this Commonwealth. She is entitled to the presumption that she represented Penn State in a prudent and effective manner.

Cowabunga, Howdy! You Changed Our Culture!

No. 883 If you watched the Howdy Doody Show, you are probably eligible for Social Security. I watched it on Channel 3 (Dumont TV Network), later Channel 2 in Pittsburgh at 5 PM, Monday through Friday in the 1950’s. The regular characters, Howdy Doody, Buffalo Bob Smith, Dilly Dally, Flub-a-dub, Mr. Bluster, Clarabell the Clown, […]

Nutmeg Lawyer: The Cheers Marketing Model

No. 882 Here is a quick refresher course in marketing and client relations for lawyers and anybody else who serves clients, courtesy of Nutmeg Lawyer. You can find Nutmeg Lawyer in the blogroll that is located far down the left hand column of this blog. CLICK THIS LINK TO NUTMEG LAWYER NOW. CLT

Commenter Attacks My January 22, 2012 Post Calling For Apology to Paterno.

No. 881 On January 22, 2012, I published the following post, No. 791. At the time I wrote it, Joe Paterno had already died, but that fact was not publicly announced. I received a comment today that stated that I should probably withdraw my post. Well, I won’t. Paterno may have been powerful and influential, […]

Brian Walters, Tell Us Something Useful About Unemployment Compensation Appeals.

No. 880 When you have an ex-employee who is awarded unemployment compensation, Attorney Brian Walters states, read the notices carefully that your client, the employer receives. In addition to appealing the award of benefits, you may also need to appeal an increase in the premium being charged to the employer. If you don’t appeal the […]

Pittsburgh Legal Community: NLSA Equal Justice For All

No. 879 Here’s the link to donate.

Scanning With Your iPad — What Will They Think of Next?

No 878 If you are interested in using your iPad as a document scanner (I am) heres a link to a post on the subject from the Time Management Ninja. CLT

Supreme Court Accepts Appeal on Wal-Mart Case

In case you may be interested, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently granted the petition for allocatur in the case of Braun v. Walmart Stores. The initial appeal was decided by the Superior Court last June and is reported at 24 A.3d 875 (2011). This was a class action involving employee wage and hour claims which was tried in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in 2009. Wal-Mart had appealed from a judgment in the amount of $187,648,589.11.

Reassessment Appeal Tip

No. 876 If the comparable sales listed by Assessment are fairly far away, search for lower comps close at hand. Start by looking at every property on the street where the subject property is located. Then try cross streets. This is tip is especially helpful when the comps are in a better neighborhood than the […]

DNS Changer Malware, Whom Do You Trust?

No. 875 Did the whole Changer Malware story sound a little phishy to you? Our Superheroes at the FBI have been holding the bad guys off from destroying the world, or at least denying it internet access. These malware evildoers, who are reputed to have been arrested recently in Estonia, have been redirecting unsuspecting internet […]

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