Latest Pennsylvania Supreme Court Stories
PHILADELPHIA, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was written by Robert C. Heim, a partner at Dechert LLP, who represents six of the eleven judges who have sued over the mandatory retirement provision for judges in the Pennsylvania Constitution on a pro bono basis. A recent guest opinion piece by District Attorney John Morganelli of Northampton County about the case before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court challenging the mandatory retirement provision for judges...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Home health aides have stronger workplace protections because of a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that the workers are subject to the overtime provisions of Pennsylvania's Minimum Wage Act, Labor & Industry Secretary Sandi Vito said today. As a direct result of the Nov. 17, 2010 Supreme Court ruling in Bayada Nurses, Inc. v. Department of Labor & Industry, home health aides employed by an agency are now considered...
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court says stores and restaurants with licenses allowing beer to be consumed on the premises cannot limit sales to take out. The court ruled 5-1 Monday against a Sheetz convenience store in Altoona, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. Louis Sheetz, the chain's executive vice president for marketing, said he was surprised by the ruling and does not understand the court's reasoning. We are certainly not the first, and we certainly won't be the last restaurant to...
