What Makes Text Messages Not Hearsay?
April 02, 2015
In <i>Commonwealth v. Koch,</i> the Pennsylvania Supreme Court gave us a present in the form of an affirmance of a Superior Court panel decision that reversed the trial court's denial of the exclusion of text messages on the grounds that they were hearsay. Because the affirmance was the result of a six-justice court being evenly divided at 3-3, none of the opinions is controlling. Nevertheless, they provide insight into the issues arising from the attempt.
Development
April 02, 2015
In-depth analysis of two key rulings.
Title Insurance and Common Endorsements
April 02, 2015
This article provides a brief description of the architecture of a standard title insurance policy along with the risks that are covered and not covered.
Recent NLRB Actions
April 02, 2015
Over the last few years, the NLRB has dramatically expanded employee rights to engage in "protected concerted activity" by limiting employers' use of many standard employment policies and practices. Now, the NLRB is implementing sweeping changes to the decades-old representation election process, making it faster and easier for unions to organize the workplace.
Landlord & Tenant
April 02, 2015
Discussion and analysis of a case in which a landlord interfered with a tenant's efforts to find a substitute tenant.
Admissibility of Custom and Practice Evidence in Medical Malpractice Cases
April 02, 2015
Can evidence of a health care provider's custom and practice be admissible as habit evidence to prove a fact in malpractice cases? Can such evidence be proof in support of or against the standard of care sufficient to support or oppose a motion for summary judgment for or against a party?
House Proposes Tax Reform Plan
April 02, 2015
In an attempt to raise revenues and simplify the tax code, the House Ways and Means Committee has proposed a draft tax reform plan containing sweeping changes to the Internal Revenue Code (the Code), including a number of major executive compensation and benefits changes. The most significant of those could be the elimination of deferred compensation and nonqualified pensions.
Using Building Blocks to Jumpstart Your Documents In Word 2013
April 02, 2015
Microsoft Word 2013 has some fantastic tools that will allow you to speed up document production and remove some of the manual labor around creating documents by using pre-formatted blocks of text. One of the features that makes all of this magic possible is called Building Blocks, and they are pretty terrific.
The 2015 Employer Mandate Is Here
April 02, 2015
The year 2015 is here and so is the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) employer "play or pay" mandate, which has been delayed, in total or in part, twice.
