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| By Paul Cherner
 
President Obama has nominated Jacqueline A. Berrien to be Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Ms. Berrien has been associate director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund for the past five years. She previously worked for the Ford Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union.
 There appears to be a [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Within the past few days, major media — the Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News — published accounts about Pennsylvania’s filial responsibility law, drawing attention to the desperation caused in some families in the Commonwealth who are compelled to support their parents’ costly care needs despite their disconnection or their best efforts.
The Inquirer, from Philadelphia, published [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Within the past few days, big media — the Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News — published accounts about Pennsylvania’s filial responsibility law, drawing attention to the desperation caused in some families in the Commonwealth who are compelled to support their parents’ costly care needs despite their disconnection or their best efforts.
The Inquirer, from Philadelphia, published [...]

 FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section about legal developments surrounding technology and the internet. Lest you think the FTC is sitting back and letting rogue Internet Service Providers run wild in cyberspace, please consider the FTC’s recent shutdown of Pricewert LLC.
According to the FTC, Pricewert knowingly hosted and actively participated in the distribution [...]

 FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section about legal developments surrounding technology and the internet. Lest you think the FTC is sitting back and letting rogue Internet Service Providers run wild in cyberspace, please consider the FTC’s recent shutdown of Pricewert LLC.
According to the FTC, Pricewert knowingly hosted and actively participated in the distribution [...]

The Family and Medical Leave Act (”FMLA”) was amended last year to provide for two new forms of leave for eligible employees who have a family member on active duty in the armed forces. These amendments afford eligible employees the opportunity to take “military caregiver leave” to care for covered service members. The other form [...]

On May 12, 2009, the Pennsylvania Department of Aging and the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, through its Office of Long-Term Living, announced creation of a new advisory council to focus on “quality management of in-home and community services” provided in the Commonwealth.
 
The DoA’s press release, entitled “Council Formed to Advise on Improving Services to [...]

On May 12, 2009, the Pennsylvania Department of Aging and the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, through its Office of Long-Term Living, announced creation of a new advisory council to focus on “quality management of in-home and community services” provided in the Commonwealth.
 
The DoA’s press release, entitled “Council Formed to Advise on Improving Services to [...]

By Eric Sinrod
Google’s Street View panoramic photo mapping service allows users to see street level photographs of specific locations, to take virtual walks while panning, rotating and zooming through cities around the world, and to discover shops, restaurants, parks, hotels and other spots in given geographic locations. Good, right?
Well, not so fast. According to a [...]

By Eric Sinrod
Google’s Street View panoramic photo mapping service allows users to see street level photographs of specific locations, to take virtual walks while panning, rotating and zooming through cities around the world, and to find shops, restaurants, parks, hotels and other spots in given geographic locations. Worthwhile, right?
Well, not so fast. According to a [...]