The Philadelphia Prisons System (PPS) hired its current Deputy Commissioner of Prisons based on gender and without regard to qualification, according to a lawsuit filed this past February by Executive Director of the Office of Special Events Harriet Spencer. City Paper reported last week that Spen... [More]

Stephen Colbert: "Knock knock." Crowd: "Who's there?" Colbert: "Unlimited union and corporate campaign contributions." Crowd: "Unlimited union and corporate campaign contributions who?" Colbert: "That's the thing - I don'... [More]

      The New Jersey Assembly passed legislation Thursday requiring sharp increases in public employee contributions to pension and health care benefit plans, according to the Associated Press. The bill, which passed 46-32, not only increases health care contributions for ... [More]

      The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that the largest class-action suit in American judicial history failed because of a procedural misstep on the part of the plaintiffs’ attorneys, according to the New York Times. But on a broader level, the Court split ... [More]

As reported in Money Adviser's Consumer Reports for June, 2010, the estate tax is gone for 2010, but you should plan for its return as well as other possible changes. [More]

As reported in www.lawupdates.com, the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor recently issued an Administrator's Interpretation in order to clarify the definition of "son and daughter" under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ("FMLA").  According to th... [More]

On March 3, 2010, I taught a course to attorneys aspiring to start their own law firms during this most interesting time in the legal profession. [More]

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that independent contractors rights against discrimination are now protected the same as any other employee. [More]

My name is Kyle Hause, and I am a second year law student at Drexel University’s Earle Mack School of Law. Over the next few months I will be working for David Koller as part of my law school education. [More]

Today I had the honor of being a guest speaker at the bar admissions ceremony at Villanova Law School, where the Honorable Justice Eagan of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court presided. [More]