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]

“It was unbelievable, the things they said,” said Michael Buckner, one of the discrimination victims. "My supervisors often referred to my fellow African-American employees and me as ‘n-----rs’ and ‘porch monkeys’ and forced us to play so-called ‘Civil War games’ where employees were divided into North and South. They also referred to black children or mixed-race children as ‘porch monkeys’ or ‘Oreo babies.’ On several occasions, I was told to turn off my ‘jigaboo music.’” [More]

...for October, under IRS monthly rates, you can make a nine-year fixed rate loan to your child for as low as 2.63% (Wow! I should call my parents). [More]

Enrollment in Medicaid , the state-federal program that covers health care for the needy, the elderly and people with disabilities , grew 5.4 percent on average, the highest rate of increase in six years. Meanwhile, spending on the programs averaged nearly 8 percent, the highest rate in five years. [More]

I could go to all the marketing and networking seminars that are being offered and none would guarantee the kind of natural yield that happened to me last week. I have never been to a networking seminar that told me to hold the door for people and do it with a smile [More]

Don't sign the severance agreement without understanding what it contains [More]

...the discovery process in litigation often becomes way more contentious, expensive, and silly than I believe it needs to be. What ends up happening is that parties automatically take the defensive and start fighting over what often amounts to meaningless and inconsequential productions of documents. All the while clients' monies are being wasted away while counsel are arguing in discovery court. While certain instances call for zealous advocacy when it comes to discovery, more often than not, I think the system works best when there is a plaintiff's attorney who is willing to produce and request what is relevant, and a defense attorney who is willing to do the same, and neither use discovery abusively, like requesting way too much "stuff" just to drive up costs on the other side. [More]

The only good thing about the 100 calorie snack pack is the fact that it is only 100 calories. But have you noticed what is in those bags? Usually all carbs, sugar, preservatives and hydrogenated fats – YUK! You need some protein, fat and fiber to slow down absorption of sugar. Those snack packs are nothing but pure sugar. You will be starving 1-2 hours later and crave more sugar. And the more you eat sugar, the more sugar you crave and the less fat you will burn off. [More]