Pennsylvania's new Right-to-Know Law (RTKL) does not expressly exempt home addresses of public employees except for judges and law enforcement personnel. Home addresses of public employees are generally considered to be a matter of public record. However, whether they should remain so is now an issue with which agencies and the courts are grappling. [more]
With my two-year cell phone contract set to expire, I have begun the unpleasant experience of shopping for a new cell phone. The sales people push models that can outperform my personal computer. Such cell phones would allow me to take pictures and video, send and receive e-mail, browse the Web, navigate a car, downloand and listen to music, even watch streaming television. [more]
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(Harrisburg, PA) -- The law firm Nauman Smith is sponsoring a special leadership forum on Preventing Workplace Discrimination Before it Starts, Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 2:00 - 4:00 PM, at The Yorktowne Hotel in downtown York, PA, according to an announcement by firm partner Attorney Benjamin C. Dunlap, Jr. [more]
Nauman Smith Attorney Craig J. Staudenmaier will join the panel discussion, Let the Sunshine In -- Interpreting the 2009 Right-to-Know Law, at the 2010 PA Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Summer Meeting / New Admittee Conference at Seven Springs Mountain Resort in Champion, PA, Saturday, July 31. [more]
The Nauman Smith Right to Know & Media Law Practice Group has launched an RTK/Media Law Blog which will be updated regularly by the group's attorneys, Josh Bonn and Craig Staudenmaier, Practice Chair, who was recently named a 2010 Super Lawyer. [more]
Harrisburg's new Latino Hispanic American Community Center (LHACC) officially opened on Saturday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Latino music, food and community fellowship at 1319 Derry Street in the Allison Hill neighborhood, according to Nauman Smith Attorney Suzanne S. Friday. [more]
Nauman Smith Attorney Craig J. Staudenmaier successfully represented a national Railroad company recently in a Federal Employer Liability Act case involving an employee who claimed he was injured when a piece of automated equipment he was operating allegedly failed. The employee claimed permanent, career ending back injury. The 5-day jury trial in Dauphin County resulted in a verdict in favor of the Railroad. [more]
Nauman Smith Attorney Craig J. Staudenmaier has been named by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine as one of the 2010 top attorneys in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, according to an announcement by Spencer G. Nauman, Jr., Esq., Senior Partner in the distinguished and historic Harrisburg law firm. [more]
Nauman, Smith, Shissler & Hall marked its 130th year of service to the Pennsylvania railroad industry this year through two events at the 2010 Pennsylvania Rail Freight Seminar in Harrisburg. The firm hosted a reception on May 19, 2010, to celebrate the anniversary of two significant 1880 victories for the rail industry by the firm in the cases of, Duncan v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company and Hall v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. [more]
Nauman Smith Tax, Trusts & Estates Attorney Suzanne S. Friday will be speaking at the upcoming PBI 8th Annual Nonprofit Institute, a "must attend event for anyone in the nonprofit sector," Tuesday, May 18th, at The CLE Conference Center in the Wanamaker Building, Philadelphia, PA. [more]
Nauman Smith Shissler & Hall will celebrate its 130th year of service to the Pennsylvania railroad industry this year, Craig Staudenmaier, Managing Partner of the firm announced today. "We are exceptionally proud of the firm's historic record of service to the railroad industry," Staudenmaier said. "It is certainly gratifying to look back and see how our attorneys over two centuries have helped shaped the industry in Pennsylvania, a true "Keystone Corridor" system of Class I and short line railroads." [more]
Nauman Smith Attorney Benjamin C. Dunlap, Jr. joins Homer Floyd, Executive Director, and Michael Hardiman, Esq., Chief Counsel, PA Human Relations Commission for a panel discussion about how to "Stop Discrimination Before it Starts," on Wednesday, May 5, at the Wells Fargo Insurance Service, USA, Inc., Mechanicsburg, PA offices. [more]
Facebook, Twitter, an array of social networking vehicles is changing the way we communicate. But what are the legal implications of social networking? [more]
Nauman Smith Municipal Law Attorney Steve Feinour has been named to the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Group, a TechQuest PA cross-industry organization, supported by companies, entities, and associations focused solely on advancing Pennsylvania's infrastructures, including water and wastewater management, transportation, energy, and communications. [more]
Nauman Smith attorney J. Stephen Feinour has been appointed Solicitor for Upper Allen Township in Cumberland County by the Township Board of Commissioners. Upper Allen Township was formed in 1850 and became a First Class Township in 1967. [more]
Nauman Smith Attorney Craig Staudenmaier successfully argued on behalf of the Harrisburg Patriot-News against a defense motion to block reporters and others from using Twitter to provide real time updates on the upcoming trial of former House Democratic Whip Mike Veon and three former aids. [more]
Nauman Smith Attorneys Craig Staudenmaier and Ben Dunlap will speak to the Pennsylvania Public Relations Society at Gulliftys in Camp Hill, Thursday January 28, on two subjects of great interest to communications professionals. [more]
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