Yearly Archives: 2018

In the Tax Reform Act of 1969, Congress separated tax exempt charitable organizations which could receive tax deductible contributions (“entities”) into three classifications, 1) public foundations, 2) private foundations and 3) supporting… Read On

The Commonwealth Court has awarded to Uniontown Newspapers, Inc., the largest award of attorney fees ever under the current Right to Know law or any of its predecessors… Read On

On August 17, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) publically released a private letter ruling[1] stating that employers wanting to help fund student loan repayment for their employees are able to do so without violating the contingent benefit… Read On

Eight hundred Parkland High School seniors and members of the local Chamber of Commerce and Bar Associations near Allentown recently took part in an educational forum on the First Amendment… Read On

Nauman, Smith, Shissler & Hall, LLP has been named a Metropolitan Tier 1 law firm in Harrisburg for Municipal Law and a Metropolitan Tier 2 law firm in Commercial Litigation in the 2019 Edition of U.S… Read On

For over 50 years, local police departments across Pennsylvania have not been allowed to use radar guns to enforce speeding within municipalities… Read On

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has issued another opinion regarding the grand jury investigations into sexual abuse allegations against clergy in Pennsylvania… Read On

With the incredibly wet summer that central Pennsylvania has had this year, it is perhaps appropriate that the Pennsylvania Legislature is presently debating a series of bills to modify the current statutes regarding stormwater facilities in first… Read On

Unless a business owner or manager has been subject to an EEOC investigation previously, the first emotions upon learning that the business is the defendant against an employee complaint are usually anger, fear, and confusion… Read On

If a person with an IRA or other retirement account is planning to leave the balance in the account upon death to an individual or his or her estate, there could be a tax due of some consequence… Read On