Brian Walters, Tell Us Something Useful About Unemployment Compensation Appeals.

No. 880 When you have an ex-employee who is awarded unemployment compensation, Attorney Brian Walters states, read the notices carefully that your client, the employer receives. In addition to appealing the award of benefits, you may also need to appeal an increase in the premium being charged to the employer. If you don’t appeal the […]

Pittsburgh Legal Community: NLSA Equal Justice For All

No. 879 Here’s the link to donate.

Scanning With Your iPad — What Will They Think of Next?

No 878 If you are interested in using your iPad as a document scanner (I am) heres a link to a post on the subject from the Time Management Ninja. CLT

Supreme Court Accepts Appeal on Wal-Mart Case

In case you may be interested, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently granted the petition for allocatur in the case of Braun v. Walmart Stores. The initial appeal was decided by the Superior Court last June and is reported at 24 A.3d 875 (2011). This was a class action involving employee wage and hour claims which was tried in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in 2009. Wal-Mart had appealed from a judgment in the amount of $187,648,589.11.

Reassessment Appeal Tip

No. 876 If the comparable sales listed by Assessment are fairly far away, search for lower comps close at hand. Start by looking at every property on the street where the subject property is located. Then try cross streets. This is tip is especially helpful when the comps are in a better neighborhood than the […]

DNS Changer Malware, Whom Do You Trust?

No. 875 Did the whole Changer Malware story sound a little phishy to you? Our Superheroes at the FBI have been holding the bad guys off from destroying the world, or at least denying it internet access. These malware evildoers, who are reputed to have been arrested recently in Estonia, have been redirecting unsuspecting internet […]

Breaking News: Cruise-Holmes Divorce Settlement Reached!!!!!!!!

No. 874 Was it a dream or a hallucination or did a certain TV network break into regular programing to announce that Tom Cruise and Katy Holmes had reached a settlement? CLT Photo by Komonews.com

The Mark of Zorro –er — I mean Zoltan!

No. 873 If you are over fifty and preoccupied with dull things like earning a living, you are probably becoming vaguely aware that the word “Zoltan” is being used by the Pittsburgh Pirates, even though you don’t know exactly why. Don’t despair that Pittgirl knew about it in April — she’s on the cutting edge […]

Four Years, 872 Posts

No. 872 Four years and 872 posts ago, I published the very first post on this blog — July 7, 2008. That’s enough time to graduate from college or serve out a one-term presidency. I have been reprinted, retweeted and quoted all over the world wide web. In the process, I have made friends and, […]

Proving You Are Who You Say You Are.

No. 871 Pennsylvania has joined a group of states who are requiring photo ID to vote. A guest post on the Jonathan Turley Blog summarizes the critic’s position. Proponents say that this measure will prevent voter fraud. This objection has some merit. When voters die their registrations are not generally revoked. Nor are the registrations […]

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