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Businesses Face Important Questions on the Road to a Vaccine
It is generally recognized by public health experts that we will not return to a restriction-free normal until there is a wid...
Learn MoreNearly Thirty Barley Snyder Attorneys Named “Best Lawyers”
Media Contact: Michael Sadowski, Communications Coordinatormsadowski@barley.com or 717-208-8842 For Immediate Release&nb...
Learn MoreMust Businesses Become Face Mask Police?
With continued, disturbing examples of some members of the public belligerently refusing to wea...
Learn MoreAttorney General’s Settlement with Pittsburgh Water Authority a Reminder of Lead Pipe Obligations
The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General entered into a settlement on July 16, 2020 with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Au...
Learn MoreShould Businesses Require Their Customers to Sign COVID-19 Liability Waivers?
As businesses reopen in Pennsylvania, employers are asking whether they should require their customers or guests to sign waiv...
Learn MoreIs Pennsylvania’s State of Emergency Still in Place?
Confusion within the business community is rampant as Pennsylvania legislators and the state’s leader are at public odds ov...
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DEP’s Nutrient Credit Trading Program Upheld
A cost-effective method of helping businesses meet federal environmental standards for discharge into the Chesapeake Bay’s ...
Learn MoreUpdated Reopening Guidance to Help Small Biz
New guidance from Gov. Tom Wolf will allow some of the small businesses hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic to open on a ver...
Learn MoreReopening Your Business: 10 Pennsylvania Mandates You Need to Know
As more counties move into the “yellow phase” of reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic, the state has laid out its essen...
Learn MoreDefying Governor’s Order is a Risky Proposition
Non-life-sustaining businesses that reopen in Pennsylvania counties not yet moved to the “yellow” or “green” phase of...
Learn MoreEnvironmental Rights Amendment a Powerful Tool to Challenge DEP Permit Approvals
Just because the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection might issue your business a permit, that doesn’t mean ...
Learn MoreDEP Will Enforce Environmental Requirements During Pandemic
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has clarified that it will continue to enforce all environmental laws...
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