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September 9, 2020

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...

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August 20, 2020

Nearly Thirty Barley Snyder Attorneys Named “Best Lawyers”

Media Contact: Michael Sadowski, Communications Coordinatormsadowski@barley.com or 717-208-8842 For Immediate Release&nb...

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August 6, 2020

Must Businesses Become Face Mask Police?

With continued, disturbing examples of some members of the public belligerently refusing to wea...

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July 17, 2020

Attorney 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...

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July 13, 2020

Should 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...

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June 11, 2020

Is 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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May 29, 2020

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 ...

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May 28, 2020

Updated 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...

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May 19, 2020

Reopening 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...

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May 12, 2020

Defying 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...

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May 1, 2020

Environmental 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 ...

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April 17, 2020

DEP 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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