As we all are aware, on April 1, 2020, Governor Tom Wolf ordered all non-essential businesses across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to close their physical locations. Many Pennsylvania businesses have successfully transitioned from working face-to-face with customers to conducting business...
While we are all taking extra precautions and faithfully adhering to “stay at home” and “shelter-in-place” orders, it is important to understand that attorneys and parties still have the ability to address divorce-related matters. While most courts’ daily functions are...
Parenting a child/minor (under the age of 18) facing criminal charges after being arrested is stressful enough. Parenting a child facing criminal charges in the middle of an unprecedented health crisis – at a time when local courts are closed...
In enforcing the laws of the PA Commonwealth, police officers, like doctors and nurses, will frequently interact with members of the public and place themselves at a high risk of infection. Given the contagious nature of COVID-19, the risk that...
As appellate attorneys, one question we often are asked is whether the prevailing party on appeal can recover attorneys’ fees and costs. The question certainly is an understandable one; by the time a party prevails on appeal, he or she...
Against the current backdrop of uncertainty throughout the country and Chester County, the importance of ensuring the security of our families, homes, and businesses has never been more apparent. While, as a society, we most assuredly will survive, and thrive,...
The Coronavirus pandemic has increased the focus on ways for patients to see physicians without having to have in person visits in every instance. Healthcare practitioners and patients need to seriously consider how telehealth can best serve their respective needs...
By now we have all seen the videos of people in grocery stores licking ice cream or produce and putting them back on the shelf. We also have heard stories of people coughing on retail clerks and claiming they have...
Pa. Appeals Court Slashes Award; Finds Jury Went Too Far With $10 Million Verdict. Lamb McErlane PC partner Maureen M. McBride quoted in Legal Intelligencer article in regards to Kimble v. Laser Spine Institute. A Pennsylvania appellate court has axed a $10 million...
One question many criminal defendants and their families have been asking over the past few weeks is “what is going to happen with my case?” While the question is fair, there is no clear answer. The current environment everywhere —...
Being a commercial landlord can be difficult even in the best of times. The current COVID-19 pandemic magnifies those difficulties. To understand the issues, it is first important to understand the relationships and interdependencies that exist in the typical commercial...
On April 7, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted a letter to clinicians outlining the summary of actions it has taken to ensure clinicians have maximum flexibility to reduce unnecessary barriers to providing patient care during the...