As an experienced Media Estate Planning Attorney I am often asked what the difference is between Healthcare Power of Attorney vs. Financial Power of Attorney. The difference between a healthcare power of attorney and a financial power of attorney is that a financial power of attorney is generally a general power of attorney. They allow the […]
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As an experienced Media Employment Attorney I will occasionally be asked how an employer can terminate and employee without giving them severance benefits. A lot of employers offer severance payment to their terminated employees thought it isn’t required under state or federal statute. One of the benefits that employers find in providing the severance payment […]
As an experienced Media Lawyer clients will often ask me if they should get a second opinion on their matter. You should absolutely get a second opinion if you’re having a problem with your lawyer. That is important to remember because, we always say this, the client drives the bus for the case, not the […]
As an experienced Media Employment Attorney I am consistently asked about the best way to terminate an employee. As an employer, when you’re faced with a decision of whether or not to terminate an employee you need to determine first what type of employee you have. The status of your employee will either be at […]
As a dedicated Media Employment Attorney, I get questions all time from clients about harassment in the workplace. Harassment in the workplace in Pennsylvania is a very serious condition. It can take place in a number of different ways. It can be based on gender, age, a particular bullying conduct, and it takes many forms. […]
As an experienced Media Landlord Attorney I am often asked about the costs associated with evicting a tenant. The cost of evicting a tenant really depends on the circumstances of your case and it also depends on how many tenants are in the property. Absent some difficulties in the facts, then a typical eviction should […]
Conflicts of interest may create a breach of an attorney’s fiduciary duty of loyalty to his or her client. If, despite the presence of a conflict, the attorney reasonably believes that he or she will be able to provide competent and diligent representation to the affected client, then he or she may proceed after acquiring […]
Join Paul Fellman of the Gibson & Perkins, PC litigation group for a look at ‘Avoiding Legal Malpractice.’ They’ll be live in Media, PA on Wednesday, September 28, as the Delaware County Bar Association hosts a 1-hour CLE program on the topic. Registration is available here. On Thursday, October 13, an expanded, 2-hour version of […]
As an experienced Media Business Attorney, clients come to me all the time with questions about how to handle a deceased partners spouse. The difficulty with the death of a partner is that you’ve now lost one of the valuable assets of the company. You now have to deal with it in a couple of […]
