KEVIN A. MOORE, ESQ. TAPPED TO SERVE ON EXPERT PANEL

WYOMISSING, PA (September 30,2008)-- Kevin A. Moore, Esq., Chairman of the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group, recently served on a panel of regional employment law experts in a presentation to business executives and attorneys. On September 30, 2008, Sterling Educational Services (“SES”) sponsored the 2008 Employment Law Update, held at the Hilton Gardens Hotel in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Kevin lectured on the topic of Privacy in the Workplace and Conducting an Internal Investigation. “The dramatic advances in communications technology is driving a fundamental change in how employees behave and how employers monitor that behavior in and outside the workplace” Moore stated. “Employers and employees need to know the rules of the game have changed with the change in technology.” Kevin is the Chairman of the Berks County Bar Association Employment Law Section, an EEOC approved trainer, and frequently provides training to clients and other attorneys in all areas of employment law. “
 

 SENIORS BENEFIT FROM ECONOMIC STIMULUS ACT

WYOMISSING, PA (February 28,2008)-- Seniors can benefit from the economic stimulus law enacted on February 13, 2008, but they need to file an income tax return. Seniors, disabled veterans, and veterans' widows will receive $300 payments if they earned $3,000 in Social Security or veterans' disability benefits in 2007. In addition, workers who earned at least $3,000, but not enough to pay income taxes, will be eligible for payments of $300. For higher income individuals, the law provides rebate checks of up to $600 per individual. The stimulus payment begins to phase out for individuals with adjusted gross incomes (AGI) over $75,000 and married couples who file a joint return with AGI over $150,000.
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JOHN SPEICHER - THIRD GENERATION ATTORNEY

WYOMISSING, PA (January 13,2008)-- To understand my father as a lawyer, it is necessary to have some background on his pre-law life. My father graduated from Reading High School in 1934. He was 5’5” and weighed only 115 pounds. Looking at his senior class picture, you would have thought that he had just graduated from junior high instead of high school. He never participated in any sports at Reading High.  Nevertheless, upon entering the University of Michigan in the fall of 1934, he joined Theta Chi Fraternity, an apparent “jock house” and, for reasons unknown, promptly decided to go out for the Michigan wrestling team. Read More

LEADERSHIP ROLE NOTHING NEW TO HELLER

WYOMISSING, PA (January 13,2008)-- Merv Heller, President of Leisawitz Heller, took the reins as Chairman of BEP’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee in January 2008. Heller replaces Michael Fromm, President of Fromm Electric Supply Corporation, who recently completed a two-year term. Heller most recently served as Vice Chair of the Board. Read More

HEALTH CARE POWER OF ATTORNEY & LIVING WILL STATUTES CHANGE

WYOMISSING, PA (January 29, 2007) -- Effective January 29, 2007, Pennsylvania enacted a new Health Care Power of Attorney statute and modified its existing Living Will statute. These new laws substantially change the duties of agents appointed under Health Care Powers of Attorney and Living Wills. Unfortunately, there remain significant ambiguities in the language of the new statutes that will need to be clarified by the courts and the legislature.
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