Medicare Revamps the Conditional Payment Process

By Nancy Johnson, Esq. Many of you have been contacted by petitioners’ attorneys about their inability to obtain conditional payments over the past several months due to a revision in Medicare protocols and processes.  This article gives an overview of the changes to the process and...

Assumption of the Risk Is Alive and Well in Pennsylvania Snow Cases

By Gina M. Zippilli, Esq. With the winter months now upon us, it is not surprising that snow cases are “mounting,” and defense attorneys are again put to the task of refuting plaintiffs’ allegations that business owners; snow removal companies; and any other entity a plaintiff can fi...

Access to Personnel Files in Pennsylvania and New Jersey

By Laurel B. Peltzman, Esq. You have just terminated your most problematic and least productive employee. The employee leaves the premises immediately after his termination but then returns a few hours later with a request. He wants to review his personnel file. As an employer that t...

Limitation Provision in Homeowner’s Insurance Policy Upheld by Court

While the New Jersey statute of limitations for a contract claim, which would include a claim against an insurance policy, is 6 years, some insurance policies contain shorter limitation periods to file a lawsuit against the carrier. In the federal court case of Majagah v. AIG Property...

Clarifying (Maybe) Who Can Participate In Negotiations

By: Kelly E. Adler, Esq. Editor: Sanmathi (Sanu) Dev, Esq. Negotiations are a hot topic in New Jersey right now; specifically, which Board members can and cannot participate in negotiating with teachers, administrators and staff is a question Board solicitors are constantly fielding....

Can You Enforce Your Arbitration Clause?

The odds are that your company has an employee handbook that governs the workplace.  You also most likely (hopefully) have a clause in your handbook indicating that the handbook does not create a contract between the employer and employee and the terms of the handbook can be changed a...
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