Category: Fall 2011 Pennsylvania Legal Update

Pennsylvania real estate owners can lose their real estate if they don’t pay their real estate taxes. With the exception of the cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, all Pennsylvania countics have a central county Tax Claim Bureau that is responsible for collecting delinquent taxes. The cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh also hold tax sales, but […]

Pennsylvania’s statutes include the Beauty Culture Law, an Act that regulates the practice of cosmetology. Recently, an unlicensed business challenged the application of the Act to its activities. The business operated “eyebrow-threading” kiosks at several locations, Eyebrow threading is a process in which facial hair is removed by looping thread around a facial hair and […]

The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act takes away from employees their right to sue their employer for injuries they suffer in the course and scope of their employment. But the loss of the right to sue is balanced by the strict liability that the Act imposes on employers. With few exceptions, when employees are injured while […]

Whenever you exercise your privilege to drive or control any vehicle in Pennsylvania, you have implicitly consented to breath, blood, and/or urine testing. The Pennsylvania law that sets out all of the rules regarding breath, blood, and urine testing for drivers is called the Implied Consent Law. No one can force you to submit to […]