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Immigration Lawyers Blog
Census Numbers Show Lehigh Valley Diversifying: Hispanic Population Now a Majority in Allentown
The U.S. Census Bureau’s population data shows that after years of population growth, the Hispanic population has become a large majority of Allentown, with the Lehigh Valley facing a decline…
Immigration Lawyers Blog
Immigrant Workers’ Rights – May Day Rally Held in Allentown
Make the Road Pennsylvania’s Allentown chapter organized the May Day rally advocating immigrant workers’ rights – emphasizing undocumented workers. Along with demanding minimum pay and labor rights for undocumented workers,…
Capital Thinking
US Executive Branch Update – October 26, 2020
This report provides a snapshot of the US Executive Branch priorities via daily schedules and the prior day’s press releases. POTUS’ Schedule* *The US President (POTUS) and Vice President’s (VPOTUS)…
Whistleblower Law Collaborative Blog and News
Beauty School Settles Whistleblower Case Involving Education Fraud
Last week, the Department of Justice announced that a private, for-profit beauty school has agreed to pay $425,000 to resolve education fraud allegations. The defendant is Metro Beauty Academy, LLC…
Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Blog
Attorneys at Brilliant & Neiman LLC Admitted to Northampton County Bar Association
For years, we have had an office in the center of Allentown, and represented injured workers all along the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton corridor. We have attended workers’ compensation hearings at the Workers’…
Legal Profession Blog
A Day In The Life
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court imposed a consent retroactive five-year suspension of a convicted attorney.The Morning Call reported on the criminal caseEx-Mayor Ed Pawlowski’s co-conspirator in steering an Allentown contract to…
The Paterson Criminal Law Blog
Paterson NJ Man Faces Sexual Assault Charges in Allentown, PA
Law enforcement in Pennsylvania arrested a Paterson NJ who allegedly sexually assaulted a juvenile. The suspect is a 44-year-old male from Paterson, New Jersey. According to Pennsylvania authorities, the suspect…
Constructlaw®
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Holds That Under Prompt Payment Act, Imposition of Penalty and Attorneys’ Fees Is Discretionary, Not Mandatory, Upon Finding of Bad Faith
Scott Enters., Inc. v. City of Allentown, 2016 Pa. LEXIS 1503 (Pa. July 19, 2016) The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania reversed an order of the Commonwealth Court and held that…
The Faculty Lounge
Generating Scholarship From Service and Teaching
Four and a half years ago, if you had asked me whether I was ever going to write a book, I'd have laughed. I was comfortable in the world of…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“Any time my attention is taken away from my judicial duties, that’s a problem.”
These are the words of Pennsylvania District Judge Wayne Maura who cited a man for contempt of court and issued him $50 fine because he wore his pants too low.…