Nearly two years after Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse first proposed it, the Harrisburg School District has approved a new, ten-year tax abatement program for residential and commercial development in the city.
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FTC Suffers Setback in Campaign to Slow the Rising Tide of Healthcare Consolidations
By David Garcia
The FTC just suffered a major setback in its concerted efforts to challenge the ever growing number of consolidations in the healthcare industry, failing to secure a preliminary injunction to block a hospital merger in central Pennsylvania. In a decisive…
Harrisburg Moves Forward With Plan to Triple Local Services Tax
We previously reported on Mayor Eric Papenfuse’s controversial plan to triple the local services tax in the City of Harrisburg (a tax that overwhelmingly affects commuters, not residents). After securing the needed sign-off from the Commonwealth Court in January, Papenfuse’s…
FTC and Pennsylvania Attorney General Challenge Health System Combination
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Pennsylvania Attorney General (AG) have challenged the proposed combination of The Penn State Hershey Medical Center (Hershey) and PinnacleHealth System (Pinnacle) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The FTC complaint alleges that the combination would create a…
Harrisburg Mayor Papenfuse to Seek Increase in Local Services Tax
Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse announced today that he would seek to raise the Local Services Tax (LST) for workers in Harrisburg from $52 to $156 per year. The move would affect both City residents and the tens of thousands of…
Legal Links – July 17, 2015
On Fridays, we compile and post Legal Links, a list of legal news, reported cases, community events and topics of interest to Lancaster residents and readers of the Lancaster Law Blog.
1. Is the Iran Deal the Pitts? You…
$1,250,000 Award
By David Snyder
I recently litigated a partial taking of a truck stop outside of Harrisburg, PA. The most significant impacts to the property were caused by the closure of one of the driveways.
The condemnor claimed that the taking did not cause…
NLRB Re-Issues “Quickie Election” Rule In Continuous Effort to Boost Union Organizing
By Lee Tankle
Yesterday, December 15, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board issued its Final Rule amending election procedures in what most observers are calling the “Quickie Election” Rule. Once the rule becomes effective in April, elections will be held approximately 10 to…
The Obama NLRB Strikes Another Blow on Behalf of Organized Labor: Employees May Use Company E-Mail Systems to Unionize and Engage in Other “Protected Concerted Activities”
By Lee Tankle
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently decided that employees must presumptively be permitted to use their employer’s e-mail system, during non-working time, to communicate with each other about workplace issues, including but not limited to union organizing efforts.…
Supreme Court Confirms No Pay Required for Post-Shift Security Screenings
By Lee Tankle
In a 9-0 decision issued yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court held that time spent by non-exempt workers waiting to undergo and undergoing security screenings before leaving their workplace at the end of their work day was not compensable hours worked…