Our Pittsburgh attorneys often get asked: I won in small claims court (before a magisterial district judge), so now how do I enforce it against the defendant’s real property? First of all, before you can do anything, the opposing party has thirty days to appeal. Then, the local magistrate’s decision…
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Update on FTC Trade Restriction Ban: No Vote Until 2024
UPDATE: On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission has banned enforcement of noncompete agreements in employer-employee contracts. Click here for more. This article had been written prior to the ban. Status of the FTC’s Coming Ban on Trade Restriction Clauses Our Pittsburgh noncompete law firm has previously reported…
Defend a Case to Verdict in PA?
Each Pittsburgh lawyer in our litigation section handles cases on both the plaintiff and defense side. To date, we’ve written at length about bringing claims on the plaintiff side of litigation: overcoming the limited tort defense, bringing a claim as an injured pedestrian, or filing suit for a bike injury. …
Mediation in Pittsburgh PA – Is it Mandatory?
Mediation in Federal and State Court Our Pittsburgh civil litigation lawyers have marveled at the federal court system’s use of mediation to help avoid protracted litigation. In fact, in the Western District of PA, the federal rules require litigants to participate in mediation (or another form of alternative dispute resolution)…
Pedestrian Fatalities on the Rise, But Why?
Deadly Pedestrian Injury Despite New Technology The risk of death to a pedestrian via motor vehicle accident is not new. We’ve had gas powered cars in the US since 1893! Since then, technology has advanced dramatically in ways that help drivers steer clear of pedestrians (pun intended). For example: There…
NDA – Non-Disclosure Agreement Law in PA
Non-Disclosure Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses in PA One common question for a Pittsburgh lawyer is: are non-disclosure agreements enforceable? The short answer is yes, so long as the NDA is reasonably necessary to protect the employer’s interests, i.e., not over broad and unduly burdensome to the employee, similar to a…
Time Period to Bring Suit Governed by Insurance Restriction
The Statute of Limitations and Limited Tort As any Pittsburgh lawyer will tell you, the statute of limitations in Pennsylvania to sue for injuries in a motor vehicle accident is two years from the accident, but it’s different in a limited tort case. Pennsylvania has something called the…
Confidential Info Protection: Waiver By Sharing with the Gov’t?
Effect of Sharing Trade Secrets with the Government Our Pittsburgh lawyers have blogged extensively about how an employer’s “secret” information will fall short of “trade secret” classification, unless the employer can show it had taken steps to develop and protect the “secret.” In other words, yours is no longer the…
The Booker Case: Breach of a (Missing & Written) Contract
Attaching a Contract to a Lawsuit As any lawyer will tell you, if there’s a written contract that a party seeks to enforce, the plaintiff suing to collect money for non-payment of the contract must attach the contract to the Complaint (lawsuit). In fact, Pennsylvania law requires the existence of…
How did I elect a restriction to sue?
Did You Really Elect “Limited Tort” Prior to Your Accident? You’ve been in a car accident and you’re learning that your “limited tort” election now prevents you from suing for pain and suffering (a/k/a non-economic losses) for your injuries, potentially. Click here to learn the value of pain and suffering. …
