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Proposed Changes to PA Orphans’ Court Rules Seek to Make the Second-Parent Adoption Process Consistent Statewide
By Tara R. Pfeifer, WLP Staff Attorney In October 2013, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Orphans’ Court Procedural Rules Committee published proposed new and amended adoption rules for public comment. The Rules Committee explained that the proposed amendments were...
Pregnant Workers Have More Rights in New Jersey Than in Pennsylvania
By Amal Bass, WLP Staff Attorney On Tuesday, January 21, 2014, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law a bill that expands the anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation protections of New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD). The NJLAD will now...
The Corbett Administration’s Unhealthy Pennsylvania Proposal
By Amal Bass, WLP Staff Attorney Instead of expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, as all of Pennsylvania’s neighboring states have done, the Corbett Administration has proposed a different plan in its Healthy Pennsylvania 1115 Application (“Healthy...
Bill Protecting Domestic Violence Victims Unanimously Passes in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
By Sarah Bugay, WLP Intern On Tuesday, January 14 2014, HB 1796, legislation that seeks to prohibit local nuisance ordinances from penalizing tenants for calling the police to respond to domestic violence and other emergencies, passed unanimously in the Pennsylvania...
Are You in New Jersey? Encourage Governor Christie to Support Pregnant Workers!
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of pregnant women and their families by signing a pregnancy discrimination bill by Tuesday, January, 21st. The New Jersey legislature passed this bill — S. 2995...
