News from 2014

Protecting Your Business Intellectual Property

It’s hard to think of a business where intellectual property does not play a role. No matter what the industry or line of business, whether local or global, retail or manufacturing, intellectual property can be essential to business growth and success. While large companies typically have vast resources dedicated to IP protection, intellectual property is equally important to many smaller enterprises and entrepreneurs… Read On

Office of Open Records May Conduct “Private Screenings” of All Information in Interpreting the RTKL

When a governmental agency decides some requested information is exempt under the RTKL, on initial appeal, an Office of Open Records (OOR) appeals officer is tasked with determining whether the agency has met its burden to prove that such information is in fact exempt.  But how would an appeals officer know if the information met a RTKL exemption if he or she could never view it? Read On

Most Bills from Your Publicly Paid Attorney Are Not Privileged Under the RTKL

On remand from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the Commonwealth Court issued this opinion further defining the exceptions under the RTKL. The issues were (1) whether descriptions of legal services provided to Senate employees were “privileged” under the RTKL, as attorney work-product; (2) whether federal or state law requiring grand jury secrecy prohibited disclosing the names of those employees under the second RTKL exception… Read On

Technology vs. Privacy

Managing Partner Craig J. Staudenmaier has authored an article, entitled “Technology vs Privacy” for the July/August issue of The Pennsylvania Lawyer. The article is a prelude to a panel discussion of privacy and the impact of social media on Wednesday, July 16th at Penn State University’s Lehigh Valley branch campus, hosted by the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Bar/Press Committee and PCN… Read On


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