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Today’s top story details the Commonwealth Court’s ruling that sexual harassment is not akin to sexual discrimination in public accommodations such as police departments under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act. As reporter Gina Passarella writes, the court affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff Carolyn Oravitz’s claim against Saxonburg Borough, Pa., that an officer assisting her allegedly asked her for sex and sexually harassed her.
Also above the fold on Page 1 today, reporter Amaris Elliott-Engel writes that total case filings dropped last year in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. There was a 14 percent falloff in the number of criminal and civil cases between 2010 and 2011, as the number dropped from about 55,000 to about 47,000.
Below the fold on Page 1, reporter Zack Needles writes that Philadelphia-based Dilworth Paxson has started an immigration practice with the addition of Washington, D.C.-based attorney Rana Jazayerli. Jazayerli focuses a large portion of her practice on foreign investor visas. As Jazayerli said, “All employers are going to find themselves in need of the counsel of an immigration attorney at some point.”
Today’s Regional News continues on Page 3, as Amaris Elliott-Engel writes that Donald J. Martin, the new Montgomery Bar Association president, plans to focus on diversity and court funding in the coming year. The 63-year-old took the reins of the third-largest judicial jurisdiction on Jan. 13.
As always, our People in the News section is on Page 2, and the top stories from our sister publications across the country make up the Page 4 National News section.
In this week’s Insight on Diversity column on Page 5, Sherry Lowe Johnson writes that diverse representation is profitable in generating business. She discusses the National Football League’s Rooney Rule, which ensures that teams interview minority coaches for high-level positions, and wonders if such a rule should be carried over into corporate America.
As it is Thursday, this week’s Young Lawyer column is on Page 7, Christian E. Mammen writes that taking charge of a legal career early can have great advantages. He suggests broadening your international appeal, learning to read a balance sheet and doing what excites you among his methods for getting ahead.
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