Miranda v. Arizona Reaches 50 The subject of this post is the 50th anniversary of the landmark case of Miranda v. Arizona, (1966). In this decision, the United States Supreme Court held that statements from any defendant in police custody
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The Constitutional Roots of Bankruptcy As a bankruptcy attorney, I often have the need to counsel my clients about their embarrassment and feelings that others will judge them harshly because they filed bankruptcy. I often give them a “pep talk”
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Employment Discrimination in Pennsylvania Based on Sexual Orientation As many of you know from my recent posts, the last three years have brought significant improvements in the lives of gay and lesbian people. For instance, the law of the United
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The Law Surrounding Copyright and Sampling Music In the spirit of Halloween, I am writing my blog on musical copyrights and sampling. The reason that I find this timely for Halloween, is because I have been listening to the rock
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Same Sex Marriage – Obergefell v. Hodges The decision in Obergefell v. Hodges was delivered by the Supreme Court on June 26, 2015. The outcome of the case held that on the basis of equal protection gay couples are entitled
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Retirement Assets in Bankruptcy There is a widespread misconception about the availability of retirement assets to creditors in bankruptcy. Many people put off filing bankruptcy, because they fear the loss of retirement accounts to creditors. Based on this misinformation, they
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Same Sex Marriage is Now the Law in Pennsylvania By now most of you have heard that Judge John Jones, U.S. District Court Judge in Harrisburg, has permanently enjoined the provisions of the Domestic Relations Code that allowed only traditional
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The Number of Elderly Filing for Bankruptcy is Increasing We have all been taught to believe that the “greatest generation” was careful with its money and its members were very good savers. We are now surprised to find that the
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How to Protect Assets from Nursing Home As most of us grow older and arrange care for our parents we often anticipate the need for long term care ourselves. As such, it is important to know some basic concepts
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How Does the End of DOMA Impact Pennsylvania Estate Planning? As you may have heard, the United States Supreme Court has struck down the Federal Statute known as the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The case was interesting because it
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