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Obermayer's Matthew Green and Michael Phillips' $1.14M construction defect claim settlement was listed as a Top Pennsylvania Settlement of 2012 in Verdict Search. The case centered around homebuyers who purchased newly constructed condo units in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia, only to find major issues with their units and the building, which the developer refused to address. As part of the settlement, the units were transferred back to the developer and plaintiff’s attorney’s fees were reimbursed.

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The Employer Mandate is a provision within the Health Care Law which requires certain businesses to provide health care insurance coverage for their employees or face a penalty, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, offers some businesses tax credits for providing such coverage. In order to be in compliance with the Health Care Law, some employers will be required to provide unlimited lifetime and unlimited annual coverage for employees, including the dependent children of their employees without regard for pre-existing conditions and including dependent children until age twenty-six (26). The effects of the Employer Mandate depend upon the number of “full-time” employees employed by the particular business. 

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Jason Reisman served as a presenter for The Wage & Hour Defense Institute of the Litigation Counsel of America’s webinar series, "Quarterly Update on Developments in Wage & Hour Law" on May 22. The webinar discussed a pair of FLSA cases on the U.S. Supreme Court’s docket and other recent developments in this area of law.

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Shari Veisblatt was interviewed by CBS 2 (New York) for their story “Adult Bullies Take Their Stalking Online. Scary New Trend Leaves Victims Feeling Powerless, Living In Fear.” Watch the interview here.

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Obermayer's Gary Samms, along with Eileen Keefe and Jackie Roe, received a unanimous defense verdict in a medical malpractice action in Fretwell v. St. Luke’s Hospital, et al., that involved a shoulder dystocia where the child received a permanent Erbs Palsy at birth.

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By Anastasius Efstratiades - Co-Chair, Business & Finance Department, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

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Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP is pleased to announce that a number of our attorneys were selected for inclusion in 2013 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers®. In addition, several attorneys were also selected for inclusion in 2013 Pennsylvania Rising Stars – the top-up-and-coming lawyers in the Commonwealth – as noted below.

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Anastasius (Tassos) Efstratiades authored WHAT STATE LAW APPLIES TO A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT published in the Financial Executives International (FEI) publication Connections – (Philadelphia Chapter , May 2013).

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Jason Reisman presented “Legal Risk Management 101: Labor & Employment Nightmares … Sweat the Little Things” at The Union League to the Young Presidents Organization and World Presidents Organization on May 15th. Reisman discussed the importance of ensuring labor and employment law compliance. Reisman is a partner and member of the firm’s Labor Relations and Employment LawDepartment and its Management Committee. His practice is concentrated in theareas of labor and management relations, wage and hour, employmentdiscrimination and executive employment/severance agreements, includingnon-competition and other restrictive covenants.

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Obermayer's Shari Veisblatt, was interviewed by CBS 2 New York for their story “Adult Bullies Take Their Stalking Online.  Scary New Trend Leaves Victims Feeling Powerless, Living In Fear.”  The interview aired May 16, 2013.  Watch the interview clip HERE.

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