R. v. Commonwealth, Dep’t of Pub. Welfare, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that a father had received adequate due process in a proceeding to expunge an indicated report of child abuse.82 The Court reasoned that allowing the daughter to testify about abuse in camera and outside the father’s presence, but in the presence of the father’s attorney, created little risk that the father would suffer an erroneous deprivation of his right to reputation.
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Fraud
1. Jeremy E. Abay (jea@pietragallo.com) is a partner at the law firm of Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP. He is also an adjunct professor at Rutgers Law School, where he teaches deposition advocacy, and a member of The Legal Intelligencer’s Young Lawyer Editorial Board. His practice covers healthcare fraud (qui tam), government enforcement, internal investigations, and class actions. The author thanks his colleague, Megan E. Young, for her excellent research contributions to this article. He also thanks his partners Gaetan J. Alfano, Marc S. Raspanti, Kevin E. Raphael, and Douglas K. Rosenblum for their valuable insights.
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Brozovich v. Dugo.81 The Commonwealth Court held that the employee’s discharge did not deprive him of his fundamental right to reputation, even though a newspaper article about the discharge had damaged the employee’s reputation. The township had given the employee an opportunity to resign and, in so doing, acted to prevent harm to his reputation. There was also no suggestion that the township had played a role in the article’s publication.
Employment Discrimination
Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe, No. 1:2011cv01279 (S.D.N.Y 2012). In this case, the plaintiff, a former employee of the defendant, brought an employment-discrimination-and-retaliation lawsuit against her former employer. During the discovery process, the defendant argued that the plaintiff’s request for electronic documents was overly broad and unduly burdensome. The court ultimately agreed and ordered the defendant to produce only a limited set of electronic documents.
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Before joining the team, Mr. Zelt honed his skills as a law clerk at several prominent law firms, where he was involved in a wide range of legal matters. He gained experience in healthcare, commercial litigation, workers’ compensation, personal injury, class action, and employment litigation, which allowed him to develop valuable insights and skills that he now applies in his practice. Mr. Zelt’s exceptional academic achievements are indicative of his dedication to the legal profession. He earned his J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law, where he demonstrated his academic excellence as an Editor of the Duquesne Law Review and a National Competition Team member of the Appellate Moot Court Board Program. He was also recognized for his Moot Court achievements through membership in the Justice Louis L. Manderino Honor Society.