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Child-care worker claims center wanted her to falsify records

Posted on July 08, 2010

A former employee of Tot-Time Child Development Center has filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging the child-care company fired her after she refused to falsify company records to feign compliance with state law.Michele F. Clayton of Upper Merion, who worked at Tot-Time’s…more »

Woman Files Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Tot Time Child Care Centers

Posted on July 07, 2010

MEDIA ADVISORY (Chester County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania; Civil Action No. 10-08125) The Paoli-based law firm of Rubin, Fortunato & Harbison P.C. has filed a whistleblower lawsuit on behalf of Michele F. Clayton of King of Prussia, P.A. against Tot-Time…more »

RFH FYI:  Health Care Reform Act Requires Reasonable Break Times for Nursing Mothers

Posted on May 02, 2010

Read attorney Kathy Laubenstein’s article on one implication the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will have on the workplace for employers. Click on the attached pdf to read the full article.

Rubin Fortunato Attorneys to Present at Employment Law Institute

Posted on March 25, 2010

(Paoli, PA) – Several attorneys from the law firm of Rubin, Fortunato & Harbison P.C. will be presenters at the 16th Annual Employment Law Institute, scheduled for April 13-14 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the…more »

Rubin Fortunato Tops in PA for Women

Posted on March 01, 2010

(Paoli, PA) – The Paoli law firm of Rubin, Fortunato & Harbison P.C. is ranked number one in Pennsylvania for percentage of female attorneys, according to an industry report released by Pennsylvania Law Weekly. The recently released “PaLAW Annual Report on…more »

Court Allows Whistleblower Case against U.S. Foodservice to Proceed

Posted on February 12, 2010

MEDIA ADVISORY (US District Court, Middle District of PA; Civil Action No. 3:09-0092). Last week, a federal judge denied a motion by U.S. Foodservice to dismiss a whistleblower case involving a Pittston man and his allegations that the company’s actions were…more »

Woman Files Law Suit Claiming Discrimination

Posted on December 24, 2009

A Jewish woman in Souderton has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against her former employer, Clayton H. Landis Company, or CHL Systems, a manufacturing and engineering company also in Souderton. Amy Elsner, the plaintiff, was fired from her position as a…more »

Lawsuit Says Religious Discrimination was Reason for Firing

Posted on December 23, 2009

Lawsuit says religious discrimination was reason for firing A Souderton woman says a local business retaliated by firing her when she went to a company official to get relief from co-workers’ anti-Jewish comments. A lawsuit recently filed on behalf of the…more »

Souderton Woman Sues Clayton H. Landis Co. Over Religious Discrimination

Posted on December 18, 2009

(US District Court, Eastern District of PA; Civil Action No. 2:09-cv-05990). The Paoli-based law firm of Rubin Fortunato has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Souderton resident Amy F. Elsner against Clayton H. Landis Company, Inc. (also known as CHL Systems)…more »

‘Invigorating and Thrilling’:  Main Line attorney appears before US Supreme Court

Posted on August 06, 2009

A local attorney recently took on his dream case by presenting an argument at the nation’s highest court. Jason E. Murtagh, 34, of Bala Cynwyd, is an attorney in Paoli with the firm Rubin, Fortunato and Harbison, P.C. and has done…more »