Harrisburg-based McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC announced Tuesday that it’s the first Pennsylvania law firm to join the Women’s Business Enterprise Center-East Supplier Diversity Council, a collection of 58 private organizations, government agencies and education institutions that champion women-owned businesses.

Midstate businesses announce their most recent hires

In an uncertain world, everyone is looking for a sure thing, hiring managers perhaps most of all, as the struggle to retain and attract talented employees continues. The Washington Post reports that 4.3 million people quit their jobs in January, indicating that The Great Resignation is far from over.

Highmark Blue Shield’s senior medical director, Dr. Tim Law, spoke to the Journal about how the pandemic impacted Highmark as a payer and what the telemedicine space looks like for payers today. 

Retired federal judge John Jones III was named the 30th president of Dickinson College, in a unanimous vote by the institution’s board of trustees. 

Lititz’s Main Street Program accredited nonprofit, Venture Lititz, has named Barley Snyder partner Maria Di Stravolo Elliott as the president of its board of directors. 

Former Gov. Tom Wolf staffer Rob Ghormoz has joined Harrisburg-based law firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney as principal in its Government Relations Group. 

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (L&I) returned more than $3.5 million in earned wages to Pennsylvania workers in 2021 after investigating more than 4,000 complaints of alleged labor law violations. 

When pundits typically refer to “entrepreneurs,” they’re not talking about Alesha and Chevelle, two wonderfully creative and industrious Caribbean immigrants who came to Pennsylvania with their mother and became citizens.   

Barley Snyder managing partner Jeff Lobach has agreed to continue his leadership role into its fifth term, making him the longest-serving managing partner in the firm’s history. 

More than 70 Geisinger Health System employees filed a class-action suit against Danville-based Geisinger Medical Center and its affiliated hospitals and clinics, claiming its COVID-19 testing requirements for employees exempt from getting the vaccine force them to choose between their religion and their jobs. 

Law firm McNees Wallace & Nurick and CPA firm Boyer & Ritter launched a new company as part of a joint venture that the two firms say will provide comprehensive services for companies looking to buy or sell auto dealerships. 

A Dauphin County restaurant owner faces $2.6 million in fines and up to 90 years in prison after allegedly defrauding the federal government out of $237,500 in loans from the Small Business Administration.

Asha Banks founded her online greeting and holiday card store, CheerNotes, last year after feeling frustrated by a lack of representation when buying greeting cards for friends and family.

Harrisburg law firm McNees Wallace & Nurick will be offering pro bono legal services to five black-owned or controlled businesses.