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.

“These laws will pay a critical role in helping our hospital families feel protected from violence in their workplaces,” said Andy Carter, president and CEO of the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.

A 50-state coalition filed its third lawsuit in an ongoing antitrust investigation into potential collusion among manufacturers of generic topical drugs.

Jennifer Kline, 54, started her law career in 1992, representing employers and insurance companies in workers’ compensation claims. She later joined Katherman, Briggs and Greenberg LLP and began representing employees in those cases.

Citing Cumberland County’s growing population, a York-based personal injury law firm opened an office in the West Shore.

Tawny Mummah, 50, is the former chief counsel of the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) and has joined Post and Schell, PC’s health care practice group as principal.

Sarah Williams, 55, recently joined Penn State Dickinson Law as assistant professor of law, and will be teaching federal securities regulation, financial statement fundamentals, professional responsibility and property.

In 1963 the Equal Pay Act was passed with the noble intention of eliminating pay inequality by making it illegal to pay men and women unequally for equal work. Although an initial step in the right direction, over 50 years have passed, and America still struggles with a gender pay gap. A case in Philadelphia is highlighting the divisiveness of the issue.

Harrisburg-based McNees, Wallace & Nurick LLC opened its eighth office in York last month.

Longtime Harrisburg environmental lawyer Joel Burcat is authoring more than legal papers – he is becoming a bona fide novelist.

The Pennsylvania House passed a bill Wednesday that would remove the capital stock and franchise tax assessment methodology, from state law.

Kristen McGuire, 28, joined Stock and Leader in 2017 as an estate planning lawyer.