On February 3, 2021, attorney Shannon Brown presented a webinar entitled What’s All the Noise About Noise Ordinances? to the PA State Association of Township Supervisors. Noise Ordinance Presentation Materials What’s All the Noise About Noise Ordinances? PDF Version of Presentation…
Study after study link noise pollution with adverse health including birth defects, miscarriages, diabetes, heart disease, heart attack, high blood pressure, learning impairment in children, psychological disorders, stress induced disorders, hearing loss, PTSD, and early death. Noise disrupts communities, interferes with the enjoyment of natural areas, and causes neighbor disputes.
On February 3, 2021, from 12-1PM, Shannon Brown will present What’s All the Noise About Noise Ordinances to the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors (PSATS). Program Description Township supervisors, staff, and solicitors receive sound information about the need for noise ordinances; understanding the startling current research…
QuietParks.org recently appointed Shannon Brown, Esq., to its Advisory Team. Founded by Gordon Hempton of One Square Inch of Silence fame and Vikram Chauhan, QuietParks.org works to raise awareness of noise pollution in natural environments and recognize areas…
The November-December 2020 issue of The Pennsylvania Lawyer contains an article on noise ordinances in Pennsylvania—Turning Up Quiet With Noise Ordinances. The article provides context for attorneys when drafting noise ordinances for Pennsylvania. Many noise ordinances and purported noise ordinances (actually problematic omnibus “zoning” ordinances or…
Attorney Shannon Brown released a newly-revised Model Noise Ordinance for Pennsylvania municipalities. A noise ordinance acts as an essential tool for municipalities to encourage neighborliness, to recognize fundamental constitutional property rights, and to reduce the negative health effects of noise pollution in Pennsylvania communities. The newly-revised…
The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) released a special report on land use and climate change from a global perspective. While the report focuses globally, the report provides insights for local action on land use issues. First, the report suggests that human population has grown explosively…
The 2019 NEPA Green Fair is scheduled for Saturday, April 27, 2019, from 10AM to 3PM in Nay Aug Park in the City of Scranton. The NEPA Green Fair will kick-off with a 5K run starting at…
Pennsylvania Attorney Shannon Brown secures in-transit data by using SSL and HTTPS for the Shannon Brown Law Website. Despite being a standard practice, very few Pennsylvania law firms provide SSL security for their websites. Failure to Use HTTPS Results in a Browser Warning HTTPS helps secure communications between a…
The forthcoming eDiscovery & Digital Evidence legal treatise by Jay E. Grenig & William C. Gleisner, III, favorably cites Pennsylvania Attorney Shannon Brown’s 2016 article on eDiscovery: Peeking Inside The Black Box: A Preliminary Survey of Technology Assisted Review (TAR) and Predictive Coding Algorithms…
On October 12, 2018, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania admitted Attorney Shannon Brown. Attorney Brown now maintains admissions to the federal Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Judge Joseph Leeson,…
On September 19, 2018, Attorney Shannon Brown presented on noise ordinances in Pennsylvania. Current scientific and medical research links noise to significant adverse health effects such as high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, annoyance, stress, and learning impairment in children. As research shows, noise need not be “loud” to be…
Penn State Extension scheduled Attorney Shannon Brown to speak at a statewide webinar on Pennsylvania noise ordinances on September 19, 2018. Attorney Brown focuses on community development, community engagement, and community place-making law including land use, noise pollution, and noise control. Neighborhood noise increasingly challenges communities and municipalities. Simple application…
Clarks Summit Borough appointed attorney Shannon Brown to serve as the Borough’s representative to the Scranton-Abingtons Planning Association (SAPA). This summer, SAPA will launch the second phase of a multi-year initiative to help each member community update its zoning ordinances to comply with current state laws and to…
In January 2018, the Clarks Summit Borough Council unanimously re-appointed Attorney Shannon Brown to the Clarks Summit Borough Planning Commission. In addition to being a consulting attorney, Shannon brings experience as a professor of community and economic development and prior experience serving as a planning commission member in Lancaster…
The Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy law journal published Peeking Inside the Black Box: A Preliminary Survey of Technology Assisted Review (TAR) and Predictive Coding Algorithms for eDiscovery (21 Suffolk J. Trial & App. Advoc. 221, 221-286 (2016)). The article explores the sometimes complex and…
In August 2016, the Clarks Summit Borough Council selected Attorney Shannon Brown to fill an open seat on the Clarks Summit Borough Planning Commission. Along with legal training, Shannon brings experience as a professor of community and economic development and prior experience servingd as a planning commission member in…
The Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy law journal will publish Peeking Inside the Black Box: A Preliminary Survey of Technology Assisted Review (TAR) and Predictive Coding Algorithms for eDiscovery. Shannon Brown is excited about the law journal publication. He taught eDiscovery technologies at Widener…
Rapho Township appointed Shannon Brown to serve a four-year term on the Rapho Township Planning Commission. The appointment occurred in January 2015. The Planning Commission reviews subdivision and land use applications in Rapho Township and makes recommendations to the Rapho Township Supervisors. Attorney Brown brings past experience in land use…
Attorney and Adjunct Professor Shannon Brown taught a course on eDiscovery technologies such as keyword search, technology assisted review (TAR), predictive analytics, and predictive coding. Unlike typical eDiscovery courses, which often gloss-over the technologies, law students became deeply engaged in the technical aspects of eDiscovery including completing a hands-on, simulated…
In October 2014, the Pennsylvania CLE Board Website added a new category for lawyer CLE programs called Ethics–Technology (new ETH10). Attorney Shannon Brown requested the additional category in light of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s changes to the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct effective November 2013.
Attorney Shannon Brown passed the new, performance-based, CompTIA Security+™ certification exam on September 16, 2014. CompTIA Security+™ certification provides an industry-recognized method to objectively demonstrate technical skills in computer security, data security, or cybersecurity. The new cybersecurity certification is believed to be a first for an attorney in Pennsylvania. The CompTIA…
Attorney Shannon Brown will teach a course on eDiscovery technologies at Widener University School of Law on January 5 and 6, 2015. The new course, taught by a lawyer with direct technology knowledge, explores the critical, technical aspects of eDiscovery. Most discussions of eDiscovery gloss-over the technical issues. But as…
Attorney Shannon Brown filed official comments on the FAA’s proposed, drone aircraft (UAS) regulations and explanations. The FAA printed the Interpretation of the Special Rule for…
Several national publications recently interviewed Attorney Shannon Brown about emerging technology-law topics such as drone aircraft and cloud computing. Kiplinger and PBS NewsHour interviewed Attorney Shannon Brown about drone aircraft and UAVs. Drones (unmanned aerial vehicles or unmanned aircraft) pose a number of risks to communities and individuals from crashes…
