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WASHINGTON, DC, (JULY 31, 2024) – Saul Ewing LLP is expanding its Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice with two attorneys, Partner Thomas Cryan in the Washington, D.C. office and Counsel Katelyn Winslow in the Philadelphia office. Together, they bring clients 35 years of experience...
Welcome to Saul Ewing’s Public Companies Quarterly Update series. Our intent is to, on a quarterly basis, highlight important legal developments of which we think public companies should be aware. This edition is related to developments during the second quarter of 2024. If you would like to discuss...
Saul Ewing LLP is proud to announce that Charles M. Lizza, Vice Chair of the firm’s Litigation Department, was named to the NJBIZ 2024 Law Power 50 list. This is the sixth year in a row that Mr. Lizza has been included on this list of the state's top lawyers. Professionals are selected for the list...
WILMINGTON, (JULY 25, 2024) – In returning to Saul Ewing as a partner, Jennifer Becnel-Guzzo brings the firm’s clients 20 years of litigation and in-house experience at a major research university. She is resident in the firm’s Wilmington, Delaware office. Ms. Becnel-Guzzo represents entities and...
In July 2024, Pennsylvania enacted two significant pieces of legislation relating to telemedicine and physician noncompetition agreements that will have a meaningful impact within the healthcare delivery system with the state. What You Need to Know: Act 42 expands the use of and ensures...
Saul Ewing LLP today announced that a team of law firm and legal department leaders, including Executive Committee Member Jim Keller, won the Community Challenge of Diversity Lab’s Moments to Movements Hackathon, a shark tank-style competition to pitch a solution for a more inclusive legal...
On July 17, 2024, Delaware Governor John Carney signed into law the 2024 amendments to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “LLC Act”), the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “LP Act”), the Delaware...
Saul Ewing LLP, a full-service national law firm, today announced that the firm was recognized for Private Wealth Law in Maryland in Chambers High Net Worth 2024. Additionally, Jeff Glaser, co-chair of the firm’s Trusts & Estates Practice, was ranked as a Band 1 attorney. Chambers High Net Worth...
Pennsylvania recently enacted two new insurance laws that significantly expand the permissible kinds of value-added products and services that may be provided by insurance licensees in general and the fees that may be charged by surplus lines licensees to an insured in a personal lines policy...
NEW YORK, (JULY 15, 2024) – Saul Ewing LLP is expanding its Litigation Practice with two attorneys, Partners James Chou and Peter Zlotnick, who together bring more than 55 years of legal experience to their work representing clients in a variety of complex litigation. They are resident in the firm’s...
On July 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office For Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a $950,000 settlement with Heritage Valley Health System (“Heritage Valley”) and a three-year Corrective Action Plan (“CAP”). What You Need to Know: HIPAA Security Rule (and Privacy...
This month’s Friday Five explores decisions addressing the burden of proving accidental death, policy language and “any occupation” disability, an interpleader case where the insurer was not dismissed from the case, the weight to be afforded to non-treating expert opinions and SSDI determinations...
The Clean Air Act (“CAA”) envisions states and the federal government working together to improve air quality. Under the CAA, states must develop State Implementation Plans (“SIPs”) to implement National Ambient Air Quality Standards (“NAAQS”) set by the EPA. The EPA can reject a SIP and impose its...
Introduction On June 18, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) unanimously agreed to submit a comment supporting a recent proposed U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) rule that would mandate the disclosure of all settlement agreements made between parties appearing before the Patent Trial...
On June 28, 2024, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the United States Supreme Court reversed its 40-year-old decision in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, thereby restoring the judiciary’s final authority to interpret statutes, a powerful check on administrative agency authority...
On June 27, 2024, the Supreme Court released its highly anticipated opinion in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., Case No. 23-124. The question before the Court was whether the bankruptcy code authorizes a court to approve, as part of a chapter 11 plan, a release that extinguishes claims held by...
On June 24, the Supreme Court granted certiorari review in a case with serious implications for those seeking federal permits which, in turn, require environmental impact statements under the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). NEPA is the most litigated federal environmental statute, and a...