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Decision Time: Second Circuit Allows Controversial Nonconsensual Third-Party Releases in Purdue Pharma Chapter 11 Plan Join a distinguished panel of lawyers and law professors as they discuss the Second Circuit’s important Purdue Pharma decision. Whether you want to learn more about the circuit’s...
Zachary Kobrin spoke on a panel titled, “Representing Public Companies in Cannabis” at the NORML Denver Legal Seminar. The seminar will feature leading cannabis industry law firms in the country, lawyers who deal every day with the cutting edge issues faced by those working in the state-legal...
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) has a reputation for being intimidating and understandably so. Although plan sponsors must practically consider business needs and evaluate benefits alongside general labor and employment considerations, ERISA’s fiduciary standards may...
Saul Ewing LLP represented High Haven, an Illinois-based cannabis company, in its challenge of the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation’s (“IDFPR”) decision to reject High Haven’s social equity application for cannabis dispensary licenses. As a result of IDFPR’s denial, High...
Saul Ewing served as legal counsel to Summit Ridge Energy, LLC in a deal with Apollo affiliates in which Apollo agreed to make a $175 million strategic investment in Summit Ridge, a leading owner-operator of community solar assets. The agreement was announced on July 15, 2022. Since launching in...
Saul Ewing LLP represented Genesis Unicorn Capital, LLC, in its acquisition of and role as the sole sponsor for Genesis Unicorn Capital Corp. a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in the SPAC's $75 Million initial public offering (IPO) of 7,500,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit. The...
Saul Ewing LLP represented Signal Hill Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its initial public offering of 10,000,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit, resulting in gross proceeds of $100,000,000. The units are listed on The Nasdaq Global Market (Nasdaq) and began trading...
“Penny wise but pound foolish” first appeared in writing over 500 years ago. This idiom captures the wisdom of human experience in just five words: shortcuts that appear to save money are more expensive in the long run. Sometimes much more. Further proof of this eternal truth - and one taxpayer’s...
Saul Ewing LLP served as counsel to Marwin II, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of US Wind, Inc., in the application to the Maryland Public Service Commission for, and approval of, approximately 800 megawatts of Maryland Offshore Renewable Energy Credits ("ORECs"). The addition of the extra 800...
Washington, D.C., November 24, 2021 – Saul Ewing LLP served as counsel to Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUPN) in the successful completion today of its previously announced $450 million acquisition of Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADMS). The acquisition strengthens Supernus'...
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s April 29, 2021, decision in a Right-to-Know Law (the “RTKL”) case has broad ramifications in matters where a state or local governmental agency has contracted with a private consultant and seeks to protect records the parties have exchanged while the agency...
Charles M. Lizza and Sarah A. Sullivan of Saul Ewing’s Newark Office secured a precedent-setting victory in a patent infringement case in the Federal District Court for the District of New Jersey involving Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s (“J&J”) and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp.’s (“MTPC”)...
Pennsylvania has required construction contractors to utilize minority and women businesses in state-funded construction since 1987. Within a short period of time, a parallel program was adopted for service contracting, where entities identified as “Socially or Economically Restricted Businesses”...
In just two months, from mid-November 2020 to mid-January 2021, Saul Ewing LLP's Cannabis Law Practice assisted clients in closing transactions with a combined deal value of more than $520 million. We served as: U.S. counsel to Canaccord Genuity Corp., lead underwriter of an overnight marketed...
Public construction in Pennsylvania and elsewhere continues to present substantial challenges to local governmental entities. While some projects have been deferred in the current health and economic climate, at some point, and we hope sooner rather than later, the normal course of public...
Agencies of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania regularly publish regulations and policy statements in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The Departments of Human Services, Health and Environmental Protection are among the agencies that are the most prolific document publishers. Administrative law...
Saul Ewing attorneys Justin Danilewitz, Patrick Hromisin and Zachary Kizitaff in Philadelphia secured a big win in Pennsylvania state court (Chester County) in a criminal pretrial hearing on behalf of Frank Recknagel, a Security Manager for Energy Transfer LP. Mr. Recknagel was charged with seven...
In this article, Bill Warren, a partner in the Firm's Government Contracts Practice, describes the current PA municipal policies applied in assessing building permit fees on public projects undertaken by school districts, counties and other public entities and the recommended approach to challenging...