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In a flurry of executive orders starting at inauguration, the Trump White House has dramatically shifted administrative agencies’ operations, including those of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and its implementation of the pending “Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in...
For the past decade, many courts have found class action waivers in consumer contracts to be valid and enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act. However, recently, the Allegheny Court of Common Pleas in Pittsburgh recognized not all clauses warrant enforcement in Pierce v. FloatMe Corp., No. GD...
NEW YORK, (OCTOBER 2, 2024) – Brian Willett, an experienced litigator, has joined Saul Ewing as counsel in the Higher Education Practice. He is resident in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Willett represents clients in complex commercial disputes, class actions and appeals in state and federal courts...
In 2022, The Kroger Co., one of the largest grocery retailers in the U.S., announced its intention to merge with rival Albertsons Cos. Inc. in a $24.6 billion deal. Kroger and Albertsons claim that the merger will lower consumer prices and improve efficiency while creating a combined entity better...
Michael Metz-Topodas, Partner at Saul Ewing LLP, along with Rob Miller, Vice President of Safety at Keeley Construction, will be discussing Building a Culture of Safety Excellence: Best Practices, Metrics, and the Intangibles on July 25 at the University of Kansas 2024 Construction Safety Conference...
Intellectual Property 101 / Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks…Oh My! Thomas Edison. Henry Ford. Steve Jobs. These three household names revolutionized modern society through the protections afforded to their intellectual property by U.S. patent laws. Traditionally a copyright attaches when the...
Throughout 2023, OSHA has implemented multiple policy changes meant to enhance its enforcement mechanisms, including increased funding and inspector hirings, revisions to the "instance-by-instance" violation policy, modifications to the Severe Violator Enforcement Program, and the new electronic...
“Oops, [it] did it again.” Analogous to Ms. Spears’s lyric, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) once again causes a reset across multiple industries with its third iteration of an electronic data reporting rule. Beginning January 1, 2024 , for employers in specific high-hazard...
Contractors could start seeing six-figure fines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in the next few months thanks to sweeping policy changes implemented earlier this year. In a press release and two internal memoranda issued January 26, 2023, the Department of Labor (DOL)...
Edward (Ted) Behm brings more than 20 years of experience as an intellectual property attorney to his work assisting clients with patent preparation and prosecution and IP litigation. His patent preparation and prosecution work includes both domestic and foreign patents, trademarks and copyrights...