News and Press Releases
A $248 million deal involving the "selling off" of client Brandywine Senior Care Inc. was featured in The Legal Intelligencer's Deal Makers section. The company was sold in three different deals in 18 months. Managing Partner David S. Antzis, who has represented Brandywine Senior Care since 1996, was lead lawyer on the case. Patricia A. Gritzan and Stanley J. Kull, Partners in the Business Department in the Philadelphia office, and Real Estate Department Chair John P. Pierce also were instrumental in negotiating the deals.
The 111th annual meeting of the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) recognized Saul Ewing as a Pro Bono Service Award winner.
Court of Appeals Chief Judge Robert M. Bell and incoming MSBA President Edward J. Gillis gave congratulatory speeches to all of the winners in attendance at this year's conference.
Gabriel L.I. Bevilacqua, Partner and Vice Chair of the Government Involvement Committee, was mentioned in this article pertaining to the Bush Administration's electronic surveillance program and Philadelphia's recent corruption trials.
In this article, Bruce D. Armon, Partner and Chair of the Life Sciences Practice Group, responds to the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services announcement to exclude Alvarado Hospital Medical Center in San Diego from participating in all federal healthcare programs due to its alleged involvement in paying kickbacks.
Harriet Cooperman, a Partner in the Baltimore office, and Chair of Saul Ewing's Labor, Employment, and Employee Benefits Practice Group, was quoted in this article about the appropriate actions an employer can take with wardrobe discrepancies.
PSC Chairman Kenneth Schisler testified at a legislative hearing the other day that the commission's chief engineer was partly fired for wearing a "dorky, '70s-era tie."
David S. Antzis, Saul Ewing's new Firm Managing Partner, and Stephen S. Aichele, former Managing Partner and the Firm's new Chairman, were featured in this article in the Philadelphia Business Journal on their transitions, accomplishments, and future focus for the Firm.
Mr. Antzis said one priority will be to broaden the Firm's growth geographically and by strengthening and adding new practice areas. Mr. Aichele cited the Firm's pro bono and diversity programs and opening two new offices among his accomplishments.
Michael A. Finio, Harrisburg Office Managing Partner, was quoted in this article about the disqualification of a development company, Valley View, and its only competitor in the race for the Pennsylvania's fourth and final harness track license.
Valley View filed an appeal yesterday to the state Harness Racing Commission to reconsider.
“It was as if the commission announced a beauty contest, had everyone walk down the runway, and then a day later said there was no winner because no one wore a blue suit,” said Mr. Finio, who represents Valley View.
Bruce D. Armon, a Partner and Chair of the Regulatory, Privacy, and Healthcare Contracting Practice Group in the Philadelphia office, was quoted in this article published by HCPro, Inc. about the $124 million plus interest that King Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay to settle allegations of Medicaid underpayments and overcharging for drugs.
King and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General have also entered into a corporate integrity agreement (CIA), aimed at ensuring that King properly reports correct information in the future.
Bruce D. Armon, a Partner and Chair of the Regulatory, Privacy, and Healthcare Contracting Practice Group in the Philadelphia office, was quoted extensively in this article published in the AMNews, an American Medical Association newsletter, about how to handle when a physician leaves a group and whether that doctor's patients can follow to the new practice.
"It's not practical to try to prevent a doctor from telling patients he or she is leaving," said Mr. Armon.
Christopher J. Murphy, a Partner in Saul Ewing's Labor, Employment, and Employee Benefits Practice Group, is quoted in this article about two of the nation's largest labor unions quitting the American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) on July 25. The defection left the AFL-CIO with less than 10 million members.