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Associate Tom Laser will present during the semi-monthly meeting of the Chicago Bar Association's Consumer Finance Committee. The topic will be the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals' recent decision declaring that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding structure is unconstitutional.
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to create works of art and inventions raises interesting legal challenges to the protection of intellectual property (IP). The plain language of the Copyright Act and Patent Act present obstacles to inventors and artists who may use or be AI systems. Recent...
The CFPB Funding Is Under Constitutional Attack. Does the Bureau Survive? Francis "Trip" Riley, Co-Chair of the firm's Consumer Financial Services Litigation Practice, will participate as a speaker during an upcoming RESPRO webinar. This webinar will look at the history leading up to the Community...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) is grappling with determining the most effective means of regulating the buy now pay later industry. BNPL allows a consumer to obtain a product or services immediately at the time of purchase and to make installment payments on the purchase over time...
Steven Appelbaum is an experienced commercial litigator who represents individuals and companies involved in disputes related to real estate, creditor’s rights, corporate divorces, employment matters, and theft of trade secrets. Steven enjoys gaining a deep understanding of his clients’ business...
Greg Rapisarda is a passionate and prudent advocate who helps clients with legal advice on business and real estate development goals. Clients rely on Greg for day-to-day general counsel, specific advice on real estate development and land use legal matters, and problem solving to resolve disputes...
Michael O'Reilly represents companies and individuals in litigation and arbitration of complex business and commercial disputes. Drawing on 20 years of experience, Michael handles cases that involve issues ranging from unfair competition and theft of trade secrets to breach of contract and property...
Geoff Gamble is a litigator who focuses on insurance disputes, consumer financial services matters, and shareholder issues. He has extensive experience handling these and other complex commercial matters in federal and state courts and before private arbitration panels. Geoff represents insurance...
Franklin Zemel focuses on cybersecurity and privacy law, First Amendment and civil rights litigation, complex business litigation, and appellate law. Franklin represents large and small businesses, manufacturers, and religious entities in South Florida and has several significant reported cases.
Zachary Berk focuses his practice on complex civil litigation matters, with concentrations in business and real estate litigation. His experience also includes representing clients in consumer financial services, intellectual property, employment and trade secret related matters. Zach regularly...
Caitlin Piccarello Strauss is a commercial litigator who represents companies in disputes involving insurance, employee benefits and ERISA, real estate, and restrictive covenants. As a leader of the Firm's Employee Benefits and ERISA Litigation team, she regularly defends insurers in life, health...
Jeff Robbins handles high-stakes litigation for companies and individuals who are entangled in corporate, shareholder, employment and a variety of other disputes, defending against or bringing defamation claims, or under corporate or congressional investigation. During his more than 35 years as a...
Francelina Perdomo Klukosky’s practice and experience involve branded entertainment, video games and esports, live and recorded music, digital media and streaming, influencer marketing, publishing, and technology including artificial intelligence. Fran leverages her experience as a litigator to...
Tom Laser is a member of the Litigation Department in the Firm's Chicago office. He maintains a general litigation practice and handles a variety of matters involving complex commercial disputes, including servicing claims for consumer financial services companies. Before joining Saul Ewing, Tom was...
Matthew Young represents clients who are involved in commercial lending and real estate disputes, as well as intellectual property litigation. Businesses and government entities, among others, rely on him to handle matters ranging from allegations of fraud and negligence to unfair competition and...
John L. Ropiequet has practiced for more than 30 years, focusing on consumer finance class action defense and other commercial litigation. He has a nationwide civil litigation practice at both the trial and the appellate levels, including a substantial amount of experience handling alternate dispute...
Francis "Trip" Riley represents clients who are facing complex civil litigation filed by a single plaintiff, as well as class actions, arising from commercial and consumer financing, consumer-facing services and product sales, and business-to-business transactions and competition. He prides himself...
Patrick Tracey represents clients in the consumer financial services industry in litigation and regulatory matters. Drawing on 20 years of experience, Patrick also advises a wide array of corporate clients on complex commercial and business matters, with the goal of minimizing their legal risks...
Lisa Koblin assists employers with labor and employment disputes, including litigation of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, unpaid wage and class action claims in state and federal courts as well as mediation. She provides counseling on employee handbooks and policies, non-compete agreements...
Class actions filed against a company can quickly turn low-stake claims into litigation that can critically impact operations and create large exposures. Saul Ewing’s Class Actions Litigation Group guides clients through all phases of class action litigation defense, focusing on early-case...