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NEW YORK (AUG. 6, 2024) – William Latza, a go-to attorney in New York’s legal and regulatory market for insurance, is the newest member of Saul Ewing’s Insurance Practice. In joining the firm, he brings clients his insight from his four decades of experience in private practice for the insurance...
This month’s Friday Five explores decisions from around the country discussing differences between the scope of discovery and ability to add documents to the record on a claim for review challenging the denial of LTD benefits, LTD and LWOP policies, the breadth of discretion available to claims...
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...
Saul Ewing Attorneys Zach Kobrin, Ruth Rauls, Carolyn Pellegrini and Casey Grabenstein will be speaking at the International Cannabis Bar Association’s 2024 Cannabis Law Institute, the marquee conference dedicated to advancing legal excellence in the rapidly evolving cannabis industry. This dynamic...
James Rohlfing authored the feature story, “Illinois Legislature Makes Notice of Mechanics Lien Easier” in the Summer 2024 issue of the Illinois Mechanical & Specialty Contractors Association’s Substance publication. The article addresses how the Illinois legislature has expanded the methods for...
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...
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...
In a conversational 30-minute forum over Zoom, Saul Ewing attorneys hosted a monthly series discussing emerging industry developments and common issues that cannabis businesses face today. Interested in the full series? Learn more about additional dates and topics. For questions, please contact Mary...
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...
Introduction Following the hottest June on record and with temperatures rising as we approach the dog days of summer, OSHA recently issued a long-awaited proposed rule creating standards for heat injury and illness prevention in outdoor and indoor settings (the “Proposed HIIP Rule”). Created...
Gregory Boucher, Partner and Co-Chair of the Construction Practice at Saul Ewing, LLP will be among three other attorneys speaking at an upcoming MCLE | New England event. The topic of the two-hour program is Motion Practice in Superior Court - t ypes of pre-trial motions and what to expect when...
The Supreme Court’s highly-anticipated decision in Loper Bright Enters v. Raimondo overturned decades-old precedent requiring courts under Chevron USA v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. to defer to federal agency interpretations of an ambiguous statute. This ruling will have momentous...
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...
In a conversational 30-minute forum over Zoom, Saul Ewing attorneys hosted a monthly series discussing emerging industry developments and common issues that cannabis businesses face today. Interested in the full series? Find additional dates and topics. For questions, please contact Mary Brightman...
High Time for a Change: Implications of DEA’s Proposed Marijuana Rescheduling On May 16, the Justice Department submitted a proposed regulation to reschedule marijuana. Now that this long-anticipated step has been taken, what can stakeholders expect? Panelists will dissect the proposed rule, then...