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This month’s Friday Five explores recent decisions with issues spanning physician power of attorney to preexisting exclusions and the fiduciary duty of an insurance company. The Saul Ewing Employee Benefits/ERISA Litigation Team Whether a provider has sufficiently pleaded the existence of a valid...
(BOSTON, JUNE 6, 2024) – On May 31, 2024, Partner Jeffrey S. Robbins released “Notes From the Brink: A Collection of Columns About Policy at Home and Abroad,” a book comprised of his nationally syndicated columns in the Boston Herald from 2019 to 2024. To learn more and purchase the book, click here...
Saul Ewing LLP, a full-service national law firm, today announced that 62 attorneys from the firm received the distinguished honor of being recognized for legal excellence and client service by Chambers USA 2024. Several of the firm’s practice areas also earned high rankings. Chambers is one of the...
On July 1, 2024, three ordinances go into effect that will alter critical employment laws for Cook County and Chicago businesses. These three ordinances are: (1) the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance, (2) the One Fair Wage Ordinance, and (3) the Cook County’s Minimum Wage...
Saul Ewing LLP, a full-service national law firm, is proud to announce that Partner Dan Altchek was selected for The Daily Record’s 2024 Employment Law Power List. This group is composed of the most significant, influential and respected practitioners in the employment law sector in Maryland. To...
On May 16, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated decision in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America , determining once and for all that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“CFPB”) self-funding mechanism is not...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continued its jurisdictional expansion April 17 when it issued a consent order against BloomTech Inc., which does business as Bloom Institute of Technology, a for-profit college for computer programming. According to the consent order, the school "offers...
A bipartisan group of representatives, led by Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Veronica Escobar (D-TX), have introduced an updated version of the Dignity Act (H.R. 3599) to fix what they call the nation’s fractured immigration system. The authors of the bill call it the first serious...
Under the recent Supreme Court Ruling of Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, employees no longer need to suffer “significant” harm to state a claim of discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”). Prior to the ruling, many lower courts had long required Title VII plaintiffs...
On May 1, the Council on Environmental Quality — a White House agency charged with implementing the National Environmental Policy Act — issued a new final rule purportedly aimed at streamlining NEPA reviews to speed up the construction of renewable energy and other electricity-related infrastructure...
As most New Jersey employers are already aware, since 2019, the State’s Law Against Discrimination (LAD) prohibits employers from enforcing contract provisions that have the effect of preventing an employee or former employee from discussing any allegations of discrimination, harassment or...
Saul Ewing LLP, a full-service national law firm, is proud to announce that Partners Damon Juha, Tom Sestanovich and Glenn Sherman were included in the L.A. Times B2B Publishing 2024 Commercial Real Estate Visionaries Magazine. CRE Visionaries recognizes executives, lenders, builders and...
Minnesota has a unique statute that allows minority shareholders in a closely held corporation to initiate an action for a buy-out of their interests. Minn. Stat. § 302A.751, subdivision 2. Under the Minnesota Business Corporation Act, a closely held corporation is a corporation with 35 or fewer...
On May 10, 2024, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed the Brighter Tomorrow Act (the “Act”) into law. The Act expands the types of solar facilities that qualify for subsidy, improves the level of subsidy, and through many ancillary provisions, increases access to subsidies, as well as benefits to...
On May 1, 2024, Saul Ewing LLP hosted its second annual Connectors Conference: Focus on Food, Beverage and Agribusiness at the Minneapolis Club in downtown Minneapolis. The conference featured leaders, investors, dealmakers, and technology innovators who gathered to discuss the latest trends and...
(PHILADELPHIA, May 8, 2024) Saul Ewing LLP announced today that it has been named a 2024 Gold Award Winner for its branding refresh by Hermes Creative Awards, an international competition for creative professionals. The refresh included a new firm name, logo, tagline, website and various promotional...
(PITTSBURGH, MAY 3, 2024) – Saul Ewing announced today that Counsel Allison L. Burdette has been named leader of the firm’s 2024 Summer Associate Program. Joining as co-leads are Counsel Elizabeth A. Thompson in Chicago and Counsel Lisa M. Koblin in Philadelphia. The Program kicks off Monday, May 20...