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(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...
This month’s Friday Five explores decisions from around the country discussing differences between LTD and LWOP policies, the breadth of discretion available to claims administrators and the always important topic of timely action by insurers in issuing claims decisions. The Saul Ewing Employee...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continues to expand its presence into different businesses, including for-profit colleges. On April 17, 2024, the CFPB issued a consent order against a for-profit college for computer programming. According to the consent order, the school “offers training...
On April 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a final rule to support reproductive health care privacy (the “Reproductive Rule”). According to the HHS OCR press release, the Reproductive Rule, “is one of many actions taken by HHS...
BOSTON, (APRIL 30, 2024) – Donald Lussier, a real estate attorney with three decades of experience representing clients in real estate, corporate and commercial lending transactions, has returned to Saul Ewing LLP following a stint at another firm. He is resident in the firm’s Boston office. Mr...
(BALTIMORE, April 29, 2024) - Saul Ewing LLP announced today that Managing Partner Jason M. St. John has been selected as one of the Baltimore Business Journal’s 2024 Leaders in Diversity honorees . The annual awards program recognizes those in Greater Baltimore who have shown exceptional commitment...
Saul Ewing LLP, a full-service national law firm, is proud to announce that Harrisburg Partner Kara Pike was selected as one of Central Penn Business Journal’s 2024 Women of Influence honorees . The awards honor high-achieving women for their professional experience, community involvement and a...
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a final rule (the “Rule”) broadly banning all employee non-compete clauses, with limited exceptions. The Saul Ewing Labor and Employment Group prepared an alert summarizing the Rule through a non-industry specific lens. Saul Ewing Health...
Saul Ewing LLP, a full-service national law firm, is proud to announce that Harrisburg Office Managing Partner Matt Haar was honored as one of Central Penn Business Journal’s Power List for Law honorees for the second year in a row. The 2024 Power List for Law is composed of the area’s influential...
On Friday, April 19, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced its final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act...
On April 18, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) collectively launched a new publicly accessible web portal to which members of the public can make reports of what they believe to be competition –...
It is rare for the Supreme Court to decide cases involving the Constitution’s Takings Clause, and, indeed, not uncommon for the Court to go years without considering the Clause at all; so, when the Court issues two decisions involving the Takings Clause in less than a week, attention must be paid...
The United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") on April 10, 2024 issued the first-ever federal regulatory limits on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. The EPA's PFAS drinking water standards will be accompanied by almost $1 billion in funding for public water...
Understanding the complex intersection of environmental regulations intended to combat climate change between now and 2050 while responding to the U.S. tech economy’s exponential growth in energy demand will require collaboration between consumers, industry and government, and reliance upon a...
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (APRIL 8, 2024) – Saul Ewing LLP today announced that partner Katherine “Katie” Barrett Wiik has been selected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers . The Academy is an invitation-only association of respected appellate lawyers where Fellows face stringent...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") continues to be actively engaged in investigating and settling alleged HIPAA violations. In advance of Mother's Day, two decisions were announced for HIPAA-covered entities that allegedly did not provide...
This month’s Friday Five covers the treatment of job-related stress in assessing an attorney’s disability, the requirements surrounding the qualifications of a medical professional to review a claimant’s medical records in making disability determinations, the requirements for determining disability...
Welcome to Saul Ewing’s Public Companies Quarterly Update series. Our intent is to, on a quarterly basis, highlight important legal developments of which we think public companies should be aware. This edition is related to developments during the first quarter of 2024. If you would like to discuss...