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On April 28, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Cummings v Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C. that emotional distress damages are not recoverable in a private action to enforce several civil rights statutes. While Cummings focused on damages available under the Rehabilitation Act and the Affordable...
On May 26th, the EPA released an update of its Legal Tools to Advance Environmental justice – a compilation of the legal authorities it relies upon to protect public health and the environment for all persons in EJ and all communities. The tool kit replaces the “Plan EJ 2014 Legal Tools” and...
Cannabis Law Partner Zachary Kobrin was featured in a CTFN article discussing the New York State Attorney General’s investigation into the Columbia Care/Cresco Labs merger. While the move by state authorities represents one of the first antitrust investigations of its kind into the cannabis industry...
Expert Opinion Seen As Carrying The Day In Patent Scrum Between Ethicon, Intuitive Ethicon Endosurgery Inc. and Intuitive Surgical Inc. have been sparring in the courts over patents for robot surgery systems for some time, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled on yet...
FDA Warns Four Companies for Selling Unapproved Animal Drugs That Contain CBD The agency said in its warning letters that the drugs, which are intended for use in food-producing animals, violate the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. By Melissa Schiller Jonathan Havens, co-chair of the Cannabis...
On Monday, May 9, 2022, the NCAA Division I Council Working Group on Name, Image and Likeness released new guidance regarding third-party involvement in NIL activities. The guidance comes as we approach the one-year anniversary of the NCAA's Interim NIL Policy allowing NCAA student-athletes the...
Delaware Supreme Court to hear BeachWalk case Developer seeks to redevelop Forgotten Mile mall with 63 units Monigle’s attorney, Richard Forsten, said in legal briefings filed with the Supreme Court that the case “represents an existential moment for property owners and property rights in Delaware.”...
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s April 29, 2021, decision in a Right-to-Know Law (the “RTKL”) case has broad ramifications in matters where a state or local governmental agency has contracted with a private consultant and seeks to protect records the parties have exchanged while the agency...
Pennsylvania has required construction contractors to utilize minority and women businesses in state-funded construction since 1987. Within a short period of time, a parallel program was adopted for service contracting, where entities identified as “Socially or Economically Restricted Businesses”...
Public construction in Pennsylvania and elsewhere continues to present substantial challenges to local governmental entities. While some projects have been deferred in the current health and economic climate, at some point, and we hope sooner rather than later, the normal course of public...
People on the Move Gary Lipkin brings more than two decades of legal experience to his new role as a partner in Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Litigation Department, including handling a diverse range of cases before the nation’s preeminent business court, the Delaware Court of Chancery. He resides in...