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In a conversational 30-minute forum over Zoom, Saul Ewing attorneys will host 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...
Lawyers Only: Making Litigation Funding Better What are the best practices for firms to seek working capital? How do firms recommend funders for their clients? How are law firms contemplating using funding or investment for cases after filing? How does one navigating the ethical, privilege...
Litigation Risk Insurance; New Coverages; Risk Solutions; and Nuclear Claims? Litigation risk insurance, which for the most part, insures against adverse judgments or assists in preserving judgments, has become popular in the last few years. What is litigation risk insurance? How is it underwritten...
On February 21, 2024, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (the "PA Supreme Court") issued its decision in Ursinus College v. Prevailing Wage Appeals Board. The Pa Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court's decision that a construction project financed with tax-exempt bonds...
Breaking (free from) the Bank: Cannabis Litigation Finance This panel provides an overview of litigation finance, explores unique aspects of cannabis litigation that make cannabis litigation finance necessary, and provides resources for cannabis attorneys and their clients as they explore litigation...
Josh Pasker will be speaking at The Authorities Webinar "ABC’s of Arbitrage - What to Remember in a Higher Rate Environment" on November 8, 2023. Why is this topic important? With a historically low interest rate environment over the last several years, issuers of tax-exempt bonds such as municipal...
Panel 4: The Connections Between Insurance and Litigation Funding Join Partner Brian Michalek and the University of Chicago Center on Law and Finance , in sponsorship with Burford Capital and Alliant, at the 2023 Chicago Conference on Litigation Finance. This conference will explore the policy...
Saul Ewing’s Casey Grabenstein and Andrew Schwerin write that courts are divided on whether plaintiff bias justifies discovery about litigation funding. They argue litigation funding wouldn’t often create a conflict of interest for a plaintiff.
Throughout 2023, OSHA has implemented multiple policy changes meant to enhance its enforcement mechanisms, including increased funding and inspector hirings, revisions to the "instance-by-instance" violation policy, modifications to the Severe Violator Enforcement Program, and the new electronic...
“Oops, [it] did it again.” Analogous to Ms. Spears’s lyric, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) once again causes a reset across multiple industries with its third iteration of an electronic data reporting rule. Beginning January 1, 2024 , for employers in specific high-hazard...
Contractors could start seeing six-figure fines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in the next few months thanks to sweeping policy changes implemented earlier this year. In a press release and two internal memoranda issued January 26, 2023, the Department of Labor (DOL)...
Contingent Liability Insurance Demystified Partner Brian Michalek will speak on a panel during the 2023 Transaction Solutions Symposium. More information to come.
On May 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OSHA”) has begun a National Emphasis Program (“NEP”) to prevent workplace falls, effective immediately. The NEP focuses on reducing fall-related injuries and fatalities for people...
What Do We Do Now?! How To Handle an OSHA Inspection An inspection from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) can affect a construction site in many ways—from workflow disruptions to compliance issues. In this seminar, Michael Metz-Topodas reviews the regulatory requirements...
"A Change Is Gonna Come" What OSHA's Policy Revisions May Mean for the Construction Industry Michael Metz-Topodas, a Partner in the firm's Construction Practice, will be speaking on a panel during the American Subcontractors Association of Central Pennsylvania Half-Day Construction Symposium...
Last year, safety compliance in the cannabis industry took on a new dimension when the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited production company Life Essence Inc, d/b/a Trulieve (Trulieve) for an employee’s fatal asthma attack following workplace exposure to ground...
Join Saul Ewing as we participate in the largest annual gathering of in-house counsel in the world as a proud sponsor of the Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting 2022. Visit us at Booth #318! Speaking Engagements: Monday, October 24, 2022 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Length: 60 mins 409 - Pros and...
Saul Ewing LLP, a full-service law firm with attorneys in 16 offices, today announced that The Bond Buyer recognized the Firm’s Public Finance Practice on its Northeast Midyear Review lists of the Top Five Bond Counsel for 2022. The Firm earned a number one ranking in Delaware and a number four...
On August 4th, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court (the “Court”) issued its decision in Ursinus College v. Prevailing Wage Appeals Board . The Court reversed a decision by the Prevailing Wage Appeals Board (the “Board”) in which the Board found that a construction project financed with tax-exempt...