Alert
Published 09/01/2021
By Mark Simpson and Patricia Varona Garcia
Services Intellectual Property
Around the world businesses have become more aware of the value and benefits of a U.S. trademark registration, particularly in view of the increase in e-commerce resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The importance of a U.S. trademark registration has caused a large uptick in trademark filings over the past year. As reported by the United States Patent Office (USPTO) as of June 17, 2021 there was a 63 percent increase over the previous year in trademark applications from both U.S. and foreign applicants. What You Need to Know : U.S. Patent & Trademark Office is expanding its investigative...
Article
Published 09/01/2021
Services Bankruptcy and Restructuring
Article
Published 08/31/2021
Industries Construction
Videos
Published 08/31/2021
Services : Emerging Company and Entrepreneur Services
Condominium and community associations have many challenges day to day, but none are as disturbing or vexing as the hoarder. Management typically becomes aware of a hoarder when the living conditions begin to affect other unit owners, whether by leaks, insect infestations, or foul odors in the common elements. Once the hoarder is discovered, management and the board must deal with the problem, typically through informal warnings or through the notice of violation, hearing and fining process. But then what happens when the board still cannot obtain compliance with the instruments? In this...
Article
Published 08/30/2021
By Joel M. Hurwitz
Industries Real Estate
Services Real Estate Finance
Joel Hurwitz, of Counsel in the Firm's Real Estate Practice, co-authored a Chapter in the 2021 edition of Commercial Real Estate Financing and Transactional Issues published by the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education on August 30, 2021. The title of the Chapter is Commercial Real Estate Transactions - The Mortgage Lender's Perspective. To purchase a copy of the book, click here .
Blog Post
Published 08/24/2021
By Zachary Kimmel
Blog Post
Published 08/24/2021
By Bruce D. Armon, Ruth A. Rauls
Blog Post
Published 08/24/2021
By Rohit Kapuria
Alert
Published 08/23/2021
Industries Higher Education | K-12 Schools
On August 10, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (the “Department”) announced that it entered into a settlement agreement with Brown University to ensure that students with mental health disabilities have equal access to educational programs. The settlement arises from the Department’s findings that, between the Fall 2012 and Spring 2017 semesters, Brown denied dozens of undergraduate students readmission after taking mental health-related medical leave in violation of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“Title III”). Brown denies that it violated Title III; however, to avoid...
Article
Published 08/23/2021
Services Labor and Employment
Alert
Published 08/23/2021
Services Corporate | Securities Transactions and Regulations
On August 6, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved Nasdaq’s proposed Board Diversity Rules (the Diversity Rules), which establish a framework designed to encourage a minimum board diversity objective for companies, and provide stakeholders with consistent disclosures concerning a company’s current board composition. What You Need to Know: The Diversity Rules include: A recommendation for companies with more than five directors to set a minimum board diversity objective; A requirement for Nasdaq-listed companies to provide on an annual basis statistical information about...
Alert
Published 08/23/2021
Industries Health Care
On August 13, 2021, Philadelphia’s Department of Public Health (“DPH”) announced an emergency regulation, available here , mandating COVID-19 vaccines that will affect healthcare institutions and the City’s colleges and universities. Many of the largest employers in the city—healthcare providers and higher education institutions—have already announced their own COVID-19 vaccine requirements. What You Need to Know: The vaccine mandate reaches a broad range of employees, students, faculty and staff at covered institutions and has limited exceptions. Medical and religious vaccination exemptions...
Blog Post
Published 08/23/2021
By Zachary Kimmel
Videos
Published 08/23/2021
Services : Emerging Company and Entrepreneur Services
In this episode of "The Entrepreneur Advisor," Partner Steven Malitz of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Litigation Practice discusses how emergency injunctions may be obtained and used as a tool to protect business interests.
Alert
Published 08/19/2021
By Bruce D. Armon and Samantha R. Gross
Industries Health Care
The 24th Annual Report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reports that the Federal Government won or negotiated more than $1.8 billion in health care fraud judgments and settlements in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. HIPAA established a national Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program under the joint direction of the Attorney General and the Secretary of HHS, which is designed to coordinate federal, state, and local law enforcement activities related to health care fraud and abuse. What You Need to Know : Enforcement actions against...
Blog Post
Published 08/16/2021
By Donald A. Rea
Chambers USA
Benchmark Litigation
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