People in the News—Nov. 14, 2017—Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association
The Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association kicked off its 2017–18 program year by hosting IP attorney James W. Dabney of Hughes Hubbard & Reed, who successfully argued the TC Heartland case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
November 14, 2017 at 10:00 AM
3 minute read
Events
The Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association kicked off its 2017–18 program year by hosting IP attorney James W. Dabney of Hughes Hubbard & Reed, who successfully argued the TC Heartland case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Additions
Stanley Majkut joined Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein in the firm's real estate transactions department.
Majkut was formerly with Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel.
His practice focuses on the representation of sellers and buyers, landlords and tenants, developers and investors in various commercial real estate transactions.
Majkut's practice involves various real estate assets including office buildings, warehouses, retail shopping centers and malls and other commercial and residential properties.
*****
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll added David M. Maser and Christina Donato Saler to the firm as of counsel in the securities litigation and investor protection group.
They bring years of experience and a track record of results for both public and private sector clients.
Before joining Cohen Milstein, Maser and Saler worked for almost a decade at Chimicles & Tikellis, a securities class action plaintiffs law firm.
At Chimicles & Tikellis, Maser worked with over 25 public fund and labor organizations with more than $200 billion in assets, recovering more than $3.6 billion for his clients.
In the early years of her career, Saler gained significant trial experience prosecuting First Amendment cases involving individual plaintiffs against media defendants.
Speakers
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young partner Craig R. Blackman and counsel Jana M. Landon served as panelists at the Resource Center for Religious Institutes' national conference on Nov. 2 in St. Louis.
Blackman and Landon's panel, “Cyber Threats and Basic Security: Planning for Protection and Insurance Issues,” discussed identifying and quantifying cyber threats, understanding the implications of a breach, building a cost-effective management plan and purchasing insurance to cover losses.
Blackman and Landon are co-chairs of the firm's cyber insurance group.
Blackman focuses his practice on a variety of insurance industry issues, including commercial and personal lines, cyber, directors and officers and errors and omissions, general liability, land title, fidelity and surety and professional, employment and products liability.
Landon's practice focuses on advising lawyers and clients on data security and data management issues and legal, technical and strategic issues regarding information governance.
Announcements
The Philadelphia Bar Association's 2017 election of officers and members of the Board of Governors will be conducted via online ballot.
Officers to be elected are vice chancellor, secretary, treasurer, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer and five members of the Board of Governors for three-year terms.
Members are scheduled to receive their ballots in an email on Nov. 20 with instructions.
Email address ballots will be sent from: [email protected]. Domain: intelliscaninc.net
Online voting is set to end at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 5.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View All
People in the News—Nov. 27, 2024—Flaster Greenberg, Tucker Arensberg
3 minute read
People in the News—Nov. 22, 2024—Marshall Dennehey, Buchanan Ingersoll
2 minute readTrending Stories
Who Got The Work
Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.
Who Got The Work
Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.
Who Got The Work
Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
Who Got The Work
David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250
