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Speakers

Goldberg, Miller & Rubin partners, Jason Rubin and Eamon Merrigan presented “A Business Owner's Guide to Civil Litigation” to Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware CEOs and executives who are Vistage members.

Rubin and Merrigan provided advice for dealing with litigation from a business perspective, answered audience questions and offered the audiences real-life illustrations from their decades of practice.

Managing partner Rubin has been representing clients in civil litigation lawsuits since 1996.
Rubin concentrates his practice in products liability and toxic torts and has managed the firm's mass tort department for two decades.

For over 16 years, Merrigan has practiced in the defense of a broad range of exposures including many catastrophic loss and death cases.

Merrigan's experience includes, but is not limited to, premises liability, automotive negligence, intentional tort, products liability, medical malpractice, construction accident and complex subrogation claims.

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Conrad O'Brien shareholder Patricia Hamill spoke at a CLE program titled “#MeToo, #TimesUp, Clumsy or Criminal, A Look At the New Rules of Romance in Life and College” at the Inn at Swarthmore.

She spoke on a “Title IX Legal Update in the DeVos Era: What's New (If Anything)?”

Hamill leads Conrad O'Brien's Title IX, due process and campus discipline practice group, where she represents college students nationwide who are subjected to campus disciplinary proceedings or who have been suspended, expelled from or otherwise disciplined by their colleges following campus disciplinary hearings for alleged sexual misconduct or other alleged Student Code violations.

Honored

In a ceremony held in the Mayor's Reception Room at City Hall, partner Bella Schnall of Greenblatt, Pierce, Funt and Flores was presented with the MVP of VIP award by Philadelphia VIP.

Schnall, as director of Greenblatt Pierce's family law division, has over 30 years of experience in family law and domestic relations and handles a wide range of matters including divorce, child support and child custody cases as well as drafting of pre- and post-nuptial agreements.

Events

Capehart Scatchard is set to host CLE “Bullying the HIB Statute: A Practical Approach to the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act” at noon on May 9 in the firm's Mount Laurel, New Jersey, office with Cameron R. Morgan of Capehart Scatchard set to present.

The presentation will cover the substantive and procedural aspects of the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act, with a focus on the act's practical application for purposes of defending or pursuing HIB-related claims.

It will also cover an overview of relevant case law in the area.

Pre-registration is required.

Call 856-234-6800 extension 4143 for reservations or email [email protected].

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The Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association provided local IP leaders with a discussion about the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Philadelphia on April 17.