People in the News—Sept. 21, 2018—Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin's in-house band, Class Action & The Marshall Dennehey Horns, are set to compete against three other local bands in the third annual Law Rocks Philadelphia event on Oct. 18 at World Cafe Live.
September 21, 2018 at 12:00 PM
3 minute read
Melinda Nagy/Shutterstock.com
Events
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin's in-house band, Class Action & The Marshall Dennehey Horns, are set to compete against three other local bands in the third annual Law Rocks Philadelphia event on Oct. 18 at World Cafe Live.
Law Rocks is a global organization that raises funds for local nonprofits by combining the power of music and generosity of the global legal community.
Competing bands select a favorite local nonprofit to rock and fundraise for and Class Action will play for the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. For tickets and event information visit lawrocks.org/philly.
|Additions
Earl M. Forte joined Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott as a member to its Philadelphia office and litigation division.
Forte has counseled his clients through business and financial problems for over 30 years.
He advises clients across a variety of industries on the unique issues presented in commercial disputes and bankruptcy cases, and has experience with business torts and matters involving fraudulent transfer and breach of fiduciary duty.
He is also experienced in commercial, financial and corporate workouts.
As a trial lawyer, Forte has handled matters in federal and state courts, bankruptcy courts and receiverships and the Courts of Appeal.
He is also experienced in alternative dispute resolution, including private arbitration.
Forte is the author of “The Fraudulent Transfer Handbook” and three supplemental volumes.
*****
Troy, Michigan-based intellectual property law firm Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane hired Abhik Huq as the latest addition to its Philadelphia office.
Huq focuses his practice on securing patents in a wide variety of industries and technologies for domestic and international clients.
He has prepared and prosecuted domestic and foreign patent applications related to wireless technologies including UMTS, LTE, LTE-A and IoT-related standards, computer hardware and software, wearable technologies, electro-optics, electronic component design and manufacturing, mobile devices, medical devices, semiconductor manufacturing and fuel cell optimization for electric vehicles.
He has counseled clients on licensing agreements, patent portfolio strategies, due diligence and assertion efforts.
Huq has drafted licensing agreements, development agreements, letters of intent, nondisclosure agreements and other related documentation.
He previously worked as in-house counsel at a large research and development company.
|Announcements
Attention young lawyers!
Send in your questions for a new Q&A advice column for the Young Lawyers page in The Legal.
A panel of experts from the law firm Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis will answer a few selected questions in each monthly column, advising young lawyers about their career, professional development, office politics, business development, pro bono work, relationships with mentors and colleagues, and so on.
Email your questions to [email protected].
*****
The Legal is seeking contributing authors for its weekly In-House Counsel column.
Articles can cover a broad range of subjects but should be of particular interest to in-house counsel.
Contact Kristie Rearick at [email protected] for more information or to submit a proposal.
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
Trending 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
