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Speakers

Antheil Maslow & MacMinn founder Sue Maslow joined three other panelists at the American Bar Association's annual meeting in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 15.

Maslow addressed questions surrounding identifying the client when representing corporate entities and the tension between state Rules of Professional Responsibility, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules and personal moral codes of conduct when evaluating permissive disclosures.

The panel also provided guidance in navigating the limits of the attorney-client privilege, conflicts of interest and attorney withdrawal with illustrations from recent headline events and movies like “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”

Maslow concentrates her practice primarily in general corporate transactional work and finance documentation in the areas of business transactions, business law, private finance, real estate, contracts and nonprofit law.

She assists entrepreneurial individuals and privately held companies in their efforts to structure and implement a great variety of business transactions, including stock and asset acquisitions, banking negotiations, mergers, secured and unsecured financing, real estate and business acquisitions and leases, capital arrangements for hospitals and other health care providers, distributorships, software services and license arrangements and business separations and dissolutions.

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Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young partner Michael J. Engle delivered the keynote address at the 2018 Professional Fraternity Association's national convention on Sept. 6 in Wichita, Kansas.

Engle's presentation, titled, “Hazing: Understanding the Civil and Criminal Liability Issues for Individuals and Institutions,” discussed the emerging criminal and civil liability issues associated with hazing for both institutions and individuals.

Engle, a member of Stradley Ronon's education practice group and chair of the firm's white-collar defense group, has more than 15 years of experience in federal criminal cases, complex white-collar defense matters and internal or parallel investigations on behalf of corporations and other entities.

Engle has defended individuals and businesses in connection with grand jury subpoenas and in numerous jury trials.

In recent years, Engle has developed a niche practice of defending against civil and/or criminal allegations relating to hazing conduct.

Events

Blank Rome hosted “Pathway to Pardons: Helping Non-Incarcerated Clients Achieve a Real Clean Slate in Pennsylvania” Sept. 17 at the firm's Philadelphia office.

The CLE training was presented by the Louis D. Brandeis Law Society and Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity, and sponsored by the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons.

It is part of the Brandeis Law Society's new partnership with PLSE, in which it will recruit and support attorneys providing volunteer legal services to low-income Philadelphians seeking pardons from the governor.

The program served as a practical guide for attorneys willing to help non-incarcerated clients obtain pardons in Pennsylvania.

At the conclusion of the program, pro bono lawyers were assigned an existing, pre-qualified PLSE client to help through the pardon process.

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Pennsylvania Bar Association president Charles Eppolito III marked Sept. 17's Constitution Day with special projects and programs for students at Methacton High School in Fairview Village.

A 1988 graduate of the high school, Eppolito led a day of learning that included a morning classroom presentation and an afternoon auditorium presentation of “The Constitution Is Everywhere,” an interactive discussion that challenged students, educators and lawyers working with them to explore how the Constitution still impacts every aspect of their daily lives.

A number of students were also videotaped answering questions that will be incorporated into a series of educational videos focusing on constitutional rights and responsibilities for high schools across the state.