People in the News—Oct. 8, 2018—Capehart Scatchard
Capehart Scatchard shareholders John H. Geaney and Lora V. Northen spoke at the National Workers' Compensation Defense Network's National Conference in Minneapolis.
October 08, 2018 at 11:30 AM
3 minute read
Photo Credit: Fotolia
Speakers
Capehart Scatchard shareholders John H. Geaney and Lora V. Northen spoke at the National Workers' Compensation Defense Network's National Conference in Minneapolis.
Geaney, representing New Jersey, participated in a panel discussion titled “What is the Value of a Compensable Claim in Your State.”
The panel addressed issues of wage calculations, full and final settlement options, future medical and final settlement options from injuries ranging from sprain/strains to surgical cases.
Northen, past president of NWCDN, participated in a panel discussion along with Nicole Giddings of Andersen Corp., Maria Iorlano of Bed Bath & Beyond and Simonetta Leveque of Nordstrom in a presentation titled “The Anatomy of a Super Bowl Winning Team.”
The panelists discussed the key components to creating and maintaining a collaborative and coordinated workers' compensation claims team.
Geaney concentrates his practice in the representation of employers in workers' compensation defense matters, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act.
Northen, co-chair of the firm's workers' compensation department, Northen focuses her practice in the representation of employers, self-insured companies, and insurance carriers.
|Events
The University of Pennsylvania Law School is set to present the Paul G. Haaga Jr. Lecture in Law, Government, and Public Policy on Nov. 1.
H.R. McMaster, retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and former national security advisor, will deliver the lecture titled “Russian New Generation Warfare and the Threat to the Free World.” The event is scheduled from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Nov. 1 at Penn Law, 3501 Sansom Street, Philadelphia.
Register at https://goo.gl/GeHTfn.
The program was approved for 1.5 ethics CLE credits for Pennsylvania lawyers. CLE credit may be available in other jurisdictions as well.
*****
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law is scheduled to hold its annual Donald A. Giannella Memorial Lecture at 3 p.m. Oct. 30 in the Martin G. McGuinn '67 Ceremonial Courtroom (Room 201) at the Law School.
Nicole Stelle Garnett, John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame Law School, will present “The Case for Educational Pluralism.”
Garnett's research focuses on property, land use, urban development, local government law and education policy. She is the author of numerous articles on these subjects and of two books.
At Notre Dame, Garnett is a fellow of the Institute for Educational Initiatives and the senior policy advisor for the Alliance for Catholic Education, a program engaged in a variety of efforts to strengthen and sustain K-12 Catholic schools.
|Announcements
The Legal and Pennsylvania Law Weekly are looking for verdicts and settlements to report. If you're a plaintiffs or defense attorney who has obtained a verdict or settlement in Pennsylvania county or federal court recently, email Zack Needles at [email protected].
*****
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]. •
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. 5, 2024—Pietragallo Gordon, Tucker Arensberg
3 minute read
Trending Stories
- 1Infant Formula Judge Sanctions Kirkland's Jim Hurst: 'Overtly Crossed the Lines'
- 2Trump's Return to the White House: The Legal Industry Reacts
- 3Election 2024: Nationwide Judicial Races and Ballot Measures to Watch
- 4Climate Disputes, International Arbitration, and State Court Limitations for Global Issues
- 5Judicial Face-Off: Navigating the Ethical and Efficient Use of AI in Legal Practice [CLE Pending]
- 6How Much Does the Frequency of Retirement Withdrawals Matter?
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.
