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Events

The Villanova University's Charles Widger School of Law Institute to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation and The David F. and Constance B. Girard-diCarlo Center for Ethics, Integrity and Compliance are set to host a screening of the film “The Trap: The Deadly Sex Trafficking Cycle in American Prisons.”

The documentary resulted from an 18-month-long investigation conducted by The Guardian of how human traffickers use the prison system to recruit and exploit women who have been incarcerated.

The film follows the stories of women caught in the trap of criminal exploitation and incarceration and those trying to stop some of America's most vulnerable women from falling under the control of human traffickers.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion about the practical and ethical questions surrounding this issue.

It is scheduled from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 27 at Villanova University's Charles Widger School of Law.

Visit https://goo.gl/96CQLr to register.

Additions

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott added associate Brittany L. Stepp to its Philadelphia office and litigation division.

Stepp focuses her practice on labor and employment matters.

Prior to joining the firm, she served as a co-op extern to U.S. District Judge Petrese B. Tucker of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

She also served as a judicial intern to Judge Doris A. Pechkurow of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Family Division.

Stepp graduated from Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law.

She is a member of the Labor and Employment Relations Association (Philadelphia chapter), the Justinian Society, the Philadelphia Bar Association, and the Pennsylvania Bar Association.

Speakers

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young partners Craig R. Blackman and Kevin R. Casey presented at the University of the Arts' Graduate School Program in Museum Services on Oct. 31 in Philadelphia.

Blackman presented “The Role of Insurance in the Fine Arts and Museum World,” and Casey spoke on “Intellectual Property Law for Museums.”

Blackman is co-chair of the firm's insurance practice and 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 with a focus on mutual fund boards; general liability; land title; fidelity and surety; and professional, employment and products liability.

He has counseled clients on primary, umbrella, excess policies and reinsurance, as well as captive, self-insured and surplus lines programs; and proof of claim/coverage analyses in receivership.

Casey is chair of the intellectual property and the IP litigation groups at Stradley Ronon. He has counseled clients for over 30 years in all aspects of the IP field, focusing on patents, trademarks, trade secrets, licensing and opinions.

He has an active appellate practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Announcements

The Delaware Business Court Insider is seeking contributors to provide analysis and insight into recent Delaware Court of Chancery decisions, as well as litigation and issues currently of interest to the business law community.

Potential topics that would be appropriate include, but are not limited to, arbitration, books-and-records requests, breach of contract lawsuits, controlling stockholder litigation, derivative claims, discovery disputes in commercial litigation, corporate dissolution, breach of fiduciary duty lawsuits, intellectual property litigation, jurisdictional battles in corporate litigation, merger and acquisition lawsuits, special committee decisions, corporate governance, limited liability company litigation and limited partnership agreement litigation.

Examples of articles written for DBCI are available online at www.delbizcourt.com. For more information, contact Kristie Rearick at [email protected].