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Elected and Appointed

Natalie Klyashtorny, of counsel to Nochumson, was appointed co-chair of the 2019 Philadelphia Bar Association annual Bench-Bar Conference.

The conference is taking place Oct. 11-12 at the Borgata in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

As the 12,000-member association's largest signature event, the conference offers continuing education on the latest topics and trends in the law, as well as networking and socializing with colleagues and members of the judiciary.

Announcements

Hyland Levin Shapiro announced the formal launch of the firm's food and beverage law group.

Hyland Levin attorneys have experience representing members of the food and beverage industries in a variety of legal matters.

Firm clients include food manufacturers and processors, producers of food enhancers and food specialties, wholesalers and distributors, restaurants and quick service restaurant owners, grocery and convenience stores and alcoholic beverage retailers.

The group's interdisciplinary team approach to food and beverage clients includes drafting key commercial contracts relevant to the food industry; active, ongoing counseling on supply-chain transparency, e-commerce, corporate social responsibility, OFAC requirements and FDA, FSMA and USDA matters relating to food safety, food labeling and regulatory compliance; representing clients in a complete range of commercial, regulatory and contract disputes and litigation matters; providing real estate, land use, environmental and leasing legal advice to clients; negotiating mergers, acquisitions, financings and refinancings, stock and asset sales and joint ventures; and representing national restaurant chains, shopping center developers, hotels and local business owners in alcoholic beverage licensing and regulatory matters in New Jersey. The firm represents many food and beverage companies from startups to domestic and multinational companies.

Hyland Levin's practice areas include business and transactions, real estate, environmental law, zoning and land use, franchise and licensing, food and beverage law, general and commercial litigation, community associations, employment, business planning and tax, trusts and estates, leasing, eminent domain and real property taxation.

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Ostroff Injury Law's new headquarters opened in the town of Blue Bell in Montgomery County.

This larger office location accommodates the firm's growing legal team and client base.

Features of the new office include conference rooms, meeting space and an additional 2,000-plus square foot presentation room for the firm to present CLE/Educational Seminars to lawyers and/or consumers, as well as conduct mock trials and focus groups for optimal trial preparation.

The firm's phone numbers and other office locations remain the same. In addition to its Montgomery County office, Ostroff Injury Law also has an office location in Center City Philadelphia.

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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].