Honored

Roberta Liebenberg, a senior partner at Fine, Kaplan and Black, will be the 2019 inductee to the American Antitrust Institute's Private Antitrust Enforcement Hall of Fame.

The Hall of Fame recognizes practitioners for service to the private antitrust enforcement community; commitment to the enforcement of the antitrust laws; and success in fighting for competition, consumers and workers.

Liebenberg is to be honored at a Hall of Fame luncheon during AAI's Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference on Nov. 12 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. AAI is an independent, nonprofit organization devoted to promoting competition that protects consumers, businesses and society.

It serves the public through research, education and advocacy on the benefits of competition and the use of antitrust enforcement as a component of national and international competition policy.

Elected and Appointed

Barley Snyder announced attorney John "J." Quain Jr. was named to the board of directors at the Historic Harrisburg Association.

The association is a nonprofit, charitable and educational organization that advocates for the restoration, preservation and stewardship of historic neighborhoods and landmarks throughout the capital region to enable current and future generations to retain and celebrate Harrisburg's history.

The group came together in 1973, sparked by the effects of Hurricane Agnes throughout the region and the demolition of the city's State Theatre.

Quain is an attorney in the Barley Snyder litigation practice group.

He came to the firm in 2018 from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development as a part of the Office of General Counsel within the governor's office.

In the spring, he served as 2019 chairman for the Dauphin County Bar Association's young lawyers Law Day committee.

Events

Lawyers from the Barristers' Association of Philadelphia, Inc., one of the largest and oldest associations of black lawyers in America, provided a two-hour presentation to Philadelphians interested in obtaining a pardon from the Board of Pardons.

A collaborative effort between the Barristers' and Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity, the purpose of the "Pardon Hub" is to help low-income Philadelphians erase past convictions to give them the opportunity to compete for employment and education and obtain access to credit, jobs and housing.

The two-hour presentation educated the audience on the pardon process and the pardon application itself.

Announcements

Mayor Jim Kenney joined with leaders from business and industry including Holland & Knight to launch the Climate Collaborative of Greater Philadelphia.

During the public signing event, leaders established and reaffirmed their commitments to address climate change as a united group.

This announcement came after the mayor returned from a week abroad attending the Local Governments for Sustainability conference and C40 World Mayors Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The collaborative was created to serve as an all-inclusive platform for leaders, businesses and institutions to get involved in the effort to protect current and future generations.

Collaborative member Holland & Knight's Philadelphia office, for example, announced its pro bono/community service climate commitment designed to address issues associated with growth and investments, emerging companies in the clean food/clean technology industries, and reducing the carbon footprint of the firm's local office.

To date, 40 Philadelphia area organizations have signed on to join the collaborative.

To join the Climate Collaborative, institutional partners must agree to either publicly reaffirm (or expand on) their currently adopted climate-related goals or adopt or commit to adopting public-facing, climate-related goals.

To support these goals, the collaborative will provide members with access to workshops and technical assistance that will facilitate the implementation of a suite of climate-related action items.

The collaborative aims to utilize this type of technical assistance from its members to complement ongoing efforts like Philadelphia 2030 District, which works to further local climate commitments.