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Additions

Michael G. Greenfield joined Hyland Levin Shapiro.

He will continue to concentrate his practice in the areas of employment counseling and litigation.

Greenfield advises businesses, large and small, by providing counseling on employment issues, defending employers in both state and federal litigation, and engaging in traditional labor law for unionized workplaces.

Prior to joining Hyland Levin, Greenfield practiced in the labor and employment group at an Am Law 100 firm.

He started his legal career clerking for Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Correale F. Stevens in 2013 and 2014.

Greenfield is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association labor and employment law section, the New Jersey Bar Association and the Sports Lawyers Association.

He received his law degree from Widener University School of Law in 2013.

Events

The young lawyers division of the Philadelphia Bar Association is set to offer Philadelphia-area residents the opportunity to receive free legal advice from volunteer lawyers throughout next week in honor of Law Week 2020.

Starting April 27 and extending until April 30—leading up to Law Day on May 1—licensed, trained lawyers will be available each evening from 5 to 7 p.m. to receive calls from residents seeking legal advice on a range of issues.

By calling LegalLine at 215-238-6333 from 5 to 7 p.m., the following legal practices will be featured each evening with volunteer attorneys trained in each of the following areas:

  • April 27: family law
  • April 28: housing
  • April 29: employment and business counseling
  • April 30: wills and estates

LegalLine is a public service sponsored by the Philadelphia Bar Association's young lawyers division, providing residents with free, quick and accurate legal advice during convenient evening hours.

LegalLine is offered typically on the third Wednesday of every month.

The program began over 20 years ago, allowing volunteer attorneys to help thousands of callers through direct service or by referring them to an appropriate resource.

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The Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel is slated to offer a complimentary webinar titled "Data at a Distance: The Art of Remote Inspections."

The event is set to take place April 30.

A social "Virtual Lunch" will begin at 12:15 p.m., and the program begins at 12:30 p.m.

Email [email protected], and an invite with link will be sent to you.

For more information call 844-744-5600.

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].