Blank Rome offices in Washington, D.C. July 25, 2018. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALMBlank Rome Snags Two Labor and Employment Partners From Stevens & Lee
Daniel Sobol and Brandon Shemtob, who served for around six and a half years at Stevens & Lee, joined the firm effective on Jan. 15, seeking out a larger platform for their national traditional labor practice.
January 17, 2025 at 02:14 PM
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What You Need to Know
- Blank Rome has added two labor and employment partners to its Philadelphia office from Stevens & Lee.
- Despite an incoming presidential administration expected to be less friendly to unionization efforts, labor and employment work is expected to remain strong throughout the next year.
Blank Rome has added on two labor and employment partners from Stevens & Lee in Philadelphia, anticipating a continued surge in labor work as public support for unions remains high.
Daniel Sobol and Brandon Shemtob, who served for around six and a half years at Stevens & Lee, joined the firm effective on Jan. 15, seeking out a larger platform for their national traditional labor practice.
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Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
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Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
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Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
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