Labor law attorney John Bielski of labor, employment and workers’ compensation law firm, Willig, Williams & Davidson, authored an article featured in The Legal Intelligencer, “Minor League Players Sue MLB for Wage, Antitrust Violations.” The piece discusses lawsuits by minor league ballplayers against Major League Baseball, alleging violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
Mondaq shared the news that the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, a nonprofit, independent research wing of the Hepatitis B Foundation, held its first Entrepreneur Spotlight at the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center to highlight up-and-coming biotech companies and to present the first-ever Entrepreneur Leadership Award to the Delaware Crossing Investor Group, for investing in biotech.
Furia Rubel is proud to congratulate several of our clients, including Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, and Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig LLP, Scartelli Olszewski, P.C., Williams Family Law, P.C,, and Willig, Williams & Davidson who have been named as 2015 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars.
National business and tax law firm, Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, has been named once again to the Legal 500 and Chambers USA legal rankings. Philadelphia shareholders Philip Karter and Herbert Odell have been ranked among the top practitioners nationwide for tax controversy.
The Legal Intelligencer notes that regulatory affairs attorney James J. Eisenhower, of Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, recently presented to the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) in Washington, D.C. A distant relative of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, he has been active in public service and politics over the years and offered career advice to the audience of law students, staff, and fellows.
A Law360 article discusses a lawsuit filed after a food truck’s propane tank exploded in Philadelphia last year, killing a mother and daughter. Relatives enlisted the help of the personal injury law firm, Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig LLP; attorneys Alan M. Feldman, Daniel J. Mann and Edward S. Goldis are representing the family.
Elizabeth J. Fineman, an associate with Bucks County family law firm Williams Family Law, P.C. co-presented a webinar, “Divorce Cases: Uncovering Critical Information in Tax Returns and Financial Statements,” for Strafford Publications.
A story in the Philadelphia Inquirer recounts a recent presentation by the Hepatitis B Foundation to the Philadelphia City Council Chambers. Leaders from the foundation and its national educational campaign, Hep B United, urged Philadelphia officials to make testing, vaccinating and treating high-risk populations for viral hepatitis a public health priority in the city.
Behavioral health provider New Vitae Wellness and Recovery, with facilities in Bucks and Lehigh counties, has been awarded a $250,000 legislative appropriation from the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to provide services to former military personnel with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The organization also recently exhibited at the 2015 Recovery Workforce Summit.
Several media organizations covered the news that the legal formation of Penn Community Bank has been finalized, including The Morning Call, The Intelligencer, the Bucks County Courier Times, the Perkasie News-Herald, The Bucks County Herald, Bucks Local News, SNL Financial, and more. The unification brings together First Savings Bank of Perkasie, Pa., and First Federal of Bucks County, of Bristol, Pa., to form one new financial institution to serve all of Bucks County.
The Intelligencer shared the news that Dr. Muhamad Aly Rifai has joined New Vitae Wellness and Recovery as the organization’s medical director.
Judith O. Yanacek and Patricia Long of New Vitae Wellness and Recovery published an article, “Transforming Your Brand: How One Behavioral Health Organization Successfully Rebranded,” in Open Minds, a supplier of information to the health and human services fields.