Louis A. Bencardino and his crew at Bencardino Excavating have been trained on a new system for standardizing the classification of chemicals. The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) meets new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations and takes an international approach to chemical safety in the workplace. Learn more: Bencardino Excavating

Mark S. Carrow, managing partner of Citrin Cooperman, a business consulting, tax and accounting services firm in Philadelphia, reminded business leaders to consider the legacy they’re building in What Will Your Legacy Be, a piece featured in SmartCEO’s Jolt online newsletter. Carrow’s column on economic predictions for 2014 also was featured in SmartCEO’s December issue. Read more: Animal Farm

Citrin Cooperman sponsored the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce’s 2014 Non-Profit Organization of the Year award, given to Bringing Hope Home, a program supporting area families battling cancer. Learn more: Non-Profit Excellence Award

Stuart W. Davidson, a partner with employment and labor law firm Willig, Williams & Davidson, has been appointed to the Professionals Committee of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. Read more: IFEBP

As noted in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Alan Feldman, co-managing partner of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig LLP, has been named to the Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts board by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The board enables lawyers to raise millions of dollars for the provision of legal services to the poor. Read more: IOLTA Appointment

Alan Feldman also was quoted in a story in The Legal Intelligencer discussing the trend of plaintiffs’ firms becoming choosier about the cases they accept. Read more: Plaintiffs’ Firms

Two Furia Rubel clients, Jeane M. Coyle, President and CEO of First Federal of Bucks County, and Mary Brislin, a partner at Citrin Cooperman, shared their thoughts on economic outlook for 2014 in a business story for Calkins Media, which publishes the Bucks County Courier Times, Burlington County Times and The Intelligencer. See more: Cautious Optimism

Nearly 100 of the area’s life science and technology leaders gathered at the PA Biotechnology Center to discuss paths to success for biotech companies in southeastern Pennsylvania at the 13th Annual Regional Biotech Conference, hosted by the Hepatitis B Foundation’s Baruch S. Blumberg Institute. Learn more: Regional Biotech Conference

Para-Plus Translations, Inc., a global leader in translation and interpretation services and honored as one of the region’s fastest-growing companies by the Philadelphia Business Journal, continues to grow. The company has moved from Barrington to set up new headquarters in Cherry Hill, N.J., as noted in Cherry Hill Patch. Read more: Para-Plus Translations Moves to New Office

Scartelli Olszewski‘s managing partner, Peter Paul Olszewski, Jr., was featured in a Times-Tribune article regarding a criminal defense matter.

Royce W. Smith, a litigator with Philadelphia personal injury law firm Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig LLP, was featured on KWY regarding the liability posed if property owners don’t clear their sidewalks of ice and snow. Read more: Don’t Forget to Shovel

Global leader in deposition and support solutions Veritext Legal Solutions has been awarded a U.S. patent for its Exhibit Management Solution (XMS), which enables clients to electronically create, manage, store and display legal exhibits. The patent announcement was noted in media outlets across the country, from the Philadelphia Business Journal to the International Business Times to Yahoo Finance. Learn more: XMS Awarded Patent

Bucks County firm Williams Family Law, P.C. has been named a U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firm” for 2014 – one of only 11 family law firms in the Greater Philadelphia area to qualify for the top tier. Learn more: Best Law Firm

The Philadelphia Bar Reporter noted that Ezra Wohlgelernter, a partner with Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig LLP, recently lectured at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Association of Justice’s Annual Premises Liability seminar in Philadelphia. Read more: Law Seminars

Michael Zyborowicz, CPA, a director in Citrin Cooperman’s Philadelphia office, has been elected treasurer of the Legal Clinic for the Disabled, notes The Philadelphia Inquirer. Learn more: Legal Clinic for the Disabled