Morgan Lewis
Philadelphia Office

Philadelphia Office publications

Recent Publications

04/04/12 Building an Effective Immigration Pro Bono Practice
The roster of countries and social issues covered by the asylum cases handled by Morgan Lewis' Philadelphia office over the past several years reads like the international section of a newspaper

Recent News

05/21/12 7th Circ. Rejects Securities Suit Over Zimmer Hip Implant, Law360
Morgan Lewis represented Zimmer Holdings Inc. in this suit.
04/16/12 Morgan Lewis Advises Fanatics on Acquisition of Dreams for $183M
Morgan Lewis represented Fanatics in its definitive merger agreement with Dreams, Inc.
03/22/12 HP Boots Derivative Suit Over Alleged Bribes, Law360
Morgan Lewis's representation of Hewlett-Packard Co. is discussed.
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Office Contacts

10/25/11 Using Lean Six Sigma and Predictive Coding to Confront Volume Problem, Legal Intelligencer

Outside Publication | Article
Tara Lawler

Traditional document review in the age of e-discovery is reaching the point of infeasibility. Setting hordes of attorneys in front of computer screens to review and code millions (sometimes billions) of records is not only proh... more

10/24/11 Panelist, “Serving as a Director,” presented for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s “The Nuts and Bolts of Board Service: An Introduction to Legal Issues for Nonprofits and their Directors,” Philadelphia

Presentation | Speech
John O'Brien

09/22/11 Panelist, Creating Your Success Through Coaches, Mentors & Networks, presented at the 2011 Philadelphia Diversity and Leadership Conference

Presentation | Speech
Ara Tucker

06/06/11 New Government Healthcare Policies - Impact on Growth and Investment in the Biopharma Industry, presented at the US – Japan Health Sciences Dialogue 11th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia

Presentation | Speech
Stephen Mahinka

03/24/11 Philadelphia Enacts Amendments to Its Fair Practices Ordinance Expanding Legal Protection Against Discrimination

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

On March 10, the Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed legislation amending the Philadelphia Fair Practices Ordinance, Phila. Code § 9-1100 et seq . , to expand legal protections against discriminatio... more

03/02/11 Social Media in eDiscovery, presented at a Vincent S. Haneman American Inn of Court and Atlantic County Bar Association CLE Event

Presentation | Speech
Scott Milner

03/01/11 Panelist, Corporate Governance & Private Equity - What Every Director Should Know, presented by the Philadelphia chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth DealMakers' Private Equity Workshop, Philadelphia

Presentation | Speech
David Gerson

01/26/11 OIG Exclusions and Individual Accountability: Key Developments for Executives in 2010 Will Have a Lasting Impact in 2011 and Beyond, BNA's Health Care Fraud Report

Outside Publication | Article
Margaret Rodgers Schmidt, Howard Young, Lisa Dykstra

2008 Panelist, “Trying a Patent Case In The Southern District of New York," 2008 ABA Annual Meeting

Presentation | Speech
Asheesh Puri

11/30/10 Setting the Stage - Early Case Assessment, presented at a Pennsylvania Bar Institute CLE Event on the Basics of EDD

Presentation | Speech
Scott Milner

11/09/10 Diversity Management in Multiple Offices, served as a panelist at the Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals 2010 Annual Fall Conference

Presentation | Speech
Ara Tucker

November 2010 Fundamentals of Construction Contracts: Understanding the Issues - Pennsylvania, hosted by Lorman Education Services

Presentation | Speech
Michael Libor

10/12/10 Cash Is King in Lease Negotiations, The Legal Intelligencer

Outside Publication | Article
Eric Stern

08/25/10 Pennsylvania Supreme Court: General Liability Insurers Have No Right to “Recoup” Defense Costs from Their Insureds

LawFlash/Client Alert | Insurance Recovery LawFlash
Insurance Recovery Practice

On August 17, a unanimous Pennsylvania Supreme Court handed down a decision important not only for Pennsylvania, but potentially for many other states as well. In American and Foreign Insurance Company v. J... more

07/30/10 Third Circuit Clarifies Availability of Preliminary Injunction to Prevent Former Employee from Working for a Competitor

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

On July 27, in Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc. v. Botticella , [1] the Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the issuance of a preliminary injunction preventing th... more

07/19/10 Only Client-to-Attorney Communications Protected Pending Pennsylvania Supreme Court Review of Statutory Attorney-Client Privilege

LawFlash/Client Alert | Litigation LawFlash
Litigation Practice

In a case of interest to companies undergoing or pursuing litigation in Pennsylvania state court, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has agreed to tackle again the issue of whether the attorney-client privilege protects ... more

03/26/10 Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Holds “8 and 80” Overtime Formula Violates State Minimum Wage Law

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

Hospitals, nursing homes, and similar employers throughout the country routinely pay their employees pursuant to an "8 and 80" overtime rule, under which employees are paid overtime for all hours worked in excess of eig... more

03/09/10 Pennsylvania Supreme Court Leaves in Limbo Applicability of Attorney-Client Privilege to Communications from Attorney to Client

LawFlash/Client Alert | Litigation LawFlash
Litigation Practice

On January 29, an evenly split Supreme Court of Pennsylvania left standing the state Superior Court's controversial 2007 decision in Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Fleming , which denied protection under... more

10/21/09 Pennsylvania Offers Two Major Funding Opportunities for Solar Energy Projects, Equipment, and Research

LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Energy Practice

Pennsylvania is currently offering two different funding opportunities to support the development and use of solar energy and expansion of solar energy-related industries. The first opportunity, the Solar Energ... more

09/16/09 Pennsylvania House Passes New Environmental and Energy Building Standards Act

LawFlash/Client Alert | Real Estate LawFlash
Jeannine Bishop

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is steering Pennsylvania toward achieving "green" standards, visible in the recent passing of a bill that will require certain state-funded "major facility projects" to comply w... more