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Aaron Publishes Article in American Bankruptcy Institute Publication

Partner, Kenneth Aaron, recently published an article on a recent bankruptcy case regarding indubitable equivalency.  To read the article in its entirety, click on the link below.     Indubitable Equivalency

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Zucker Named Vice Chair of Board of Governors

Marc Zucker has been named vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Bar Association for calendar year 2012. The board is the policy-making arm of the Association, which serves the legal profession and the public by promoting justice, professional excellence and respect for the rule of law. In so doing, the Association [...]

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Marc Zucker’s Summary of Recent Decision Tops ABA’s Commercial & Business Litigation Webpage

Marc Zucker’s summary of the recent KPMG case appeared on the top of the ABA’s Commercial & Business Litigation webpage on November 28, 2011. The full text is available as a PDF for download: ABA – KPMG v. Cocchi – Nov 2011

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Datto Helps Client Avoid Paying $30 Million Judgment

Partner, Brett A. Datto, Esquire recently won summary judgment resulting in a $30 million dollar victory for five large, regional insurance clients of the firm. The case involved an insurance coverage action over a dispute as to whether an underlying copyright action was covered under a series of insurance policies that covered “advertising injury” stemming [...]

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ABA Newsletter Features Lead Article By Marc Zucker On Commercial Arbitration

Marc Zucker wrote the lead article in the Summer 2011 newsletter of the Commercial & Business Litigation Committee of the ABA’s Section of Litigation. Entitled “The Landscape of the Law of Arbitrability is Rapidly Changing,” the article offers a useful survey of cutting‐edge Supreme Court decisions on enforcement of arbitration clauses, and new cases that [...]

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ABA Book Released With Two Chapters By Marc Zucker

Marc Zucker contributed two chapters to a book recently published by the American Bar Association, “Rantings of a Partner … and Pushback from the Associate,” offering two humorous but important lessons for young lawyers to assist in their professional development. Edited by Bart Greenwald, the book can be ordered through the American Bar Association website.

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Marc Zucker Coordinates Corporate Privilege Seminar

Marc Zucker was the co‐planner of a seminar at the recent Bench‐Bar Conference of the Philadelphia Bar Association, entitled “Attorney‐Client Privilege in the Corporate Environment: Practical Approaches and Recent Developments.” The standing‐room‐only October 14 seminar in Atlantic City, New Jersey, brought together in‐house counsel and practitioners to discuss the latest landmark decisions and strategies for [...]

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Jeffrey Cianciulli Obtains Discharge of $18,525,000 Judgment for Plastic Surgeon

Jeffrey S. Cianciulli, Esq., a partner with Weir & Partners LLP, successfully represented Dr. Richard Glunk, in In re Glunk, Adv. No. 05-700, in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. On August 11, 2011, Judge Eric L. Frank entered a judgment in favor of Dr. Glunk and against the plaintiffs [...]

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