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• Insurance issues including: commercial and personal lines; D&O and E&O; general liability; land title; fidelity and surety; and professional, employment and product liability
• Business interruption insurance coverage and business continuity plans in the face of man-made or natural disasters
• Insurance coverage disputes related to technology and privacy issues
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• Legal challenges concerning nonprofit, religious and tax-exempt organizations, including zoning, land development and historic preservation matters
• Complex commercial real estate and financing transactions
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• All areas of U.S. patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret law including prosecution, litigation and licensing of intellectual property
• Emerging trends and issues in IP including current developments in international arenas
• Recent developments in major IP cases such as Blackberry-maker Research in Motion and the patent-holding firm NTP |
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• Church state issues including rights of religious institutions to participate in public programs, charitable choice, faith-based initiatives, regulation and exemption of religious institutions
• Structure and administration of religious and other nonprofit organizations, including reorganization and compliance
• Developments in nonprofit law, including the law of tax exempt entities and liabilities of religious and other nonprofit institutions. |
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• Civil rights
• Minority and diversity issues in law and business
• International human rights and civil liberties issues
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• Food and Drug Administration regulatory, compliance and risk management issues concerning the pharmaceutical industry
• Government and regulatory enforcement topics including off-label promotion, grants, continuing medical education and clinical trials |
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• Tax implications of wills, trusts and estate planning
• Generating offshore asset-protection vehicles
• Developing charitable giving programs and implementing policies for charitable organizations |
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• SEC initiatives concerning: new compliance rules; market-timing and late-trading investigations; fund governance, including director independence issues; enhanced disclosure in offering documents; fair-value pricing; codes of ethics; fund advertising; soft dollars and directed brokerage
• Investment Company Act of 1940
• Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (generally) |
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• Statutory and regulatory advancements in the solid waste, water and air programs
• Clean Air Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the Endangered Species Act
• Brownfields Programs in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia and Maryland
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• As a registered pharmacist and attorney, Mr. McHale can comment on cases involving pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers, physicians and injured individuals |
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• Mediation and arbitration best practices to resolve business disputes
• Conflict resolution techniques for domestic and international corporations
• Using alternative dispute resolution in complex commercial disputes |
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• Taxation of commingled funds and financial products
• Structuring and taxation of foreign operations for U.S. corporations
• Tax issues for personal holding companies, partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, limited liability companies, tax-exempt organizations and individuals |
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• Benefits law, deferred compensation arrangements, and stock plans for employers of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations
• Employee Retirement Income Securities Act
• Pension Protection Act of 2006
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• Mass tort cases involving medical and pharmaceutical products
• Employment law issues including age and race discrimination, sexual harassment, drug testing, restrictive convenants, employment agreements and terminations
• Shareholder and partnership disputes, unfair trade practice claims, breach of contract matters and business torts |
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• Trends in Philadelphia law firms and the legal market
• Issues affecting Philadelphia businesses including tax and legislative challenges
• Law firm operations, mergers and overall management |
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• Emerging trends and recent regulatory developments affecting financial institutions
• Issues relating to financial services and financial services regulation including: mergers and acquisitions, de novo formations, public offerings, stock conversions, branch acquisitions and sales, regulatory compliance matters, corporate finance, letters of credit and regulatory reform
• Challenges managing market liquidity for an institution’s stock |
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• Subprime lending matters including the upturn in delinquencies and increase in foreclosure rates and default mortgages
• Predatory-lending practices
• Truth in Lending Act
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• All matters relating to money market funds, including issues relating to “breaking the dollar,” developments in SEC enforcement and SEC examinations of money market funds
• Rule 2a-7 issues, including money market fund portfolio compliance, developments in regulation and analysis of structured securities designed for money market funds
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