May 5, 2021
In joining Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Chicago office, Jeff Friedman brings his skills as a versatile real estate attorney to clients who need advice on acquisitions, dispositions, debt and equity finance, developments, property management, and leasing in markets throughout North America. He joins the firm as a partner in the real estate practice.
Mr. Friedman has more than 20 years of experience handling deals for developers, institutional investors and owners. His experience includes retail, office, industrial and multi-family assets, as well as mixed-use developments and cannabis industry projects. He also advises on transactions involving distressed properties and workouts, IRC Section 1031 like-kind exchanges and opportunity zone investments.
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April 29, 2021 The 11th Circuit on Thursday affirmed summary judgment for the defendants in a case filed by an individual against Ethicon Inc. over an allegedly faulty mesh pelvic implant, declining to create an exception to state doctrine that says medical device manufacturers must only warn physicians, not patients, of possible adverse effects.
Charlotte Salinero and her husband originally sued Ethicon and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson, in the Southern District of Florida after Salinero experienced adverse health effects purportedly resulting from a surgery implanting Ethicon’s Artisyn Y-Mesh device. The defendants moved for summary judgment and won because of the learned intermediary doctrine governing communication between medical device makers and physicians.
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Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP issued the following announcement on Apr. 22.
In joining Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Minneapolis office, Timothy Walsh advises clients on commercial real estate transactions and financing, as well as corporate matters, based on his more than 35 years of experience in private practice and as in-house counsel at Fortune 500 and mid-market privately held companies. He joins the firm as a partner in the Real Estate Practice.
Mr. Walsh represents commercial developers and companies with commercial real estate needs in their purchases, sales, closings and financing of real estate. His experience includes advice on T.I.F. financing, government approvals, leasing, development agreements, construction and title matters. He also helps companies manage their real estate portfolios.
President Joe Biden recently announced a $2.3 trillion U.S. infrastructure spending proposal, the American Jobs Plan, that promises billions of dollars in construction contracts to companies across the country who are trying to determine what a post-COVID-19 economy will look like.
The plan calls for $621 billion for transportation infrastructure and $689 billion for buildings and utilities.
The Biden administration has also submitted a $1.52 trillion 2022 discretionary spending proposal to Congress, in advance of a full budget request, that includes:
$3.6 billion for water infrastructure improvements.
$6.8 billion for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers civil works program.
$2 billion for federal building construction projects.
Experienced South Florida attorneys join to launch Government Law Group
The firm will focus on municipal law, lobbying and government contracts, among other fields.
Four well-known South Florida attorneys are joining forces to launch a new law firm in the region focused on legal work in the public sphere.
Government attorneys
Alan G. Kipnis and
Richard Dewitt are also joining to help get the new firm off the ground.
“The new law firm, with offices in Broward and Palm Beach counties, will focus on municipal law, lobbying, land use, zoning and development, government contracts, public and private partnerships, code enforcement, and complex litigation,” according to a release from the organization.