Duane Morris has been awarded the 2018 ABA Business Law Section Pro Bono National Public Service Award. Duane Morris was the only firm honored alongside the Exelon and Intel In-House pro bono departments. Over 1,000 attorneys were in attendance at the Business Law Section Spring Meeting Luncheon on April 13 in Orlando, FL as …

In a 5-3 decision today, the Supreme Court of the United States in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, No. 15-275, slip op. (June 27, 2016) reversed a decision of the Fifth Circuit and overturned as unconstitutional a Texas law that (1) required physicians to have “active admitting privileges” at a hospital within 30 miles…

In March, the USPTO launched the Pennsylvania Patent Pro Bono Program through the Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, a non-profit community based legal services provider for the arts and invention community.
Guest Blogger: Peter J. Cronk, , Duane Morris Patent Attorney
The Patent Pro Bono Program provides free legal assistance to low income…

Guest Blogger: Thomas R. Newman, Esq.
Duane Morris pro bono attorneys regularly prepare amicus briefs  on behalf of community-based organizations, professional associations,  and industry groups  in cases with important social implications.  Most recently we participated as amicus counsel in Kingdomware Technologies Inc v. United States, U.S.Docket No. 14-916; Whole Women’s Health v. Cole,  U.S. Docket No. 15-274 and Froio…

Partner Jolie-Anne S. Ansley of the San Francisco office and Christopher B. Yeh of the Los Angeles office were named Keta Taylor Colby Award recipients by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (LCCR).
The Colby Award recognizes pro bono attorneys who have provided outstanding representation to the poor and…

The firm’s Miami and Boca Raton offices were awarded the 2016 Supreme Court of Florida Chief Justice’s Law Firm Commendation Pro Bono Award on January 28, 2016. This award recognizes a law firm that has contributed significant hours and effort to pro bono legal services to individuals or groups that cannot otherwise afford those services…

As discussed in our earlier post, New York and Illinois are noteworthy for their early adoption of state laws to help put an end to human trafficking and prosecute traffickers. However, many states are still struggling to make policies that will stop traffickers.
In Pennsylvania, the battle to reverse age old polices that harmed trafficking…