EPA Update, Partner Steve Knowlton Discusses
President Trump is expected to sign executive orders scaling back the EPA’s climate change and enforcement work, but is reportedly waiting until after his nominee for EPA Chief, Scott Pruitt is confirmed by the Senate. EPA insiders report that Trump is looking to close the EPA’s Office of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance Office (OECA) which […]
NFL Concussion Settlement – Registration Open
As of Monday, February 06, 2017, registration opened for the NFL Concussion Settlement. All Settlement Class Members must register with the Claims Administrator in order to be eligible for the benefits as outlined in the settlement. Settlement Class Members include Retired NFL Football Players, Representative Claimants who have a legal right to act on behalf of […]
The Stigma of Mental Health Issues
“The Stigma is real and incredibly damaging for depression, anxiety, panic attacks, ptsd and suicide. Millions of us suffer daily, yet we have been taught through shame that we don’t talk about it. Mental Health challenges are commonly caused by either brain chemistry issues and/or experienced trauma. Both of which we normally have little control […]
Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“The time is always right to do what is right.” Yesterday we celebrated the life of one of our Nation’s greatest visionaries. Many of us went to church services and together with friends and family offered prayers, praise and song to his memory. Others of us revisited his teachings by reading, again, his speeches and […]
The American Law Institute
Many of my clients, after they have read the biographies of myself and the other lawyers in the Locks Law Firm on our website, have asked me to explain to them the meaning of my membership in the American Law Institute. The American Law Institute was founded in 1923 because of the perception at that […]
Locks Law Attorneys Work to Protect Our Natural Resources
“Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself” —Chief Seattle With the anti-environment administration of President Elect Donald J. Trump looming over our Nation, it will be ever more urgent for all of us to be vigilant in […]
APPEALS DENIED – NFL CONCUSSION SETTLEMENT FINAL
On Friday, December 9th, the US Supreme Court Justices met for a Justices’ Conference in which they reviewed the appeals related to the NFL concussion settlement. We are happy to report that they denied the appeals. The NFL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IS NOW FINAL, and the EFFECTIVE DATE of the Agreement is December 12, 2016. The […]
Recent Positive Developments in Mesothelioma Lawsuits
Everyone knows that asbestos causes mesothelioma. A major defense of the defendants has been that victims must prove exactly how much asbestos exposure a victim had. This is impossible in many cases because work sites often did not measure asbestos exposure. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has just issued a very favorable opinion that lays to […]
Videos show what happened, but can police refuse to produce them?
For months, amateur and police videos of confrontations between police and citizens have made headlines and stoked anger. Just last week, a video showed a police officer hitting a woman. The value and power of all types of videos is that they can show what happened. Certain police agencies in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey […]
The Locks Law Firm Presents Education Program to the Legal Community
On October 21, 2016, nine lawyers from the Locks Law Firm presented an extensive program of legal education to the legal community of Philadelphia and New Jersey. The program was called “The ABCs of Complex Litigation: Asbestos, Benzene, CRPS and More”. This educational program was certified for official continuing legal education (CLE) credits in the […]
Gratitude Practice
The Thanksgiving Holiday has traditionally been associated with giving thanks—thanks for our families, for the food that will be lovingly prepared and shared, and for other things we consider dear and important. But what happens after the dinner is finished, the football games watched, the family members departed to return to their distant homes? Are […]
Legionnaires Disease – 40 Years Later
Senior Partner Marc P. Weingarten discusses the first outbreak of Legionnaires Disease and what we have learned 40 years later in his article for the Newsletter for the International Practice Section of the American Association of Justice. The summer of 1976 saw more than 200 individuals sickened and 34 deaths due to this disease. Over […]