Partner Andrew DuPont joins the Board of Directors of Justice for Our Neighbors of the Delaware Valley (JFON-DV)
Partner Andrew DuPont has joined the Board of Directors of Justice for Our Neighbors of the Delaware Valley (JFON-DV) and serves as the Co-Chair of the Finance and Development Committee. On April 8, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. JFON-DV will hold a virtual Master Cooking Class with James Beard Foundation Award nominee for Best Chef, Mid-Atlantic, […]
“Significant levels of toxic heavy metals” found in popular baby foods: report
On Thursday, February 4, 2021 the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy for the House of Representatives published a staff report titled “Baby Foods are Tainted with Dangerous Levels of Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium, and Mercury.” The Subcommittee, relying on internal company test results from Nurture, Beech-Nut, Hain and Gerber found that all tested baby foods […]
Partner Marc Weingarten on Global Teaching Opportunities and Preserving Our Civil Justice System
I haven’t written a blog entry for the Locks Law Firm for quite awhile, so now it’s time to get caught up on a number of things. If you have read my blog over the past many years, you probably know that in addition to representing injured individuals in litigation, I also have a great […]
What Is The Price Of Corporate Immunity?
Every person is responsible for themselves and their actions or their failure to act. However, in a society, every person also has a duty, an obligation, to act (or not act) in a way which is responsible for others. This is why we as a society have laws. The Laws are the Rules to live […]
Campus Life During COVID-19: Should Students & Families Be Reimbursed?
College Education in the US was, like most all of life in the country, turned upside down in a matter of days by the Covid 19 pandemic. Hundreds of thousands of students, looking forward to Spring on the quadrangle or other favorite campus hangouts were told to pack up and leave all student housing in […]
Ambry Genetics Data Breach Potentially Exposes Personal Health Information.
The most recent data breach potentially exposing user information is coming out of California-based genetic testing laboratory, Ambry Genetics. In accordance with HIPPA Breach Notification Rule, Ambry Genetics published a notice on their website announcing the potential exposure of personal health information (PHI) of 233,000 customers. This breach includes: Ambry Genetics provides comprehensive genetic testing […]
A Heartfelt Message of Education to Families and Residents of Nursing Homes: Resources, Information & Contacts to Help during COVID-19
I have been in the long-term care industry for almost 25 years. I have been a volunteer, a public policy advocate, an elder law legal services attorney, and a trial attorney with a practice focused for the last 10 years on litigation against nursing homes and long-term care facilities for abuse and neglect throughout New […]
A Thank You from Locks Law
In this time of concern and anxiety, we at Locks Law Firm recognize and honor the Doctors, Nurses and all Medical professionals who are there for us in hospitals and nursing homes. They show us every day that they are willing to put themselves at risk to treat the sick and weak. Doctors and nurses […]
COVID-19 Update from Locks Law Firm
Dear Colleagues and Friends, We are closely monitoring this rapidly changing situation and we want to assure you that our main priority at this time is making sure our clients, staff and community are all safe. In efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 we have asked that all of our staff work remotely until […]
Partner Jerry Lindheim and Associate Timothy Burke Receive Precedent Setting Decision For Vaccine Injury
Locks Law Firm is pleased to announce the recent victory of Partner Jerry Lindheim and Associate Timothy Burke in a vaccine claim that they litigated in the United States Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C. The case involved a woman who was administered the Fluzone vaccine, which the attorneys were able to prove was […]