Environmental Concerns on the 4th of July
This 4th of July holiday, enjoy the barbecue hot dogs and burgers, potato salad and pasta salad with family and friends but don’t forget about the freedoms that you hold dear. What freedoms do you cherish? Are reproductive rights important to you? How about the environment, the costs of healthcare, or gun control legislation? Well, […]
Impella Heart Pump Device Recall
Impella left-sided heart pumps are used to support the blood-pumping ventricles of the heart during surgery for opening a blocked artery or clearing blockages after a heart attack. They may also be used during open heart surgery, post-heart attack, when an individual’s heart has been damaged to the extent that it can no longer supply […]
My Career at Locks Law Firm
As I approach a forty-one year career working for Locks Law Firm (Greitzer and Locks when I started), and thirty-nine years as an attorney for the firm, I find myself thinking about the eighth and final stage of Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development (that’s what happens when you are married to a psychoanalyst). To simplify, […]
Partner Andrew DuPont along with colleagues at Justice for our Neighbors – Delaware Valley, to host CLE on Humanitarian Relief Available to Afghan Nationals Under the U.S. Immigration & Nationality Act
Locks Law Firm partner Andrew DuPont and his colleagues at JFON-DV are hosting a CLE on Humanitarian Relief Available to Afghan Nationals Under the U.S. Immigration & Nationality Act. The CLE will take place on September 29th at 12:30 pm. Proceeds benefit JFON-DV’s pro bono and low bono representation of immigrants in PA, NJ, DE […]
Locks Law Firm Attorneys Peer Reviewed for inclusion on Annual 2022 Best Lawyers in America® list
Every year, The Best Lawyers in America® list is published, recognizing attorneys for their work using a peer review survey. We are pleased to announce that 2 of our lawyers have been selected for inclusion on the 2022 list for their work: For more information on the The Best Lawyers in America® selection process, click […]
World in Motion: A Story of Transatlantic Collaboration in the International Practice Section
By Warren Collins & Marc P. Weingarten “World in motion – speed your changes. Close your distances, find your angels. Lose your fears and meet your dangers.” Jackson Browne (1989) Introducing the Plaintiff Our client, SM, is American as apple pie. Born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware, she graduated from high school, and, as an […]
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 […]