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Jackie Fetbroyt presents on Business Contracts in 10 Simple Steps for NBI

March 18, 2019 | Kang Haggerty LLC

On April 18, 2019, Kang Haggerty member Jackie Fetbroyt will be a featured speaker for NBI’s Business Contracts in 10 Simple Steps for the National Business Institute. The CLE will take place at the Hilton Garden Inn Philadelphia Center City, 1100 Arch Street, from 9 am until 4:30 pm.

In this comprehensive seminar on business contracts, you’ll get real-world pointers on how to draft, review and negotiate business contracts in 10 simple steps. Acquire the skills you need to avoid risk, minimize liabilities, ensure enforceability and maximize protections. Don’t miss out on this practical program that will equip you with the foundational aspects of contracts every business attorney needs to know. Continue reading ›

Social Media and the SEC: Elon Musk is Still Tweeting

March 1, 2019 | Jacklyn Fetbroyt

32891617344_251b416fd3_o-1024x512-1 Social media continues to grow as the powerhouse of information flow in modern times, and while it often seems no one is policing the content and fact and fiction are often indistinguishable, the SEC is policing the statements of at least one social media influencer, Elon Musk. After Musk tweeted in August of 2018 that he had secured financing to take Tesla private at $420 per share, the SEC filed a complaint alleging that his tweets comprised a series of “false and misleading statements” to his millions of followers. The resulting court-approved settlement, reached in October, stipulated that Musk had to seek pre-approval of any written communications – including social media posts – that contained or reasonably could contain information material to Tesla or its shareholders. In connection with the settlement, Tesla and Musk were each required to pay $20 million to the SEC.

Just days ago, Musk was back under scrutiny, having tweeted, “Tesla made 0 cars in 2011, but will make around 500k in 2019” without pre-approval from his counsel and for that, the SEC filed an enforcement motion seeking to have Musk held in contempt. Continue reading ›

#KHFOnEmojisandtheLaw

January 4, 2019 | Kang Haggerty LLC

Emoji overload? Billions of emojis are sent each day by family, friends, colleagues, co-workers and companies. With nearly 3,000 emojis in the Unicode Standard, it is difficult to stay fluent in emoji, which some experts have described as “the birth of a new language.” Edward T. Kang, Managing Member of Kang Haggerty LLC (“Kang Haggerty”) and Kandis L. Kovalsky, Associate at Kang Haggerty are working to shed light on the significance of emojis in business and in law.

At the end of September, Edward, Kandis and Jacklyn Fetbroyt, Member of Kang Haggerty, joined hundreds of other lawyers at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (“NAMWOLF”) to promote diversity in the legal profession through meetings, sessions and CLEs. Kang Haggerty presented a hit CLE to a full room titled “Emojis Speaking Louder Than Words? The Import of Emojis, Emoticons and Hashtags as Evidence at Trial and Beyond #😊.” Joined by five other panelists and a moderator, Edward discussed evidentiary and ethical issues involving emojis, social media and technology and why lawyers should care about emojis and hashtags.

By explaining how emojis can be used as critical evidence at trial, Edward and the other panelists helped practicing lawyers from all over the country understand that emojis are in more than a millennial’s social media feed. Emojis have found their way into courts through a variety of suits. Continue reading ›

Jacklyn Fetbroyt on “Negotiating Business Contracts”

August 29, 2018 | Kang Haggerty LLC

Kang Haggerty is proud to share that Jacklyn Fetbroyt will be presenting at the National Business Institute (NBI) seminar “Negotiating Business Contracts” on September 21, 2018. Jacklyn Fetbroyt will speak on the following topics and more:

Contract Risk Allocation Secrets: Safeguard Clients and Preserve Business Relationships

How Key Risk-Shifting Provisions Interrelate

Associates Tianna Kalogerakis and Kandis Kovalsky Participate in Law Week 2018

June 21, 2018 | Kandis Kovalsky

Law Day, as officially recognized by the President of the United States on the first of May each year, is a day to reflect on the importance of law in our society and its role in our country’s foundation. In particular, it is a celebration of the rights and benefits afforded to United States citizens under the Constitution.

This year, the American Bar Association Law Day Theme was “Separation of Powers: Framework for Freedom.” The ABA described this year’s theme as follows:

The U.S. Constitution sets out a system of government with distinct and independent branches—Congress, the Presidency, and a Supreme Court. It also defines legislative, executive, and judicial powers and outlines how they interact. These three separate branches share power, and each branch serves as a check on the power of the others. “Ambition must be made to counteract ambition,” James Madison explained in Federalist 51. Why? Madison believed that the Constitution’s principles of separation of powers and checks and balances preserve political liberty. They provide a framework for freedom. Yet, this framework is not self-executing. We the people must continually act to ensure that our constitutional democracy endures, preserving our liberties and advancing our rights. The Law Day 2018 theme enables us to reflect on the separation of powers as fundamental to our constitutional purpose and to consider how our governmental system is working for ourselves and our posterity.

The Philadelphia Bar Association extends the celebration of Law Day to encompass an entire week. The Young Lawyers Division coordinates programs throughout the city with various schools and communities. These programs include Lawyer for a Day, Fairy-tale Mock Trials, Legal Advice Live, and Lawyers in the Classroom. Continue reading ›

JFRE Hosts Mayor Kenney

April 12, 2018 | Kang Haggerty LLC

Image from Hines, Owner & Developer

On Wednesday, March 14, 2018, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s Real Estate affinity group (JFRE) hosted Mayor Kenney and Seth Shapiro, COO of The Goldenberg Group and Chairman of the Board of Philadelphia Gas Works, to discuss the City of Philadelphia’s 2019 fiscal Budget and its impacts on the City’s businesses and real estate industry. The event took place at the brand new luxury apartment building located at 1213 Walnut Street. Shapiro and Kenney discussed the following:

Improving educational outcomes and workforce readiness
Improving the Philadelphia school system and increasing wages
Increasing Philadelphia property taxes
Increasing Philadelphia’s realty transfer tax

Jacklyn Fetbroyt on “Real Estate Transactions from A to Z”

May 18, 2017 | Kang Haggerty LLC

Kang Haggerty is proud to share that Jacklyn Fetbroyt will be presenting at the National Business Institute (NBI) seminar “Real Estate Transactions from A to Z” on June 7, 2017. Continue reading ›

The Legal Intelligencer’s Women in the Profession Roundtable

December 7, 2016 | Kang Haggerty LLC

Kang Haggerty founding member Jacklyn Fetbroyt was invited to participate in The Legal Intelligencer’s Women in the Profession Roundtable, featured in the publication’s November 2016 “Top Women in Law” special supplement.

The roundtable, moderated by Morgan Lewis chair Jami McKeon, addressed issues that included recruitment and retention of female lawyers, gender equality issues, work-life balance and challenges facing women at law firms today.

The editorial staff of The Legal has always been aware that the hiring and retention of female attorneys is an ongoing issue in the legal community. In an effort to discuss some of the specific problems facing female attorneys and present potential solutions to those problems, we invited 11 practitioners to talk about how to bolster the role of women in the law. This year the panelists tackled issues such as work-life balance, equal pay and the lack of positive change and opportunities for women in the legal profession.

Fetbroyt Featured in Women in the Profession Roundtable

April 1, 2016 | Kang Haggerty LLC

Kang Haggerty founding member Jacklyn Fetbroyt was selected to participate in a Women in the Profession Roundtable discussion that took place at the American Lawyer Media offices in Philadelphia. The conversation will be published in an upcoming Woman in the Profession supplement in The Legal Intelligencer. Among the issues discussed were recruitment and retention of female lawyers, gender equality issues, work-life balance and challenges facing women at law firms today. The roundtable was moderated by Jami McKeon, Chair of Morgan Lewis.

Fetbroyt on LLC Operating Agreements for the National Business Institute

March 23, 2016 | Kang Haggerty LLC

Jacklyn Fetbroyt will speak on the topic of LLC operating agreements as part of a full day continuing legal education (CLE) program for the National Business Institute on April 25, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She will address the subjects of formation and drafting: articles and operating agreement; and members and managers: rights, responsibilities and voting provisions. Additional seminar subjects addressed include common operating agreement mistakes and key LLC litigation developments; tax mistakes made in distribution, allocation and entity selection; transfer restriction issues, right of first refusal, impasses (put/call), capital call and dissolution provisions; and ethics. Online registration for the program is available.