Attorney Jean Mosites will be a panelist for “Water Disposal” during PIOGA’s Spring Meeting on Thursday, March 23, 2023. For more information, click here.
Jennifer Malik and Anna Hosack recently co-authored Commonwealth Court Declines to Extend ‘Slice of Life’ to Support Group Home’s Application for Curative Amendment in the Legal Intelligencer. While municipalities continue to grapple with the repercussions of Slice of Life, proponents for another controversial residential use—community living or group homes—attempted to rely on Slice of Life to support a curative amendment to a zoning ordinance that would allow a community living use in a residential district. They discuss zoning issues surrounding community living in a residential district. Click here to view the full article.
In their recent article Climate-Related Disclosures for Federal Suppliers Disclosed in the PIOGA Press, Gina Falaschi Buchman, Justine Kasznica and Susanna Bagdasarova discuss the proposed Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rule published by the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The rule would require certain federal suppliers to annually disclose their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate-related financial risks, as well as set GHG emissions reduction targets, on an annual basis. Click here to view the full article.
Babst Calland was glad to support the Allegheny County Bar Association’s Barrister’s Ball on Saturday, February 11 at the Westin Pittsburgh in downtown. Attorneys Joe Reinhart, Rick Wiedman, Christina Puhnaty, Jessica Barnes and Carla Castello attended the event.
In her recent article New rule requires a business’s beneficial ownership information to be reported in Smart Business, Susanna Bagdasarova discusses the “Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements” final rule issued by the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Click here to view the full article.
In her article FTC Proposes National Non-Compete Ban in the ACBA Young Lawyers’ Division newsletter Point of Law, Alex Farone discusses how the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a national ban on noncompetition agreements. Click here to view the full article.
Attorney Betsy Dupuis will present a “Land Use/Zoning Law Update” at PBI’s 2023 Environmental Law Forum on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. For more information, click here.
Babst Calland’s Women’s Initiative Committee hosted a breakfast meeting last week to celebrate one of the group’s key initiatives: Mentoring Circles. The Firm’s women attorneys gathered to meet the members of their new 2023 mentoring circles, which are small groups designed to connect the Firm’s women attorneys across Babst Calland’s practice groups and offices. These mentoring circles encourage collaboration and provide an opportunity for the attorneys to identify synergies to enhance each attorney’s practice and create integrated teams to serve our clients’ varying legal needs. On behalf of the Firm’s Women’s Initiative Committee, current Chair, Carla Castello, also previewed some of the exciting projects on the horizon. Look for more great things to come from this group in 2023!
In her recent article with Casey Alan Coyle, Emily Davis discusses “why uncertainty still persists regarding the “gist of the action” doctrine in Pennsylvania.” Click here to view the full article.
In her article (Next) New definition of WOTUS in the Gas & Oil Association of West Virginia newsletter, Lisa Bruderly explains a new definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS ) issued by U. S. EPA and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. Click here to view the full article.
Babst Calland recently named Tiffany Arbaugh as Senior Counsel in the Firm.
Tiffany Arbaugh is a member of the Energy and Natural Resources and Litigation groups. Mrs. Arbaugh has more than 16 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. She focuses her practice on representing corporations in a variety of litigation matters with an emphasis on mineral title, real estate, trespass, fraud and title curative disputes. Mrs. Arbaugh’s practice also includes advising clients in customary business operations, litigation avoidance strategies and litigation preparedness.
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Anna R. Hosack recently joined Babst Calland as an associate in the Public Sector Group of Babst Calland. Ms. Hosack’s practice focuses primarily on municipal and land use law with a concentration in general municipal,
zoning, subdivision and land development, and code enforcement. Ms. Hosack participated in the Firm’s Summer Associate’s program. She is a 2022 graduate of Duquesne University School of Law.
Babst Calland was honored to receive the Allegheny County Bar Association ALLY Certification for Diversity and Inclusion at a graduation ceremony last week. As part of the inaugural ALLY Initiative cohort, the firm participated in various key programs and projects to advance its commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace and legal profession. Attorney Carla Castello (pictured), along with Donald Bluedorn and Lisa Bruderly, accepted the honor on behalf of the firm.
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This is the second in a series of profiles featuring the women attorneys of Babst Calland to acknowledge and celebrate their success and to connect women attorneys across the Firm’s practice groups, offices and clients. This attorney spotlight features Kathy Condo.
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Attorney Justine Kasznica who is also a Founding Board Member of the Moonshot Museum, led its grand opening on October 15. As the first space museum in Pennsylvania, the Moonshot
Museum also showcases the range of career opportunities available in the space industry. Babst Calland is a founding partner of the Museum.
To learn more about the Moonshot Museum, visit https://moonshotmuseum.org/.