We’re excited to announce that Ballard Spahr will begin 2025 by combining with Lane Powell PC—a firm with strength in a range of practices and a reputation for excellence in the Pacific Northwest. Our combined firm, which will retain the name Ballard Spahr, will have more than 750 lawyers in 18 U.S. offices. Joining forces will expand the ways we can go beyond for clients. What a way to celebrate our 140th anniversary! Read more about our combination here: https://bit.ly/3XAbXQU
Ballard Spahr LLP
Law Practice
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 18,705 followers
AmLaw 100 law firm with more than 600 lawyers in 15 U.S. offices
About us
Ballard Spahr LLP, an AmLaw 100 law firm with more than 600 lawyers in 15 U.S. offices, serves clients across industry sectors in litigation, transactions, and regulatory compliance. We partner with clients—from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, governments, and non-profit organizations—to deliver the strategic counsel, powerful advocacy, and dynamic thinking that helps them overcome challenges, protect what’s important, and position themselves for future success. The firm combines a comprehensive scope of practice with strong regional market knowledge. And we are nationally recognized in the development and use of innovative technology to drive efficiency, transparency, and results.
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http://www.ballardspahr.com
External link for Ballard Spahr LLP
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- Law Practice
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Partnership
- Founded
- 1885
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Employees at Ballard Spahr LLP
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Rob Baron
Partner, Litigation and IP Departments, Ballard Spahr LLP
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Mark Kokanovich
Former federal prosecutor conducting investigations and counseling clients from pretrial through appellate proceedings
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Teri Guarnaccia
Public Finance and Real Estate Attorney at Ballard Spahr LLP
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Nigel Blower
Director Of Enterprise Applications at Ballard Spahr
Updates
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By one measure, the percentage of women founders of newly incorporated companies dropped from 15.1 percent in 2022 to 13.2 percent in 2023. Writing in Technical.ly, Kimberly Wexler Klayman provides context to the drop in women founders and explores whether the rise of FemTech and women investors and venture capitalists might change things in the near future. Read her article here: https://bit.ly/3Zg6RdP #BallardBusinessandTransactions #FemTech #Startups
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Writing in the New York Law Journal’s special Fashion Law section, Marjorie Peerce and Erin Carter give a heads-up on new federal and state regulations around PFAS, also known as “Forever Chemicals.” Garment and apparel makers who have incorporated PFAS into their products to take advantage of PFAS' stain-repelling and water-resistant properties will want to be aware of their new obligations – as will companies in the broad swath of other industries where PFAS is or has been used. Read more of their article here: https://bit.ly/4gcJmZj #BallardLitigation #PFAS #Regulation
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Regulations under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act and HIPAA will require health plans and health care providers to take action in the coming months to meet new requirements. In this alert, Edward I. Leeds, Christian Fox, and Finn Pressly from our Employee Benefits Executive Compensation Group cover what is expected of health plan sponsors and providers. Read the full thoughts here: https://bit.ly/4d0vgqZ #BallardBusinessanTransactions #EmployeeBenefits #HealthCare
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In this week’s episode of the Consumer Finance Monitor podcast, which repurposes a recent webinar, Alan Kaplinsky, Joseph Schuster, and four attorneys who each filed an amicus brief in the landmark Supreme Court case Cantero v. Bank of America discuss the opinion dealing with the extent to which the National Bank Act preempts state law and the standard which must be applied by the Second Circuit on remand. Alan and Joseph also discuss the need for national banks to perform a fresh evaluation of whether they can still avoid complying with certain state laws. Listen in here: https://bit.ly/4cWgqlF #BallardBusinessandTransactions #ConsumerFinancialServices #Cantero
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Please see the latest in Money Laundering Watch by Kelly Lenahan-Pfahlert on the NYDFS consent order involving Nordea Bank. One of the many take-aways: correspondent banking relationships can be tricky. https://lnkd.in/ezB6w34m
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Nick St. John, Director of Federal Compliance at America's Credit Unions, joins Peter Hardy and Kaley Schafer for the latest episode of our Business Better podcast. The three discuss the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued by FinCEN and federal banking regulators regarding the enhancement and modernization of anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism compliance programs under the Bank Secrecy Act. Peter leads the firm’s Anti-Money Laundering Team, of which Kaley is a member. Listen in on their conversation: https://bit.ly/3TfPrua #BallardLitigation #AML #FinCEN
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Law360 wrote about Garland Gantt, III’s return to our national Finance Department, Housing Finance and Public Finance groups, and Washington, D.C. office. Garland spoke to James Boyle about why Ballard Spahr is the right place for him. “I feel really at home here, it is a very supportive environment," he said. “Ballard Spahr immediately encouraged me to grow and chase my own business and develop my own relationships with clients. They helped me grow my skills from my first day as a summer associate, and pretty soon I was running my own deals.” Read more of what Garland had to say: https://bit.ly/3TghVEi #BallardFinance #AffordableHousing #PublicFinance
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Arizona, California, and Nevada are exploring and debating various zoning relief measures to incentivize private developers to increase the supply of affordable housing. Molly Bryson, Spencer Eldred, Joseph Dagher, and Nick Spear, attorneys in our Affordable Housing and Community Development Group, discuss the various initiatives focused on making housing more accessible to low- and moderate-income families. Read the full advisory here: https://bit.ly/4dNfdhH #BallardRealEstate #AffordableHousing #Zoning
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RealPage, a software program used by apartment building owners and managers, is under fire from federal antitrust regulators for allegedly enabling a 21st-century form of price-fixing by facilitating collusion among apartment managers on rental rates. To gain a better understanding of what regulators see as problematic about RealPage’s model, Justin Bachman from Industry Dive spoke to Ed Rogers of our Antitrust and Competition Group. “It’s the idea that I’m sharing with you data that it is not in my economic interest to share with you, unless we have a deal,” Ed noted. Read more of what Ed had to say here: https://bit.ly/3ZbvY1I #BallardLitigation #Antitrust #RealPage