• White and Williams and NAWBO Host "Legal Essential for Small Business Owners." Read more

• Wesley Payne was recently appointed to a three year term as a member of the Executive Counsel and Treasurer of the Philadelphia Diversity Law Group, Inc. ("PDLG"). Representing nearly three dozen local law firms and corporate legal departments, the PDLG is committed to increasing the number of attorneys of diverse backgrounds working in the Philadelphia area. The Group sponsors programs to enhance recruitment and retention of lawyers of diverse backgrounds by law firms and corporations in the region.

• Wesley Payne was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Homeless Advocacy Project ("HAP"). Through the efforts of volunteer attorneys, paralegals and law students, HAP engages in direct outreach to homeless individuals and families in need of legal and advocacy services in Philadelphia.

• Lehigh Valley Office Moves Read More.

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• Chunsheng (Tony) Lu will participate in special half-day seminar titled, "Hong Kong and Zhuhai - Your Partners for Success in China" on March 31 at the Union League in Philadelphia. The event will discuss how American companies can take advantage of opportunities in China. Click here for more information and to register.

• Randy M. Friedberg led a webinar organized by ExecuSense Webinars, the leading webinar publisher of top business, legal and financial executives, on Social Marketing for Intellectual Property lawyers. He discussed how social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter can be used as powerful client development tools. The webinar can be found at http://www.execsense.com/.

• Jerry Anders will speak at the Metal Treating Institute's national convention. He will discuss the latest laws and protections that professionals in the heat treating industry need to have in place to protect their companies from their customer's $5 million liability lawsuit as well as product liability issues and the Uniform Commercial Code. The conference will take place in Carlsbad, California on April 16.

• Wesley Payne, a partner in the Litigation Department, presented "Pennsylvania Bad Faith Law Update" at The American Conference Institute's 20^th National Advanced Forum on Bad Faith Litigation in Orlando, Florida on February 19, 2010.

• Ryan J. Udell and Michael J. Mentzel, both partners in the Business Department of White and Williams LLP presented "It's Easy Being Green, and Profitable Too," at The Executive Forum: Is Green the Color of Today's Commerce presented by BNY Mellon Wealth Management. The event will be held February 25 at the Philadelphia Country Club.
  
• White and Williams LLP was a sponsor of the China Business Boot Camp on February 18 at the Union League in Philadelphia.
  
• White and Williams LLP and NAWBO presented "Legal Essentials for Small Business Owners" on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at The Westin Philadelphia.

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• Andrew I. Hamelsky served as a panelist for a webcast titled, "Hot Topic - Residually Disabled or Totally Disabled, That is the Question." The webcast was presented by DRI's Life, Health and Disability Committee and discussed topics to help litigators and in-house counsel understand the two-headed residual/total disability claim.

• Luke A. Repici served as a member of the Concord Coalition's Fiscal Stewardship Project, which studied federal budget issues and proffered ideas on how to address them. Results of that study were aired on CNN Money. View the full clip here.

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