10-Q&A Episode 3: Interview of Professor Jon Smollen, Executive Director of the Temple Law Center for Compliance and Ethics

Andrew LeDonne (LAW ’21) interviews Jon Smollen, Director of the Temple Law Center for Compliance and Ethics

Interviewer:
Andrew Ledonne (LAW ’21)

Guest:
Jon Smollen
Practice Professor of Law, Executive Director
Center for Compliance and Ethics
Temple University Beasley School of Law

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Senate Bill Looks to Boost Electric Grid Cybersecurity

Powerlines

The Senate Energy Committee recently passed the Protecting Resources On The Electric Grid with Cybersecurity Technology Act (the “PROTECT Act”). As a result of the PROTECT Act, electric utility companies will receive incentives from the federal government to boost their cybersecurity technology. Temple Law alum Alan M. Seltzer (LAW ’78) provides some context for the passage of the PROTECT Act.

Pennsylvania Federal Court Holds Insurer Can’t Use Insured’s Admission to Withdraw Defense

It has long been the rule, under Pennsylvania law, that an insurer’s duty to defend is determined “solely” by the allegations in the “four corners” of the complaint against the insured. Kvaerner Metals Div. of Kvaerner U.S., Inc. v. Commercial Union Ins. Co., 908 A.2d 888, 896 (Pa. 2006). A corollary of that rule —

Chief Judge Maurice Foley of the U.S. Tax Court: Fall 2019 Fogel Lecture

Judge Maurice Foley delivers the 2019 Fogel Lecture to students in Klein Hall

On November 20, 2019 Chief Judge Maurice Foley of the U.S. Tax Court delivered this year’s Fogel Lecture at Temple Law School, which he dubbed “Pathways and Pitfalls, A Candid Discussion of My Path to the Bench.” Before becoming the first African-American appointed to the United States Tax Court in 1995, Judge Foley was an attorney for the Legislation and Regulations Division of the Internal Revenue Service, Tax Counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Finance, and Deputy Tax Legislative Counsel in the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Tax Policy.

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