Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP

About this office:

Since 1895, Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP has been a premier Pennsylvania-based law firm, which has offices in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Princeton, New Jersey; Wheeling, West Virginia; and Wilmington, Delaware. Earning the respect, trust and appreciation of clients, peers, and those who live in our communities, Thorp Reed & Armstrong attorneys have gained a reputation as lawyers who exemplify the profession's best qualities. The firm supports a wide variety of clients' needs within the practice areas of business law, litigation, labor and commercial and public finance.

General Practice including, but not limited to, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring, Commercial and Real Estate Finance, Construction Law, Corporate and Business Law, Customs and International Trade, E-Discovery and Records Management, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Employee Benefits Litigation, Employment Discrimination Litigation, Energy and Natural Resources Law, Environmental Law, Health Care Law, Insurance and Reinsurance Law, Insurance Litigation and Regulation, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Land Use Development and Regulatory, Litigation, Products Liability, Public Finance, Real Estate, Securities, Strategic Transactions, Tax, Technology, Toxic Torts, Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition, Transportation and Logistics, Trusts and Estates, and White Collar Criminal Defense.

Attorneys Who Act As Debt Collectors Must Clearly Identify Their Role or Risk Claims under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Heather J. Austin, September 29, 2011
In Lesher v. Law Offices of Mitchell N. Kay, PC,[i] the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit provided guidance on the type of debt collection activity that it deems "false, deceptive, or misleading" and prohibited by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (the "FDCPA").[ii] An...

GSP Renewal Legislation Passes the House of Representatives, MPF Rate is Increased
John P. Donohue, September 14, 2011
On September 7, 2011 the House of Representatives by voice vote passed and sent on to the Senate for consideration HR 2832, entitled “An Act to extend the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes.”

SEC Decides Not To Appeal Rule 14a-11 Proxy Access Decision, Rule 14a-8 Stay Expires Next Week
Peter K. Blume,Rachel L. Smydo, September 14, 2011
As we previously reported, on July 22, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ("Court of Appeals") vacated Rule 14a-11 adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") on August 25, 2010. Rule 14a-11 would have permitted...

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