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Grail Law Attorneys Serve On Boards For Non-Profit Community Organizations

We believe in continuing to serve our community when we’re not working. This year: Efrem Grail was named to the Board of Directors of the non-profit Manchester Bidwell Corporation and its affiliates on Pittsburgh’s North

Grail Law’s Counsel Emily Kinkead Is Unopposed in Her Reelection Bid to represent District 20 in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in the November General Election

The Hon. Emily Kinkead, Counsel to the Firm who also serves as an elected Member of the Commonwealth’s legislature (“Emily4PA” ) triumphed over her challenger in the May 17, 2022 Democratic Party primary, and will

Efrem Grail Serves on Keynote Panel With State Supreme Court Judge David Wecht At Allegheny County Bar Association’s Annual “Bench Bar” Conference (2022)

On May 11, 2022, Efrem Grail served on the Keynote Panel, “The Rise, Fall, and Release Of America’s Dad,” along with State Supreme Court Justice David N. Wecht, who wrote the Opinion releasing Bill Cosby,

Spying in the Business Context Almost Obsolete in the Digital Age

Clients often call us for advice on investigating their employees and competitors. They really want the benefit of recorded clandestine conversations, of following employees to catch them in the act of meeting with the competition,

Tips for Representing Bankers in OCC Investigations

Unlike the financial industry scandals of 2008, bank regulators are now increasingly holding institutions and individuals accountable for financial loss. On January 23, 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) announced it

Grail Law Firm Wins PA Supreme Court Privacy and Privilege Protections for Mental Health Records

On November 20, 2019, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled for our client, holding that the client’s inpatient mental health diagnosis and treatment records obtained via subpoena by the Fortieth Investigating Grand Jury (“the Grand Jury”),

PA Electronic Prescription Requirement for Controlled Substances Takes Effect

Beginning October 24, 2019, pursuant to Act 96 of 2018 (“Act”), every licensed health care practitioner in Pennsylvania will be required to electronically prescribe controlled substances by sending the prescription directly to a pharmacy via

Pennsylvania Appeals Court Addresses Scope of Attorney-Client Privilege in Corporate Investigations

Controversy occurs at work all the time, and as a result, employees file lawsuits. Pennsylvania businesses often struggle with how to properly investigate these lawsuits, especially with how to obtain and keep confidential statements from employee

Upcoming Event: The First Amendment

Attorney Efrem M. Grail will present on the First Amendment as it pertains to a free press at the McKeesport Community Newsroom, as an initiative of the Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University

Success Stories

Defended licensed professional health care provider specialists...

in federal criminal and regulatory enforcement proceedings.

Advised eight subjects of a statewide investigating grand jury inquiry...

into historical allegations on due process and fundamental fairness/privilege grounds.

Defended the CEO and CFO...

of a for-profit health care provider against allegations of violating the Federal False Claims Act.

Represented an extradited technology expert...

on criminal computer charges brought in two different federal court districts.

Secured favorable plea and home detention...

for licensed health care professional charged with federal income tax evasion.

Advised a documentary archivist and a public library...

in pro bono matters involving issues of access and privacy rights.

Defended physicians and clinic owners...

in DEA Suboxone investigations.

Successfully represented two physicians...

against federal health care billing fraud indictments.

Defended a federally-chartered bank...

in coordinated OCC/DOJ enforcement actions.

Won the denial of preliminary injunction motion...

restricting Constitutionally-protected free speech rights on behalf of sexual assault victim-advocate in defamation lawsuit, after extensive briefing and an evidentiary hearing in the Allegheny County Common Pleas Court.

Secured an injunction...

reinstating long-time owner and CEO of company wrongfully removed from employment and locked out of business. Summary judgment regarding corporate governance affirmed on appeal by the Pennsylvania Superior Court.

Obtained probation at federal court sentencing...

for former administrator of home health care agency charged in a multi-million-dollar conspiracy to defraud federal and state programs in the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Received prosecution declinations...

on health care and PPP loan fraud charges for executives of a large nursing home owner/operator from a federal prosecutor’s office.

Obtained probation at federal court sentencing...

for owner of multiple testing laboratories accused of healthcare fraud in the Western District Court of Virginia.