Blank Rome LLP

CASES AND DEALS

• Labor Negotiations Prime Tasty Baking Co. for Sale

  [Case]
  Spring 2011
  Michael J. Hanlon and Lauren Fox
  Blank Rome advised Tasty Baking Company in the employment aspects of its $34 million sale to Georgia-based Flowers Foods Inc. Tasty Baking Co. engaged the Firm last year to advise in labor negotiations when the workers at Tasty Baking’s new plant at the Navy Yard complex organized. Blank Rome represented the company in the collective bargaining process with the certified workers, and was able, on a very tight timeline, to secure an acceptable agreement with the union, ensuring labor stability at the bakery, which was a key component leading up to the sale.
  

• Successful Agreement Between Lower Merion Board of School Directors and the Lower Merion Education Association

  [Case]
  September 17, 2010
  Michael J. Hanlon and Lauren Fox
  Blank Rome negotiated a two-year agreement between our client, the Lower Merion Board of School Directors, and the Lower Merion Education Association.
  

• New York Prevailing Wage Act and New York Wage Payment Class Action Dismissed

  [Case]
  June 1, 2010
  Richard V. Singleton II
  Blank Rome represented Caddell Dry Dock & Repair Co., Inc. in a class action brought under the New York Prevailing Wage Act (the “PWA”) and the New York Wage Payment Law (the “WPL”).
  

• Successful Contract Negotiation Between School District of Philadelphia & Federation of Teachers

  [Case]
  January 2010
  Michael J. Hanlon, Lauren Fox, Tara G. La Fiura and Richard W. Diaz
  Successful negotiation for a contract between The School District of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers.
  

• AmQuip Crane Rental Expands Its Operations

  [Deal]
  December 9, 2008
  Alan L. Zeiger, Pelayo Coll and Michael J. Hanlon
  AmQuip Crane Rental LLC in its acquisition of the business and assets of Powell Equipment Company, one of Atlanta’s most established crane rental companies. The transaction resulted in the formation of the Powell AmQuip division which will expand operations of AmQuip’s Southeast region.
  

• Refron, Inc. Sells Assets to Airgas, Inc.

  [Deal]
  July 31, 2008
  Harris N. Cogan, Emanuel J. Adler, Peter Schnur, Stuart D. Kaplan and Margaret Anne Hill
  Refron, Inc., in its sale of assets and operations to a newly formed subsidiary of Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG).
  

• ClearPoint Acquires ASG, Expanding Workforce Management Services

  [Deal]
  February 23, 2007
  Alan L. Zeiger and Thomas P. Dwyer
  ClearPoint Business Resources, Inc., in its acquisition of all the assets of ALS, LLC, for $24 million.
  

• Liberty Partners Enters into Definitive Merger Agreement with Concorde

  [Deal]
  June 21, 2006
  Arthur Bachman, Linsey B. Bozzelli and Heather Sonnenberg
  Liberty Partners in its acquisition of Concorde Career Colleges, Inc., for approximately $115 million.