Speaking Engagement

Dining Out: Legal Issues for Restaurants and Their Customers

Blank Rome Partner Sophia Lee will present at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s (“PBI”) live CLE webinar, “Dining Out: Legal Issues for Restaurants and Their Customers,” taking place Tuesday, April 2, 2019, from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m., in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The webinar will also be simulcast to Erie, Mechanicsburg, and Media, Pennsylvania, and available as a live webcast.

Sophia’s co-presenters will be David L. Kwass (Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky PC), Kathryn Goldstein Legge (Legge Law LLC), Alva C Mathe (DLA Piper LLP), and Dr. Palak Raval-Nelson.

Topics include:

• when and why food servicers can be liable to the public and their employees and be held accountable to government agencies
• challenges and legal requirements of starting up a food service business
• insurance coverage issues for the restaurant and customer
• the role of the PLCB
• how social media is changing the restaurant business
• BYOB restaurant issues
• restaurants’ obligation to honor coupons, discounts, etc.
• what food service businesses must disclose to the consumer
• health standards and enforcement for restaurants

To learn more or to register to attend, please visit the event webpage or download the brochure.