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May 25, 2022
Press Release - Real Estate
Ziefert brings a 20-plus-year track record of successfully representing developers, private equity funds, large investors, and institutional lenders in complex real estate investment and development transactions.
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May 25, 2022
Publication - Labor & Employment
A May 20, 2022 decision from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals impacts the limits of permissible speech by employers on social media.
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May 25, 2022
Publication - Immigration Policy & Strategy, Labor & Employment
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced premium processing for certain petitioners.
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May 24, 2022
Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
“Despite the headwinds Democrats face going into November, Republicans are doing their best to save Democrats from themselves by putting forward extreme candidates whose principal qualification for office seems to be whether they support former President Trump’s false claim of victory in 2020.” — Howard Schweitzer, CEO, Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies
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May 24, 2022
Publication - Environmental, Social & Governance, Labor & Employment
Kathy Jaffari co-authored an article published in The Philadelphia Inquirer discussing the wage gap in Pennsylvania and the steps that need to be taken to narrow it. Kathy and her co-author, Judy Berkman, are co-chairs of the Women’s Rights Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association.
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May 24, 2022
Publication - Labor & Employment, Labor Relations & Disputes
The California Supreme Court recently resolved a long-standing wage and hour question regarding meal and rest period violations.
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May 23, 2022
News - Labor & Employment
Daniel Johns joined the Shaping Opinion podcast to talk about why all of a sudden employees at some well-known companies are organizing to unionize their workforces.
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May 23, 2022
Publication - State Attorneys General
This week Bernie and Lori engage with State AG Group team member Chris Allen on the race in New Mexico, where the AG’s office is likely to stay blue but a red wave, if it comes, could shake things up. They also ponder AGs’ use of outside counsel to supplement – or supplant - internal AG staff resources.
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May 22, 2022
Publication - Construction Law - Real Estate & Construction
Senate Bill 550 makes changes to Virginia's Prompt Payment Act and its wage theft statute that will take effect on January 1, 2023.
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May 19, 2022
Publication - State Attorneys General
The State AG Report – 5.19.2022
Here are last week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US
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May 19, 2022
News - Private Client Services
Margo Ceresney discusses her decision to join Cozen O’Connor’s Private Client, Trusts and Estates group in an interview for an article published on Law360. With more than ten years of experience in the field, she believes that this group will help her expand her expertise.
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May 19, 2022
Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
Despite infighting between progressive and establishment Democrats, incumbents were largely victorious in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for State House and Senate seats. Progressive incumbents secured commanding victories, despite not receiving the Philadelphia Democratic Party endorsement. To review a detailed analysis of election results across the Commonwealth, read Pennsylvania's Public Strategies Team’s alert.
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May 19, 2022
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Richard Holzworth is featured in the Credit Union Times for his election to Ardent Credit Union’s Board of Directors.
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May 18, 2022
News - Hatch-Waxman Litigation, Intellectual Property, Patents
Blake Coblentz was quoted in Law 360 discussing the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on patent filings.
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May 17, 2022
Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
“Inflation appears to be both an intractable economic and political problem right now, likely weighing heavily on Democrats’ prospects in this fall’s midterm elections. But how inflation looks in 2024, not 2022, matters far more in terms of the success of Joe Biden’s presidency.” — Howard Schweitzer, CEO, Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies
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May 16, 2022
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt, chair of the firm’s Family Law Group, was a guest on Court TV.
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May 16, 2022
Publication - State Attorneys General
In this week’s episode, hosts Bernie Nash and Jerry Kilgore talk with Pete Bisbee of the Republican Attorneys General Association about what RAGA is, how it recruits candidates, and how it raises money to fund races. They speculate on election winners and losers, and we hear Pete’s diagnosis of potentially vulnerable Democrats and his “just crazy” prediction.
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May 16, 2022
Press Release - Private Client Services
Margo, who joins as a member, brings to the firm more than a decade of experience guiding clients through the complexities of estate and gift planning, trust and estate administration, tax, family law, and succession planning.
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May 16, 2022
Publication - Aviation Litigation, Aviation Regulatory, Labor & Employment, Transportation & Trade - Aviation
California's Private Attorneys General Act may pave the way for geographically extended enforcement of California labor laws.
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May 16, 2022
News - Labor & Employment
Anna Wermuth, vice-chair of Cozen O’Connor’s national Labor & Employment Department, has been named to The American Lawyer’s 2022 list of Midwest Trailblazers.
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