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January 22, 2021
Publication - Coronavirus Task Force, Corporate
Steve Dickinson, Bob Magovern, and James Van Orden discuss the SBA's interim final rule governing forgiveness of PPP loans and the new versions of the three forgiveness application forms, including a streamlined form for loans up to $150,000.
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January 22, 2021
Publication - Franchising
Susan Grueneberg authored an article about the impact the Franchise Agreement mandated by the Federal Trade Commission's Franchise Rule will have on 2021.
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January 21, 2021
Publication - Real Estate
Steve Katkov discusses the Treasury and the IRS final regulations governing tax-deferred exchanges of like-kind real property under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code. These final regulations address revisions to Code Section 1031 enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
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January 21, 2021
Publication - Coronavirus Task Force
Steve Dickinson, James Van Orden, and Robert Magovern discuss how rebooted Paycheck Protection Program works after former President Donald Trump reinstituted the program on December 27, 2020.
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January 20, 2021
Publication - Coronavirus Task Force, Labor & Employment
David Barron, John Carrigan, Jr., Arielle Eisenberg, Aaron Holt, and Nandini Sane designed a guide on how employers can handle the COVID-19 vaccination for their employees.
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January 20, 2021
News - State Attorneys General
Expecting an influx of activity by state attorneys general in litigation and pandemic-related regulations, Cozen O’Connor LLP added its first Chicago-based attorney to its state AGs practice.
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January 20, 2021
News - Coronavirus Task Force, Labor & Employment
David Barron was quoted in Inc. discussing how employers can handle their employees receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
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January 19, 2021
Publication - Labor & Employment
Adam C. Gutmann and David L. Barron discuss the landmark ruling in Swales v. KLLM Transport Servs., LLC, wherein the court did away with the two-step Lusardi framework that most FLSA collective actions have followed for the last 33 years.
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January 19, 2021
Publication - Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment
Christopher Hennessy and Jeremy Glenn contributed an article to Law360 discussing how on January 8th, a bill was introduced in the Illinois Legislature that, if made into law, would rewrite significant aspects of the law of restrictive covenants entered into after the effective date of its adoption into law, including barring some altogether.
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January 19, 2021
Publication - Coronavirus Task Force, Distressed Real Estate, Real Estate, Real Estate Litigation
Andrew Punzo provides guidance on how to conduct a commercially reasonable UCC foreclosure sale in the context of mezzanine loan foreclosures during COVID-19.
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January 15, 2021
News - Labor & Employment
Arielle Eisenberg was quoted in SHRM discussing how employers should handle political discussions in the workplace.
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January 15, 2021
Publication - Aviation, Coronavirus Task Force - Aviation
Rachel Welford and Kathryn Sobotta discuss the CDC's new notice and order requiring pre-departure negative COVID-19 tests from all U.S.-bound passengers traveling by aircraft from any foreign country.
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January 15, 2021
Publication - Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement
Joe Dever, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement practice groups, co-authored Chapter 16: “SEC Market Manipulation Investigations” of the 2021 edition of SEC Compliance and Enforcement Answer Book, published by Practicing Law Institute and edited by Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.
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January 14, 2021
Publication - Cannabis
Rohan Mohanty discusses what the N.J. legislature is doing to create the parameters for one of the largest legal cannabis marketplaces in the country.
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January 14, 2021
Publication - Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring, Commercial Litigation
Barry Klayman & Mark Felger, writing in the Delaware Business Court Insider, discuss a recent decision from the Court of Chancery in Delaware that serves as a primer on increasingly common defenses to stockholder books and records inspection demands and a cautionary tale for defendants in Section 220 proceedings who opt to pursue overly aggressive defense strategies that seek to place obstacles to the use of Section 220 as a quick and easy pre-filing discovery tool.
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January 14, 2021
Press Release - Commercial Litigation
Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that Amy Alderfer, member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Department, has been selected to the Los Angeles Business Journal's Thriving in Their 40s list.
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January 13, 2021
News - Labor & Employment
Walter Stella was quoted in SHRM discussing California businesses classifying workers as independent contractors rather than employees.
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January 13, 2021
Publication - Antitrust, Business/Corporate, Corporate Governance & Securities, International, Labor & Employment, Technology, Privacy & Data Security, White Collar Defense & Investigations
David Reichenberg, Stephen Miller, and Casey James discuss the DOJ's indictment charging Surgical Care Affiliates LLC of colluding with two companies not to solicit each other’s senior-level employees.
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January 13, 2021
News - Labor & Employment - Cannabis
Mariah Passarelli was quoted in SHRM discussing the impact the Biden administration could have on the workplace and marijuana laws.
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January 12, 2021
News - Class Actions, Corporate, Technology, Privacy & Data Security
The article stated, “... the biggest winner this year was Cozen O'Connor, which had three of the top 10 lateral hires.”
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