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Financial Institutions Continue to Bank on Status Quo with New Round of Marijuana Account Closures [Cannabis Industry Alert]

October 26, 2016

Publication - Cannabis

Robert Lee and Rachael Wallace discuss big banks’ refusal to service marijuana-related businesses.


More Companies Are on Board with Women on Their Boards

October 26, 2016

News - Public & Project Finance

Suzanne Mayes discusses the growing numbers of women in corporate leadership positions in the Greater Philadelphia region.


Judge Temporarily Blocks “Blacklisting” Rules [Labor & Employment Alert]

October 26, 2016

Publication - Labor & Employment

Brian Bulger, Jeremy Glenn and David Barron discuss a federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas who granted a preliminary injunction blocking portions of the U.S. Department of Labor’s so-called “blacklisting” rules addressing labor law violation disclosure requirements and restriction on use of arbitration agreements.


Failure to Report Uplift Payments, Capacity Sales, Corrective Action Taken Highlight FERC EQR Audit [Utility, Environmental & Energy Alert]

October 25, 2016

Publication - Environmental Litigation & Enforcement, Environmental Regulatory & Due Diligence, Utility & Energy

Robert Fallon and Mark Lazaroff discuss FERC's recent audit of a company participating in numerous wholesale power markets and highlight errors that can occur with electronic quarterly reports, as well as the actions suggested by FERC and taken by the company to prevent such errors in the future.


AOPA Asks Supreme Court to Review Sikkelee Decision; Urges FAA Preemption [Aviation Alert]

October 25, 2016

Publication - Aviation, Aviation Litigation, Transportation & Trade - Aviation

Rachael Wallace and Robert Bowman discuss AOPA's amicus curiae brief that asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which allowed states to apply state standards of care to the field of aviation product liability.


FTC and DOJ Issue Guidance on Application of Antitrust Law to Employee Hiring and Compensation [Labor & Employment Alert]

October 25, 2016

Publication - Antitrust & Competition, Labor & Employment

The FTC and the DOJ jointly released Antitrust Guidance for Human Resources Professionals, advising that, going forward, the DOJ intends to criminally investigate companies who agree with competitor(s) to fix wages or other terms of employment or enter into so-called “no-poaching” agreements by agreeing not to recruit each other’s employees.


New Jersey Repeals Estate Tax [Private Client Services Alert]

October 21, 2016

Publication

Judd A. Serotta discusses new legislation in New Jersey that eliminates its estate tax as of January 1, 2018. Under the new law, New Jersey will tax all assets of a decedent’s estate in excess $2 million for deaths occurring on or after January 1, 2017, and the tax will be eliminated entirely for deaths occurring on or after January 1, 2018.


Washington Supreme Court: Corporate Attorney’s Communications With Former Employees Not Privileged [Global Insurance Alert]

October 21, 2016

Publication - Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage

William Knowles and Jonathan Toren discuss the latest Washington Supreme Court decision regarding the attorney-client privilege and whether it protects a corporation’s attorney’s communications with former employees of the corporation.


Hurricane Disaster Checklist For HR Department

October 21, 2016

News - Labor & Employment

David Barron, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Labor & Employment department, discusses his checklist for HR departments during a hurricane disaster on The Personnel Advisor.


Departmental Grad Assistant Organizing May Succeed

October 20, 2016

News - Labor & Employment - Education

Anna Wermuth, vice chair of Cozen O'Connor's Labor & Employment department, discusses departmental grad assistant organizing in BNA.


Consider Secondary Sources When Your Subro Efforts Have Nowhere to Gogh

October 19, 2016

Publication - Subrogation & Recovery

James I. Tarman and Judith Perkins co-authored an article published for the IFASIC 2016 Programme titled "Consider Secondary Sources for Recovery When Your Subrogation Efforts Seem to Have Nowhere to Gogh."


Laura B. Sorscher Joins Cozen O’Connor’s Premier National Real Estate Practice

October 19, 2016

Press Release - Real Estate

Cozen O’Connor is pleased to welcome Laura B. Sorscher as a member of its national Real Estate practice, one of the premiere such practices in the country.


OFAC and BIS Changes to Cuba Sanctions Further Ease Trade and Travel Restrictions

October 19, 2016

Publication - Transportation & Trade

Don Kassilke and Rachel Welford discuss a change in OFAC policy and regulations that expands opportunities for U.S. persons to explore and develop business relationships in Cuba.


U.S. DOT Issues New Air Travel Consumer Protection Rulemaking Initiatives [Aviation Alert]

October 19, 2016

Publication - Aviation, Transportation & Trade

David Heffernan and Rob Freeman discuss the U.S. Department of Transportation's new round of consumer protection-related rulemaking initiatives affecting U.S. and foreign airlines, ticket agents, and air travel consumers.


Pennsylvania’s New Medical Marijuana Law: The Legal Roadmap For A Growing Industry [Pennsylvania Bar Association]

October 18, 2016

Publication - Cannabis

Tom Wilkinson, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Commercial Litigation department, discusses Pennsylvania's new medical marijuana law in the Pennsylvania Bar Association.


Confessions of an Elector: Only 270 Voters Really Get To Decide Who Our Next President Will Be [The Daily Beast]

October 17, 2016

Publication - Government & Regulatory, Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies

Mark Alderman published an Op-Ed in The Daily Beast, "Confessions of an Elector: Only 270 Voters Really Get To Decide Who Our Next President Will Be."


IN Catastrophes: Preparing for Hurricane Matthew Claims in the Carolinas [IN the Know]

October 17, 2016

Publication - Insurance Coverage, Property Insurance

Patrick Aul discusses what insurers in both North and South Carolina should be mindful of when handling Hurricane Matthew related claims.


OFAC Announces Termination of Burma Sanctions [Transportation & Trade Alert]

October 14, 2016

Publication - Transportation & Trade

Don Kassilke and Rachel Welford discuss the much anticipated executive order formally terminating U.S. sanctions against Burma.


Donald Trump's Deal Of A Lifetime [Forbes]

October 13, 2016

Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, Inside Trump's Washington

Howard Schweitzer, managing partner of Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies, published an op-ed in Forbes, “Donald Trump's Deal Of A Lifetime,” about the relationship between business and government.


Vendor’s Reclamation Rights Survive Lien of Post-Petition DIP Loan [Delaware Business Court Insider]

October 12, 2016

Publication - Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring

Mark Felger and Barry Klayman discuss a recent Delaware bankruptcy court decision in The Delaware Business Court Insider.

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