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June 02, 2015
News - Real Estate, Zoning, Land Use & Development
Ken Fisher, a member in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, discussed New York City’s 421-a tax exemption on WNYC radio. In the piece, Ken addresses how the New York City Department of Buildings has been handling the influx of applications.
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June 01, 2015
News - Products Liability
Jim Heller discusses the third settlement in Philadelphia’s Risperdal mass tort, Walker v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, which was settled for a confidential amount the day opening arguments were scheduled, and the possibility of this leading to a global resolution to the litigation.
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May 27, 2015
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt was a guest on Good Day Philadelphia to discuss family feuds related to Rosie O'Donnell and Bobby Flay.
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May 26, 2015
News - Products Liability
Jim Heller discusses arguing to the jury whether Risperdal caused any of plaintiffs' injuries or damage rather than arguing their warning labels were sufficient.
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May 25, 2015
News - Condominiums & Cooperatives, Real Estate
Leni Morrison Cummins, a member in the firm's Real Estate Practice Group, discusses the legality of a cooperative board member assuming the role of spokesperson and sending email communications to all members in The Cooperator.
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May 20, 2015
News - Family Law
According to an opinion piece in The New York Times, the “wife bonus” could be included in a pre- or post-nuptial agreement and is usually based on how much money her husband made and how well she does with household duties.
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May 18, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
David Barron discusses how employers can enforce dress code policies while avoiding litigation.
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May 14, 2015
News - Subrogation & Recovery
Joe Rich has been elected to the Le Moyne College Alumni Association Board for an initial four-year term beginning this Fall.
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May 05, 2015
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Daniel Luccaro was selected as a 2015 Distinguished Advocate by the Support Center for Child Advocates.
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May 04, 2015
News - Real Estate - Hospitality
A team of Cozen O’Connor real estate attorneys, led by Howard Grossman, assisted a partnership comprised of affiliates of National Real Estate Development, Young Capital, SSH Real Estate and Joss Realty in its $141 million leasehold mortgage debt financing from Ullico, LLC, an insurance and investment firm.
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April 24, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
Debra Friedman, a member of the Labor & Employment Department, comments on the EEOC’s proposed rule on wellness programs differing from HIPAA’s wellness program incentives in that it extends the 30 percent limit on incentives under health-contingent wellness programs to participatory wellness programs that require disability-related inquiries or medical examinations.
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April 23, 2015
News - Labor & Employment
Michael Schmidt, vice chair of the Labor & Employment Department, has been invited to join the Advisory Board for Bloomberg BNA’s Social Media Law & Policy Report.
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April 19, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
Debra Friedman discusses the EEOC’s recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which describes how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to employer wellness programs that are part of group health plans.
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April 15, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
David Barron discusses the potential legal troubles a company can run into by prohibiting employees from facial piercings.
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April 14, 2015
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt was a guest on Fox 29 News to discuss the recent police scrutiny of the “free-range parents” in suburban Washington, D.C.
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April 13, 2015
News - Insurance Coverage - Insurance
Leading professionals give 5 tips to insurers: look at the whole picture, humanize your case, don’t attack the policyholder, and keep it simple to win coverage.
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April 03, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
In an article titled “You Can Complain About Work on Facebook – But You Shouldn’t,” Michael Schmidt, vice chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor & Employment Department, discusses the specific kinds of complaints employees can make on social media that are actually protected by law, no matter your employer’s policy. “When an employee or group of employees are speaking on social media collectively about work and conditions at work, they have a right to engage in that activity according to the NLRB,” says Michael, “The NLRB considers that kind of action — connecting with your fellow employees on social media to discuss working conditions — a 'protected, concerted activity.'"
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April 02, 2015
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt, a member of the firm’s Family Law Group, was a guest on Legal View with Ashleigh Banfield on CNN to Discuss the Aaron Hernandez trial, as well as the Boston bomber trial.
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April 01, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
Jeffrey Pasek, a member of the Labor & Employment Department, discusses Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act and how the meaning of RFRA-type laws have changed.
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April 01, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
In an article titled “What to Do About Employees’ #StupidTweets,” Michael Schmidt, vice chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor & Employment Department, discusses whether an employer should take action against an employee for an inappropriate tweet. Michael remarked that “assuming no outright prohibition [by the law] on disciplining the employee for the tweet, the employer also may consider both the impact that the tweet has or may have on co-workers, as well as the impact on morale if the offending employee or others perceive the employer as overly regulating employee speech and expression, particularly of a more innocuous and not patently offensive message.”
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