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February 28, 2014
News - Public & Project Finance - Real Estate & Construction
Public & Project Finance Chair, Suzanne Mayes, was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC). PIDC is a non-profit, joint venture between the city of Philadelphia and the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce that plans and implements real estate and financing transactions that attract investment jobs and tax ratables to the City of Philadelphia.
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February 25, 2014
News - Gaming
Delaware and Nevada announced Tuesday that they had struck the United States' first ever agreement to allow authorized casinos and operators to share online poker players across state lines, in a deal that leaves open a door for other states to join in.
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February 25, 2014
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A feature story on Tia Ghattas, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Commercial Litigation Department, was recently published in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. The article, titled “Cozen O’Connor’s Ghattas on call, day or night,” highlights Tia’s occupation and the challenges that accompany it. Daniel Johnson, a member of the firm's Global Insurance Department, was quoted in the article, discussing Tia’s management style.
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February 14, 2014
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
In a whitepaper titled “Onboarding Household Staff: Best Practices in Managing an Efficient Home While Minimizing Risk and Expense,” Jeffrey Pasek, a member of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor & Employment Department, offers his insights about onboarding from an employment law perspective and what makes an onboarding experience successful.
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February 12, 2014
News - Family Law
In an article titled “Valentine’s Effect Causes 40% to Explore Divorce,” Jennifer Brandt, a member of the firm’s Family Law Department, discusses how “Valentine’s Day puts a lot of pressure on people to provide proof of their love for one another in one day… Because Valentine’s Day forces us to assess our romantic relationships, many people realize that they are not happy in the situation they are in and there is no possibility of it improving. Thus, they may turn toward divorce to get a fresh start.”
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February 11, 2014
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Cozen O’Connor Co-Founder Patrick J. O’Connor has been named by the Philadelphia Legal Intelligencer as a 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner. The Legal Intelligencer is honoring the great history of the legal profession in Pennsylvania by identifying some of the most important members of the legal community with Lifetime Achievement Awards.
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February 10, 2014
News - Government & Regulatory
Ken Fisher, of the Government & Regulatory and the Real Estate Practice Groups, was quoted in a Crain's New York Business article titled, "City Hall's New 'In' Crowd." The article examines how the first Latina City Council speaker, Melissa Mark-Viverito, was elected in New York. The lobbyists that support Mark-Viverito are mentioned by Ken Fisher as he says, "Anytime a story is written saying a lobbyist is close to a politician, they raise their rates."
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February 05, 2014
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
In an article titled "When the clocks spring forward, what happens to paychecks?" David Barron, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Labor & Employment Department, discusses daylight-saving time and its impact on employees who work overnight.
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January 28, 2014
News - Subrogation & Recovery
Joe Rich, a member of the Subrogation and Recovery Department in our Philadelphia office, has been appointed as the 2014 Chapter Co-Chair of NASP's revived DC/MD Chapter.
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January 27, 2014
News - Government & Regulatory, Real Estate - Real Estate & Construction
Ken Fisher, of the Government & Regulatory and the Real Estate Practice Groups, was quoted in a Crain's New York Business article titled, "A Glimmer of Hope on City Council for Developers." The article examines David Greenfield and his role as chair of the Committee on Land Use on the New York City Council. Fisher offers his remarks on Greenfield by stating, "The power of the job comes in helping to shape the debate."
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January 24, 2014
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
In an article titled “HR Plaintiffs Build Their Case Against Lowe’s,” David Shadovitz, editor at Human Resource Executive, favorably cites David Barron’s HR headaches blog post titled “New Trend in Overtime Suits – HR Managers?” to explain that HR departments aren’t immune from overtime laws.
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January 22, 2014
News - Public & Project Finance
Suzanne Mayes, chair of the firm's Public & Project Finance Department, was recently featured in Law360’s Powerbrokers Q&A series. In the Q&A, Suzanne answers questions about challenges she's faced being a woman at a senior level within a law firm, whether she's encountered sexism in her career, and what advice she has for aspiring female attorneys.
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January 15, 2014
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Cozen O’Connor was ranked 28th in the 2014 Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America assessment, an annual evaluation sponsored by independent corporate wellness research and data analysis firm Healthiest Employers LLC©. “The Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America honors the ‘best of the best’ employers, those who blaze the path to a healthy workplace for their peers.” The award represents employers of all sizes, regions and industries that have incorporated the most vital corporate wellness practices.
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January 09, 2014
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In an article titled “Alex Rodriguez no star in this courtroom,” Tom Harvey, a New York attorney and legal analyst at the New York Daily News, favorably cites Jeffrey Monhait’s persuasive law review article published in Harvard’s Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law to discredit A-Rod’s assertion that the arbitration process is unfair. Monhait’s article details the history of baseball’s arbitration process and noted that union members viewed the process as fair, at least with respect to salary disputes.
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January 09, 2014
News - Climate Change
In an article titled “Harassment of climate scientists needs to stop,” Peter Fontaine, co-chair of Cozen O'Connor's Utility, Environmental & Energy Practice Group, discusses the harassment of climate scientist Michael Mann by climate change denial groups that are “on a fishing expedition for anything they can find to embarrass Mann and cast doubt on the validity of his work.”
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January 06, 2014
News - Real Estate - Real Estate & Construction
Howard Grossman, of the Real Estate Practice Group, was mentioned in a NJBIZ article titled, "Kislak Sells 286-unit Apartment Complex for $14.75M." The article explains how Howard Grossman represented the purchaser during the transaction of the apartment complex.
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January 06, 2014
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court announced on Monday, January 6, 2014 that it would grant Cozen O’Connor’s motion for allocatur and rehear a decision finding that forgiving nearly $500,000 worth of debt accrued by U.S. Rep. Bob Brady, D-Pa during his unsuccessful 2007 Philadelphia mayoral bid would violate contribution limits under city election law.
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January 03, 2014
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt, a member of the firm’s Family Law Department, was a guest on Shepard Smith Reporting today on Fox News to discuss France’s new proposal to allow consenting couples to divorce without ever seeing a judge.
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December 27, 2013
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt, a member of the firm’s Family Law Department, was on Fox News this morning to discuss the Texas man charged with a hate crime for breaking a man’s jaw while playing the “knockout game.”
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December 26, 2013
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt, a member of the firm’s Family Law Department, was on the O’Reilly Factor last night on the Fox News Network.
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