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August 31, 2015
News - Real Estate
Ken Fisher discusses the approaching deadline to cut a pivotal deal on construction incentives and wages for construction workers.
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August 28, 2015
Press Release
Firms are rated on a scale of 1 to 5 in areas such as compensation and benefits, training and guidance, relations with partners and other associates, interest and satisfaction level of work, the firm’s policy on billable hours, management’s openness about firm strategies, and partnership chances.
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August 28, 2015
News - Labor & Employment
David Barron discusses an employer’s task of unearthing potentially negative information about a prospective employee before hiring.
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August 25, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
David Barron discusses the EEOC’s increased enforcement efforts around workplace testing and what employers should do to avoid litigation.
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August 25, 2015
News - Labor & Employment
Joe Tilson discusses the merger of MBT and Cozen O’Connor and explains the Northwestern ruling from his vantage point, offering a vision of how a unionized Wildcats team could have spelled chaos for college athletics.
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August 24, 2015
Publication - Aviation, Aviation Litigation, Transportation & Trade, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) / Drones - Aviation
DOT’s launch of an investigation of alleged price gouging by airlines following Amtrak train service disruption in the Northeast Corridor, the agency’s continuing review of the Delta/Aeromexico antitrust immunity application, DOT’s and the Departments of State and Commerce’s ongoing review of subsidy allegations brought by the three largest U.S. carriers against Emirates, Etihad Airways, and Qatar Airways.
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August 24, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
Michael Schmidt offers his opinion on how the DOL could resolve the issue of determining when employees must be paid for connecting with their jobs during hours they aren't scheduled to work.
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August 21, 2015
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery
A good investigation into how cargo thieves breached a facility may allow a subrogated carrier to circumvent a Waiver of Subrogation defense.
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August 21, 2015
Publication - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt discusses the important questions a prospective client should ask before hiring a divorce lawyer.
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August 18, 2015
News - Insurance Coverage, Labor & Employment, Subrogation & Recovery
Five Cozen O'Connor attorneys from the firm's Chicago office have been recognized as a 2015 Illinois ''Emerging Lawyer,'' by Leading Lawyers, a division of Law Bulletin Publishing Company.
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August 18, 2015
Publication - Labor & Employment - Sports
In dismissing the petition for election, the Board overturned a 2014 decision by Chicago’s Regional Director, Peter Ohr, finding that the scholarship football student-athletes were employees under the Act and entitled to vote in a union election.
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August 18, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
Michael Schmidt discusses how employers handle an employee's last day of work at the office.
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August 18, 2015
News - Labor & Employment - Sports
Cozen O'Connor's Labor & Employment attorneys were successful in thwarting the Northwestern University’s Football Team’s attempt to unionize, when the NLRB declined to assert jurisdiction.
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August 17, 2015
Press Release - Subrogation & Recovery
The current edition is based on more than five million detailed evaluations by the top lawyers of the country. This list will be included in dozens of city and regional publications in the United States including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.
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August 17, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
Joseph Tilson discusses the meaningfulness of being an employment attorney and the ability for young attorneys to get involved.
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August 17, 2015
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Thomas Wilkinson discusses the appearance of impropriety doctrine for assessing attorney conflicts of interest.
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August 17, 2015
Publication - Products Liability
John Sullivan discusses Amarin’s successful motion for a preliminary injunction in its First Amendment challenge to the FDA’s regulation of off-label marketing and discusses what this means for the FDA.
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August 14, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
Michael Schmidt discusses the increasing need for employers to be aware of potential overtime liability stemming from off-site, off-duty work enabled by smartphones and other technologies.
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August 13, 2015
News - White Collar Defense & Investigations
Hayes Hunt was recently recognized by Corporate LiveWire’s 2015 Global Awards for his work in Government Investigations.
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August 12, 2015
News - Subrogation & Recovery - Insurance
Sean Carter discusses leads tying Saudi officials to some of the Saudi hijackers of 9/11 explaining investigators felt they documented a direct link between the Saudi government and the 9/11 terror plot.
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