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July 10, 2015
News - Public & Project Finance
Suzanne Mayes, a member of Cozen O’Connor and president of the Forum for Executive Women, is quoted in an article addressing the shortage of women leadership and the need for a cultural change in order to create equal opportunities for women. Suzanne discusses the need for organizations to rethink how work gets done in order to provide women with a work-life balance and prevent the career interruption phenomenon.
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July 09, 2015
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The IRS has now indicated that it intends to proceed without legislation by announcing new regulations, expected this summer or early fall. These regulations would seek to significantly curtail or eliminate the availability of valuation discounts by prohibiting valuation firms from considering certain restrictions applicable to interests in family-controlled entities.
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July 07, 2015
News - Labor & Employment
Cozen O’Connor attorneys Mark J. Foley, Joseph E. Tilson and A. Martin Wickliff, Jr. have been recognized among Human Resource Executive magazine’s 8th annual edition of “The Nation’s Most Powerful Employment Attorneys – Top 100.”
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July 07, 2015
Publication - Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring
Barry M. Klayman and Mark E. Felger, members in the firm's Wilmington office, published an article in the Delaware Business Court Insider discussing the case of In re Optim Energy LLC (Walnut Creek Mining v. Cascade Investment LLC) and why the opinion in this case is noteworthy.
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July 06, 2015
Publication - Products Liability
John Sullivan discusses the completed briefing on Amarin's motion for preliminary injunction and the courts preparation to hear oral arguments from the FDA and Amarin.
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July 06, 2015
Press Release - Aviation, Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring, Government & Regulatory, Insurance Coverage, Labor & Employment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Real Estate, State Attorneys General, Subrogation & Recovery, Transportation & Trade - Real Estate & Construction
Chambers USA recognized 37 Cozen O’Connor lawyers as leaders in their respective fields; 12 attorneys were recognized nationally and 10 were ranked in the top band.
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July 03, 2015
News - Public & Project Finance
Suzanne Mayes talks about barriers that have prevented more women from being appointed to senior leadership roles in corporations and the opportunity for Philadelphia to be a thought leader on the issue. This article in the Philadelphia Business Journal also explores challenges women executives have faced, the opportunities presented by corporations and the tricks of advancement.
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July 02, 2015
News - Real Estate
Ken Fisher comments on the potential legal challenges related to the 421-a tax exemption program in a Crain’s New York Business article. The article discusses developers’ concerns over the re-vamped 421-a tax exemption program for housing, particularly a provision allowing the Real Estate Board of New York and the building trades to negotiate the program’s wage mandate for construction workers.
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July 02, 2015
Publication - Aviation, Aviation Litigation, Transportation & Trade, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) / Drones - Aviation
An update on the multi-agency review of U.S. carrier allegations of subsidy against three gulf carriers, recent applications for antitrust immunity for airline alliances, EPA’s initial action to address greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft, DHS amendments to the ESTA program and planned expansion of customs and immigration preclearance facilities at additional foreign airports, Congressional hearings on FAA reauthorization, aviation security and drone operations, and recent DOT and FAA enforcement actions.
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July 02, 2015
Publication - Products Liability
Leigh Ann Benson discusses the need for food and beverage manufacturers to be aware of FDA action, which typically reflects consumers’ interests, that has a direct relationship to class action litigation.
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July 02, 2015
Publication - Insurance Coverage, Professional Liability Insurance Coverage
Looking to the fact allegations in the complaint against the insureds, the court found that but for the individual actions as trustees there would be no claim against any insured entity.
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July 02, 2015
Publication - Tax
The court held that the regulation was a reasonable interpretation of the statute and under its plain terms, an amended report did not constitute a petition for refund in because the amended report lacked information that must be included with a complete refund claim.
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July 01, 2015
Publication - Labor & Employment
The proposed rule would amend the existing regulations governing the white-collar exemptions and raise the required salary threshold for exemption from overtime to $50,440 per year by next year.
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July 01, 2015
Publication - Casualty & Specialty Lines Coverage, Insurance Coverage - Insurance, Sports
Joseph Ziemianski, Andrea Cortland, and other industry professionals, co-wrote this article in The Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Quarterly which discusses litigation related to concussions in sports.
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July 01, 2015
Publication - Business, Public & Project Finance
Mark Vacha discusses how state and local government officials have enjoyed qualified immunity from civil liability and how this may be affected from recent municipal securities litigation in an article titled "Qualified Immunity Defense May Protect Municipal Officials from Securities Litigation by Private Investors But Not The Securities and Exchange Commission."
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June 30, 2015
Publication - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment, Technology, Privacy & Data Security
David Walton and Leigh Ann Benson discuss the importance of employers preventing cybersecurity incidents and what the outcome of the Supreme Court case Spokeo v. Robins would mean for class actions brought by their employees.
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June 30, 2015
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery
Lithium-ion batteries have become increasingly popular these days. Consumers’ quest for convenience from their energy sources and devices has resulted in packages that continue to become smaller/more portable and more powerful. But as manufacturers continue to find ways to pack more and more power in smaller and smaller packages, inevitable dangers and hazards have surfaced making fires more frequent.
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June 30, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
David Barron discusses the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposal to more than double the salary threshold under which employees must be paid for overtime even if they’ve been classified exempt because they have management responsibilities or meet other exceptions.
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June 30, 2015
Press Release - State Attorneys General
Milton A. Marquis, a member of Cozen O’Connor’s State Attorneys General Practice, has recently been elected to the Board of Trustees for Case Western Reserve University. Milton focuses his practice on antitrust and consumer protection litigation. As a member of the nation’s leading State Attorneys General Practice, Milton has represented major companies on a wide range of antitrust and consumer protection investigations and litigations and legal and policy matters involving state attorneys gen
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June 22, 2015
Publication - Products Liability
John Sullivan discusses the ongoing First Amendment case between Amarin Pharma, Inc. and the FDA.
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