Cozen O’Connor Announces Changes to Firm Management 2022

Press Release

Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce the following changes in firm leadership positions for the 2022 year.

Modernizing Real Property Easements For The 21st Century

Publication - Real Estate, Real Estate Development, Real Estate Litigation

The Uniform Easement Relocation Act (UERA) was approved by the NCC in 2020 in order to resolve the myriad regional approaches to the relocation of easements.

Colorado Ruling Accelerates Debate On Adjuster Liability

News - Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage

John R. Ewell was quoted in the article “Colorado Ruling Accelerates Debate On Adjuster Liability” by Law360.

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Equity: ADHD & Me: Strategies for Lawyers with Executive Functioning Challenges

Publication - Commercial Litigation

Sarah Schlossberg contributed an article to the April issue of ALI CLE’s The Practical Lawyer, discussing strategies to help yourself stay on task, become more productive, and feel better for those with ADHD or executive functioning challenges.

Delaware Supreme Court Rejects Fundamentally Identical Relatedness Standard [Alert]

Publication - Insurance Coverage, Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Insurance

Angelo Savino and Ethan Price-Livingston discuss the decision in First Solar, Inc. v. Natl. Union Fire Ins. Co.

Cozen O’Connor Continues its Canadian Expansion, Adding Another Three Attorneys to Its Vancouver, B.C. Office

News - Business, Capital Markets & Securities, Capital Markets & Securities — Canada, Corporate Governance & Securities, International

Elizabeth Holden, Gosia Piasecka, and Nicholas Krishan will reunite with former colleagues Rory Godinho, Kathy Tang, Lucy Schilling, Brian Fast, and Iain Mingo — five corporate attorneys who moved to Cozen O’Connor from the same Canadian firm earlier this month.

SEC Proposes Extensive New Regulations for Private Fund Advisers [Alert]

Publication - Capital Markets & Securities, Corporate, Fund Formation

Ingrid Welch and Greg Patton discuss the SEC's proposed new and amended rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 that would impose specific disclosure requirements, increase reporting requirements, and prohibit certain activities and practices, primarily impacting private fund advisers.

How employers should handle March Madness at work

News - Labor & Employment

David Barron joined This Morning with Gordon Deal to explain why you should embrace March Madness at work this year.

Wendy Venoit Named a 2021 Lawyer of the Year by Massachusetts Lawyer Weekly

Press Release - Construction Law

Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that Wendy Venoit, member of the firm’s Construction Law Group, has been named a 2021 Lawyer of the Year by Massachusetts Lawyer Weekly.

NY AG Pulls Plug on Deceptive Energy Sales | Unsupported Stem Cell Claims | False Hearing Aid Claims Silenced

Publication - State Attorneys General

The State AG Report – 3.17.2022 Here are last week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US.

A Stitch in Time: Untangling H&M V Unicolors

News - Copyright & Content, Intellectual Property

Lisa Ferrari spoke with World Intellectual Property Review about a dispute from five years ago over a geometric design pattern that wove a tapestry of misaligned judgments throughout the U.S. courts, even prompting an intervention by the U.S. government.

Broad Street Brief: New Bill Targets Removing Lead from School Water

Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies

Councilmember Helen Gym is proposing a bill that would require all Philadelphia public schools to install modern water filters wherever school water can be tapped by 2025. The push comes after reports emerged that some schools have water with levels of lead far higher than the legal limit.

Proposed Chevy Chase Small Area Plan [Alert]

Publication - Real Estate, Zoning, Land Use & Development

Meridith Moldenhauer and Evan Pritchard discuss the Chevy Chase Small Area Plan.

Steelers, Kraft Heinz in Discussions About Extending Stadium Naming Rights

News - Business, Corporate - Sports

David Franklin discusses the 20-year naming rights agreement between the Steelers and Kraft Heinz in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

How Employers Can Approach March Madness Office Betting Pools

News - Labor & Employment

Nandini Sane spoke with SHRM about how employers can handle office pools with March Madness.

Cyber Subro 2022

Publication - Subrogation & Recovery

Matthew Noone, Susie Lloyd, and Richard Maleski of Cozen O'Connor, along with Ronald Menold of COSECURE, presented a webinar titled "Cyber Subro."

Bruce Ficken Named to City & State’s 2022 Construction Power 75 List

News - Construction Law

Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that Bruce Ficken, chair of the firm’s Construction Law Group, has been named to City & State’s 2022 Construction Power 75 list.

Ninth Circuit Affirms Application of Goods & Products Exclusion [Alert]

Publication - Insurance Coverage, Professional Liability Insurance Coverage

Angelo G. Savino and Rafael Rivera, Jr. discuss the Circuit Court's decision in Sentynl Therapeutics, Inc. v. U.S. Specialty Ins. Co.

AG Office Staff – Ignore Them at Your Peril!

Publication - State Attorneys General

Jennifer Brandt Discusses The Lawsuit Filed by Gabby Petito’s Family

News - Family Law

Jennifer Brandt, chair of the firm’s Family Law Practice, was a guest on Court TV.