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February 04, 2016
Publication - Labor & Employment
David Barron, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Labor & Employment department, discusses how to navigate the legal minefield of politics in the workplace in Law360.
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February 03, 2016
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Michael Klein discusses the legal issues affecting water suppliers in Pennsylvania in the winter 2015-16 issue of the Water News Source.
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February 03, 2016
News - Subrogation & Recovery - Insurance
Super Lawyers Magazine, published by Thomson Reuters, has recognized David Brisco and Leslie Hulburt as 2016 San Diego Rising Stars.
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February 03, 2016
Press Release - Subrogation & Recovery
Super Lawyers has named 15 attorneys at Cozen O’Connor to its 2016 lists of top practitioners in Illinois.
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February 03, 2016
Publication - Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Labor & Employment
Stephen L. Bowers and Jay Dorsch discuss Bell v. Anthem Inc. et al., and (1) whether it is a breach of fiduciary duty for a large plan to not use its leverage to secure lower administration and investment services fees, and (2) whether the selection of higher-fee mutual funds over similar lower-cost funds constitutes a per se breach of fiduciary duty under ERISA?
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February 02, 2016
News - Labor & Employment
David Barron, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Labor & Employment department, discusses how to keep politics out of the workplace in the Houston Chronicle.
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February 02, 2016
News - Labor & Employment
Joe Tilson, chair of Cozen O'Connor's Labor & Employment department, discusses common mistakes in client pitches on Law360.
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February 01, 2016
Publication - Aviation, Aviation Litigation, Transportation & Trade, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) / Drones - Aviation
This edition includes the recently signed U.S.-Mexico bilateral agreement that liberalizes air services between the two countries, new Cuba-related regulations loosening restrictions on U.S.-Cuba air services and the export and reexport of U.S.-origin aircraft to Cuba, changes to the Visa Waiver Program, proposed dates for upcoming DOT aviation-related rulemakings, the DOT Office of the Inspector General’s reports criticizing FAA operations, oversight, cost controls and air traffic control staffing, DOT animal incident reporting guidance, new FAA Stage 5 aircraft noise standards, DHS implementation of REAL ID requirements for air travelers, and the latest DOT and FAA enforcement actions.
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February 01, 2016
Press Release - White Collar Defense & Investigations
Cozen O’Connor is pleased to welcome Barbara “Biz” Van Gelder as a member of its growing Criminal Defense & Internal Investigations practice in Washington, D.C. She joins Cozen O’Connor from Dickstein Shapiro LLP, where she was senior counsel and leader of the firm’s Congressional Investigations Practice.
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January 31, 2016
News - White Collar Defense & Investigations
Barbara "Biz" Van Gelder and Nicole Sprinzen, both members of Cozen O'Connor's Criminal Defense & Internal Investigations Practice, were mentioned following their move to Cozen O'Connor.
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January 30, 2016
Publication - Appellate
Stephen Miller and Stephen Kempa co-wrote this article discussing the extraterritorial application of U.S. law in the contect of RICO, which U.S. Supreme Court will return to this term.
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January 29, 2016
News - White Collar Defense & Investigations
Biz Van Gelder, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Criminal Defense practice, was mentioned on Bloomberg.com following her move to the firm.
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January 29, 2016
Publication - Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Labor & Employment
Stephen L. Bowers, Jay A. Dorsch and Jeffrey I. Pasek discuss the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Montanile v. Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan and how it impacts fiduciaries of employee benefit plans governed by ERISA.
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January 28, 2016
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery
William N. Clark, Jr., and Alexa Sebia discuss Winter Storm Jonas and potential subrogation opportunities.
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January 28, 2016
News - Labor & Employment
Michael Schmidt, vice chair of Cozen O'Connor's Labor & Employment department, discusses politics in the workplace on HRE Daily.
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January 27, 2016
News - Labor & Employment
Michael Schmidt, vice chair of Cozen O'Connor's Labor and Employment department, discusses the EEOC crack down on retaliation on SHRM.org.
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January 27, 2016
News - Labor & Employment
Michael Schmidt, vice chair of Cozen O'Connor's Labor & Employment department, discusses the Healthcare HR checklist for 2016 on PreCheck.
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January 27, 2016
News - Labor & Employment
Michael Schmidt, vice chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor & Employment department, discusses how political chatter in the office can spell trouble on Law.com.
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January 26, 2016
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery
Rick Maleski and Joe Rich discuss the Florida Supreme Court's decision in Aubin v. Union Carbide Corp. that made clear that the Second Restatement test known as the “consumer expectation test” is the law in Florida for product liability claims based on a design defect, not the Third Restatement of Torts, which uses a “risk utility test” requiring plaintiffs show a reasonable alternative design for a product.
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January 26, 2016
Publication - Tax
Richard J. Silpe discusses the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 that repealed the TEFRA partnership regime and replaced it with an entirely new regime for federal tax audits of partnerships (including LLCs taxed as partnerships) for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017.
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