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October 10, 2017
Publication - Commercial Litigation, White Collar Defense & Investigations
Stephen Miller, vice chair of Cozen O'Connor's Criminal Defense & Internal Investigations practice, and William Lesser, an associate in the firm's Commercial Litigation department, co-authored for The Legal Intelligencer, "US Supreme Court Confronts Partisan Gerrymandering."
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October 09, 2017
Publication - Commercial Litigation, Product Regulatory & Compliance, Products Liability
Brenden Coller and Richard Fama, of Cozen O'Connor's Commercial Litigation Department, co-authored, "Defending Made-In-The-USA Claims," for Assembly Magazine.
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October 05, 2017
News - Immigration Policy & Strategy, Labor & Employment
Scott Bettridge, chair of Cozen O'Connor's Immigration Strategy & Policy practice, discusses what employers can do for DACA employees in Refinery29.
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October 04, 2017
Publication - Immigration Policy & Strategy
Frances P. Rayer discusses the USCIS announcement that premium processing has been reinstated for all H-1B petitions and that effective October 3, 2017, employers may request to upgrade pending H-1B petitions to premium processing.
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October 03, 2017
Publication - Tax
Joseph Bright and Heidi Schwartz, members of Cozen O’Connor’s Tax Practice, discuss the Saturday Family L.P. v. Commonwealth case in Bloomberg BNA, in which the Commonwealth Court en banc held that Pennsylvania Realty Transfer Tax could not be imposed on a ground lease that contained an option for renewal at fair rental value that included an appraisal procedure.
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October 03, 2017
Publication - Intellectual Property
Barry Golob, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Intellectual Property department, discusses the Neulasta patent row with Law360.
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October 02, 2017
Publication - Commercial Litigation
David Shimkin, member of Cozen O'Connor's Commercial Litigation Department, authored, "Experts, Hearsay, and the ‘Sanchez’ Case" for California Lawyer.
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October 02, 2017
Publication - Labor & Employment
John Ho, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Labor & Employment Department, discussed with Bloomberg Law whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee is highly fact sensitive.
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September 29, 2017
Publication - Cannabis
In May, Attorney General (AG) Jeff Sessions sent a letter to Congress that zeroed in on the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment, a cornerstone of federal cannabis legislation that has handcuffed the Department of Justice from using its resources to enforce the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in states with marijuana-legalization laws.
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September 29, 2017
News - Insurance Coverage, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Mergers & Acquisitions, White Collar Defense & Investigations
Cozen O’Connor is proud to announce that six of the firm’s lawyers have been recognized as “Lawyers of the Year” in their respective practices by Best Lawyers in America,
one of the oldest and most highly regarded peer review publications in the legal profession.
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September 28, 2017
News - Institutional Response Group
Gina Maisto Smith, chair of Cozen O'Connor's Institutional Response Group and Leslie Gomez, vice chair, discussed in The New York Times the investigations that have taken place in private schools for sexual abuse.
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September 28, 2017
Publication - Intellectual Property
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, district courts have been faced with numerous motions to transfer venue. In response to those motions, district courts have developed varying tests for analyzing whether venue is proper. One such test was crafted by Judge Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas in a June 29, 2017, opinion in Raytheon Co. v. Cray, Inc., denying defendant Cray’s motion to transfer venue. Believing that the district court erroneously determined that venue was proper in the Eastern District of Texas, Cray petitioned the Federal Circuit for a writ of mandamus.
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September 28, 2017
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery
The most recent edition of the NFPA Journal, the Magazine of the National Fire Protection Association, highlights the unique dangers for large buildings under construction and renovation from significant fire damage to those buildings and surrounding properties.
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September 28, 2017
News - Insurance Coverage
Stephen Pate and Abby Sher, of Cozen O'Connor's Global Insurance department, was quoted in an article for Law360 titled, "Pa. Ruling Won't Lower Bar To Prove Insurer Bad Faith."
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September 27, 2017
News - Intellectual Property
Edward Weisz, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Intellectual Property department, discussed in the New York Post the alleged breach of contract of Vince Camuto.
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September 27, 2017
Press Release - Commercial Litigation, Manufactured Housing, Real Estate, Real Estate Litigation
Cozen O’Connor is thrilled to announce that effective October 1, 2017, all of the lawyers from the Los Angeles real estate and commercial litigation boutique, Gilchrist & Rutter, will join the firm.
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September 26, 2017
Publication - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt, co-chair of the firm's Family Law Practice, published, "5 tips for falling back into your routine after summer," for Lawyernomics by Avvo.
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September 26, 2017
News - Labor & Employment
Susan Eisenberg, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Labor & Employment department, discussed with The National Law Journal, the protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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September 25, 2017
News - Labor & Employment
Joe Tilson and Tom Giotto, Co-Chairs of Cozen O'Connor's Labor & Employment department, were featured in Bloomberg Law Big Law Business discussing the firm's aggressive growth of the department.
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September 25, 2017
News - Labor & Employment
Jeremy Glenn, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Labor & Employment, discusses the persuader rule in Forbes.
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