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October 25, 2016
Publication - Antitrust & Competition, Labor & Employment
The FTC and the DOJ jointly released Antitrust Guidance for Human Resources Professionals, advising that, going forward, the DOJ intends to criminally investigate companies who agree with competitor(s) to fix wages or other terms of employment or enter into so-called “no-poaching” agreements by agreeing not to recruit each other’s employees.
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October 21, 2016
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Judd A. Serotta discusses new legislation in New Jersey that eliminates its estate tax as of January 1, 2018. Under the new law, New Jersey will tax all assets of a decedent’s estate in excess $2 million for deaths occurring on or after January 1, 2017, and the tax will be eliminated entirely for deaths occurring on or after January 1, 2018.
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October 21, 2016
Publication - Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage
William Knowles and Jonathan Toren discuss the latest Washington Supreme Court decision regarding the attorney-client privilege and whether it protects a corporation’s attorney’s communications with former employees of the corporation.
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October 21, 2016
News - Labor & Employment
David Barron, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Labor & Employment department, discusses his checklist for HR departments during a hurricane disaster on The Personnel Advisor.
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October 20, 2016
News - Labor & Employment - Education
Anna Wermuth, vice chair of Cozen O'Connor's Labor & Employment department, discusses departmental grad assistant organizing in BNA.
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October 19, 2016
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery
James I. Tarman and Judith Perkins co-authored an article published for the IFASIC 2016 Programme titled "Consider Secondary Sources for Recovery When Your Subrogation Efforts Seem to Have Nowhere to Gogh."
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October 19, 2016
Press Release - Real Estate
Cozen O’Connor is pleased to welcome Laura B. Sorscher as a member of its national Real Estate practice, one of the premiere such practices in the country.
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October 19, 2016
Publication - Transportation & Trade
Don Kassilke and Rachel Welford discuss a change in OFAC policy and regulations that expands opportunities for U.S. persons to explore and develop business relationships in Cuba.
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October 19, 2016
Publication - Aviation, Transportation & Trade
David Heffernan and Rob Freeman discuss the U.S. Department of Transportation's new round of consumer protection-related rulemaking initiatives affecting U.S. and foreign airlines, ticket agents, and air travel consumers.
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October 18, 2016
Publication - Cannabis
Tom Wilkinson, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Commercial Litigation department, discusses Pennsylvania's new medical marijuana law in the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
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October 17, 2016
Publication - Government & Regulatory, Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
Mark Alderman published an Op-Ed in The Daily Beast, "Confessions of an Elector: Only 270 Voters Really Get To Decide Who Our Next President Will Be."
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October 17, 2016
Publication - Insurance Coverage, Property Insurance
Patrick Aul discusses what insurers in both North and South Carolina should be mindful of when handling Hurricane Matthew related claims.
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October 14, 2016
Publication - Transportation & Trade
Don Kassilke and Rachel Welford discuss the much anticipated executive order formally terminating U.S. sanctions against Burma.
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October 13, 2016
Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, Inside Trump's Washington
Howard Schweitzer, managing partner of Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies, published an op-ed in Forbes, “Donald Trump's Deal Of A Lifetime,” about the relationship between business and government.
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October 12, 2016
Publication - Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring
Mark Felger and Barry Klayman discuss a recent Delaware bankruptcy court decision in The Delaware Business Court Insider.
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October 12, 2016
Publication - Insurance Coverage, Professional Liability Insurance Coverage
Angelo G. Savino and Alexander Selarnick discuss the Seventh Circuit's decision in Allen v. GreatBanc Trust Co and its ramifications for ERISA plan fiduciaries and their insurers.
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October 10, 2016
Publication - Government & Regulatory, Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
Mark Alderman, Blake Rutherford, Howard Schweitzer, Jim Schultz analyzed the candidates' performance and impact on the remaining 29 critical days of the race.
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October 07, 2016
Publication - Insurance Coverage, Property Insurance - Climate Change
Hurricane Matthew is the first major hurricane to strike Florida since Hurricane Wilma in 2005. As the insurance industry prepares for Florida property loss claims due to Hurricane Matthew, we highlight five claims-handling points based on the primary Florida statutory and administrative code provisions most relevant to property insurers with respect to first-party property loss claims, as well as on Florida’s statutory framework for a first-party bad faith claim.
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October 05, 2016
Publication - Government & Regulatory
Mark Alderman, Blake Rutherford and Howard Schweitzer discussed the VP debate and state of the race with a little more than one month left in this election season.
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October 05, 2016
Press Release - Condominiums & Cooperatives
The 2016 New York Metro edition of Super Lawyers Magazine, published by Thomson Reuters, has named 21 Cozen O’Connor attorneys to its list of Super Lawyers and Rising Stars.
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