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March 09, 2023
Publication - State Attorneys General
The State AG Report – 3.9.2023
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US.
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March 08, 2023
Publication - Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring
Brian Shaw discusses how the use of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in recent high-profile cases has resulted in debtors raising protection concerns in a Law360 article.
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March 08, 2023
Publication - Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring
Mark Felger and Simon Fraser discuss a Delaware Superior Court opinion that demonstrates the importance of preserving evidence leading up to litigation in a Delaware Business Court Insider article.
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March 07, 2023
Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
City Council announced a new public/private partnership in support of asylum seekers, “Welcome NYC.” The $2.2 million initiative includes $1 million in funding from the city and $1 million from large philanthropic organizations, including the Robin Hood Foundation and the New York Community Trust. The funding will go toward legal services, workforce development, literacy programs, youth services, faith-based services, and food assistance at several organizations across the city.
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March 07, 2023
Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
“There are many things Republicans don’t agree on, from entitlement reform to aid to Ukraine to who should be the party’s next standard-bearer. But they are virtually unanimous in their view that the politics of ‘woke capitalism’ are the new cornerstone of the GOP.”
— Howard Schweitzer, CEO, Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies
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March 07, 2023
Publication - White Collar Defense & Investigations
As part of a sweeping revamp of its white collar criminal enforcement policies that began last year, the DOJ announced two significant changes last week.
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March 07, 2023
Press Release - Construction Law
Wendy Venoit, member of the firm’s Construction Law Group, has been elected to the American College of Construction Lawyers (ACCL) Board of Governors.
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March 06, 2023
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt, chair of the firm's Family Law Group, was a guest on Court TV's Think Tank.
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March 06, 2023
Press Release - Class Actions, Commercial Litigation, Privacy Litigation – Emerging Trends, Technology, Privacy & Data Security
Melissa A. Siebert and Erin Bolan Hines — data privacy litigators with renowned track records of successfully defending employers and technology enterprises entangled in major data privacy class actions and appellate cases — to its award-winning Commercial Litigation Practice Group.
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March 06, 2023
News - Labor & Employment, Labor Relations & Disputes
Michael Schmidt was quoted in Inc. discussing the National Labor Relations Board overturning a 2020 ruling that allowed employers to make confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses a binding part of severance agreements.
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March 06, 2023
Publication - Life Insurance & Annuities
The Arkansas Court of Appeals held that the LHWCA bars the transfer of LHWCA structured settlement annuity payment rights, a rebuke to factoring companies.
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March 06, 2023
Publication - State Attorneys General
Cozen Public Strategies Managing Director Katie Schwab joins Jerry Kilgore, former VA AG, and Meghan Stoppel, former NE Consumer Chief, to debate the role of state AG as policymaker, and whether the NY model holds for the rest of the country.
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March 04, 2023
News - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
With less than 80 days until the primary election, Joe Hill – Senior Principal in Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies’ Philadelphia office, joined his fellow community members and activists at the March 3, 2023 public forum titled “Race for Philadelphia's Next Mayor” and sponsored by Fox 29 – Philadelphia.
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March 03, 2023
Publication - Electronic Discovery & Practice Advisory Services
Joseph Tate and Nicole Gill published an article to The Legal Intelligencer discussing the question of whether specific ESI is in the "possession, custody or control" of a party, a topic that remains unsettled and subject to debate.
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March 03, 2023
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The firm's revenue grew by 5.9%, and profits per equity partner grew by 1.8 percent.
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March 02, 2023
Publication - State Attorneys General
The State AG Report – 3.2.2023
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US.
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March 02, 2023
Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
On March 2, Mayor Kenney presented his final budget proposal to City Council. Throughout his address, he stated that he would like to prioritize short and medium-term violence prevention and quality-of-life initiatives. The proposed budget has $6.1 billion in revenue and $5.6 billion in expenses, which leaves $524 million unspent.
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March 02, 2023
Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
With six members of City Council resigning to run for mayor, as well as council president’s upcoming retirement, City Council will continue to change significantly as new members come into office and others transition to leadership positions. Read our detailed run-down of the current state of the at-large and district City Council races, as well as the behind-the-scenes race to become council president.
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March 02, 2023
Publication - Condominiums & Cooperatives, Real Estate
Leni Cummins and Jennifer Williams discuss New York City's Local Law 18 that requires owners and/or renters who want to rent out their residential units for less than 30 days to register with the New York City’s Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement.
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March 02, 2023
Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
Council President Darrell L. Clarke (District 5) announced last week that he would not be seeking reelection, while several seats set to turn over.
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