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March 03, 2021
News - State Attorneys General
Reuters noted the addition of former Nebraska Consumer Protection Chief Meghan Stoppel to Cozen O’Connor’s expanding State AG Group. The article quotes Group Co-Chair, Lori Kalani: “the firm strives to add lawyers to the practice who have specialized expertise with state attorney general matters, which can make it difficult to expand. The firm feels very fortunate to have been able to hire Meghan.”
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March 03, 2021
Publication - Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring, Commercial Litigation
Barry Klayman and Mark Felger, writing in the Delaware Business Court Insider, discuss a recent decision from the Court of Chancery of Delaware that discusses the doctrine of unclean hands and explains how it serves as the guardian of equity and a vehicle for protection of the reputation of the court itself.
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March 02, 2021
Publication - Cannabis
Steve Katkov and Jon Schoenwetter discuss a Minnesota bill that would establish a framework for the legal use of recreational marijuana.
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March 02, 2021
News - Legal Profession Services
Thomas Wilkinson was featured in an article published by Law360 discussing his thoughts on the retirement of Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor.
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March 01, 2021
Press Release - Construction Law, Government Contracts
Prosen brings a distinguished resume that includes experience in all aspects of government contracts, from regulatory compliance to claims and bid protest litigation. Joining with Prosen are two associates Benjamin L. Williams and Caitlin E. Trevillyan.
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March 01, 2021
News - State Attorneys General
The Kansas District Court issued a judgment on Friday Feb 26 in favor of our client, Chicago-based payments technology company CardX, LLC, declaring that a Kansas law prohibiting credit card surcharges was unconstitutional as applied to CardX’s surcharging model. The court held that the statute violated CardX’s First Amendment right to commercial speech by unjustifiably controlling how prices are communicated to consumers. This judgment brings the number of states in which CardX is able to operate to 47, with only Colorado, Connecticut and Massachusetts continuing surcharge bans.
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March 01, 2021
News - Labor & Employment
Howard Schweitzer and Michael Schmidt were quoted in SHRM discussing what businesses should do if an employee refuses to come back to work when they re-open.
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March 01, 2021
Publication - Condominiums & Cooperatives, Real Estate
Leni Cummins addresses if a statute of limitation exists for a request approved by a condominium board, that granted the homeowner permission to increase the height of a balcony enclosure in The Cooperator.
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March 01, 2021
News - Antitrust & Competition, Health Care & Life Sciences - Health Care & Life Sciences
Jonathan Grossman was featured in an article published by Healthcare Dive discussing four health care antitrust issues to watch.
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February 26, 2021
Publication - Immigration Policy & Strategy
Fran Rayer and Elizabeth Olivera discuss E-3 premium processing service. The E-3 classification applies only to nationals of Australia who are coming to the United States solely to perform services in a specialty occupation.
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February 26, 2021
Publication - Immigration Policy & Strategy
Fran Rayer and Elizabeth Olivera discuss Biden revoking Trump's travel ban.
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February 26, 2021
Publication - Labor & Employment, Utility & Energy - Cannabis
David P. Zambito and Vincent Candiello discuss how Pennsylvania’s regulated public utilities would be impacted by the legalization of marijuana and if they are not permitted to continue their zero-tolerance drug use policies for employees involved in the operation of critical infrastructure.
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February 25, 2021
Publication - Commercial Litigation, Government & Regulatory
Jerry Goldfeder contributed an article to the New York Law Journal discussing several bills in Congress that would make voting more accessible.
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February 25, 2021
Publication - Cannabis
Heidi Schwartz discusses the three bills signed by Governor Murphy that establish New Jersey's recreation cannabis program.
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February 25, 2021
News - Labor & Employment
Michele Ballard Miller was quoted in Bloomberg Law discussing Proposition 22.
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February 25, 2021
Publication - Immigration Policy & Strategy
Fran Rayer and Elizabeth Olivera discuss DHS's and ICE's new flexibility policy when it comes to in-person verification of identity and employment eligibility documentation for Form I-9
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February 24, 2021
Press Release
Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that Lynnette Espy-Williams, the firm’s Chief Culture Officer, has been named a 2021 Diversity in Business Honoree.
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February 24, 2021
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt, chair of the firm's Family Law Practice, was a guest on Court TV discussing the Wisconsin v. Prokopovitz trial.
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February 24, 2021
Publication - White Collar Defense & Investigations
Barry Boss was quoted in a National Law Journal article discussing a lawyer regulatory panel in Washington, D.C., which recently received a referral from a federal judge who has broadly questioned a lawyer behind a lawsuit challenging the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s presidential victory.
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February 24, 2021
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery
Stephen Halbeisen, Suzanne Radcliff, and David Margulis authored a whitepaper analyzing subrogation opportunities for the February, 2021 deep freeze events in Texas and other South Central states.
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