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October 30, 2019
Publication - Labor & Employment
Michael Schmidt discussed how employers can control an office party to avoid legal pitfalls.
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October 29, 2019
Press Release - Appellate, Commercial Litigation
Tamar Wise, a member of Cozen O’Connor’s Commercial Litigation Department, has been named one of New York City’s 40 Under 40 Rising Stars by City & State New York.
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October 29, 2019
News - Insurance Coverage
Cozen O’Connor has been awarded the Pacific Northwest Chapter Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) Society’s President’s Award at the Annual I-Day on October 24, 2019.
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October 29, 2019
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt, chair of the firm's Family Law group, was a guest on Good Day Philadelphia discussing 'revenge porn' and its role in Congressmember Katie Hill's resignation.
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October 28, 2019
News - Labor & Employment
David Barron was quoted in The Ladders discussing how employees should dress for Halloween.
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October 28, 2019
Publication - Aviation, Transportation & Trade - Aviation
David Heffernan and Rachel Welford discuss DOT's efforts to conform their regulations to the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016’s requirements.
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October 25, 2019
Press Release - Construction Law, Corporate, Labor & Employment
Bruce Ficken, chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Construction law Group, Larry Laubach, chair of the firm’s Corporate Law Practice Group, and Elizabeth Malloy, member of the Labor and Employment Group, were named to the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 2019 “Best of the Bar.”
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October 25, 2019
News - White Collar Defense & Investigations
Global Investigation Review named Cozen O’Connor’s White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice to the GIR 100 List for the fourth year in a row.
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October 24, 2019
News - Antitrust & Competition
Jonathan Grossman was quoted in Modern Healthcare discussing the Federal Trade Commission's demand for information on mergers.
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October 22, 2019
Publication - Maritime Litigation, Transportation & Trade
U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division, dismissed sua sponte the complaint filed by plaintiff Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance, Inc. against defendants CSX Corp., CSX Transportation, Inc. and Savage Services Corp. because the district court considered it to be an impermissible “shotgun pleading.”
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October 22, 2019
Publication - Franchising, Labor & Employment - Hospitality
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided by majority opinion by Circuit Judge Susan Graber, with a partial dissent filed by Chief Circuit Judge Sidney Thomas, Salazar v. McDonald's Corp. No. 17- 15673 (9th Cir. 2019), holding franchisor McDonald’s was not a joint employer with its franchisee, because McDonald’s did not retain control of day-to-day aspects of work at the franchisee’s restaurants.
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October 22, 2019
News - Real Estate
Ken Fisher comments on New York City Council’s decision to suspend Councilman Andy King in City & State New York.
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October 17, 2019
Press Release
Heller, along with the other named CEOs, will be honored at a dinner reception at the Union League on December 3.
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October 17, 2019
Publication - Labor & Employment
Barry Kearney discusses the Board's commonsense analysis of what kind of employee conduct the rule it is attempting to regulate.
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October 16, 2019
News - Construction Law
James Kwartnik has been recognized as a 2019 Rising Star by Law360.
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October 16, 2019
News - Antitrust & Competition
Jonathan Grossman was featured in Modern Healthcare discussing his thoughts on the Sutter Health settlement.
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October 15, 2019
Press Release - Copyright & Content, Intellectual Property, Patents, Trademark & Copyright
Four members of Cozen O'Connor’s Intellectual Property Group, Frank Abramonte, Thomas Fisher, James Gale, and Hugh Marbury, have all been named IP Stars by Managing Intellectual Property.
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October 15, 2019
News - 9/11 Litigation
Sean Carter discusses a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit directing a lower court to conduct discovery on whether it has jurisdiction to hear the claims in a civil lawsuit accusing Saudi Arabian Al Rajhi Bank of aiding al-Qaida in carrying out the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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October 15, 2019
Publication - Business, Tax
Heidi Schwartz and Joe Bright explain the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in N.C. Dep’t of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust, holding that a state cannot tax income from an out-of-state trust based solely on the beneficiaries' residence in the state.
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October 15, 2019
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery
This program examined the issues frequently encountered in pursuing subrogation claims against product manufacturers. From expert investigation, legal analysis, common pitfalls, and standard defenses, this program provides a road map for subrogation professionals seeking to recover for product defects.
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