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March 19, 2019
News - Insurance Coverage
Cozen O’Connor has named Melissa Brill to the role of co-chair of the firm’s Global Insurance Department. Brill will join Joseph Ziemianski as co-chair and sit on the firm’s Management Committee and board of directors.
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March 18, 2019
Press Release - Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment
The firm welcomed Reinhart, who defends Union Pacific, CSX Transportation Inc., and other major transportation companies in Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA)-related litigation; and Kelly, who served as general counsel at health products behemoth General Nutrition Corp. (GNC) — to its fast-growing Pittsburgh office.
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March 18, 2019
Press Release - Labor & Employment
Cozen O'Connor Labor & Employment attorney Mariah Passarelli was honored by the National LGBT Bar Association as a LGBTQ+ legal professional (practicing lawyers, law professors, corporate counsel, members of the judiciary, politicians, etc.) under the age of 40 who has distinguished themselves in their field and has demonstrated a profound commitment to LGBTQ+ equality.
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March 18, 2019
Publication - Labor & Employment
Barry Kearney discusses a recent NLRB decision and how it impacts unions who represent multiple units (particularly inter-state units) and international unions.
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March 14, 2019
Publication - Franchising
Susan Grueneberg discussed some pointers on how to design a franchise program that is accessible to prospective franchisees with limited capital.
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March 14, 2019
News - Intellectual Property, Trademark & Copyright
Camille Miller discussed with Eater her experience working with Barcade and enforcing its trademark.
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March 13, 2019
Publication - Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring
Barry Klayman and Mark Felger authored an article in the Delaware Business Court Insider, discussing a recent case from the Delaware Court of Chancery explaining the contours of the “line of business” test for purposes of the corporate opportunities doctrine.
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March 13, 2019
News - Products Liability - Cannabis
Rich Fama discussed with Marijuana Ventures the rise of CBD products and the lack of clarity at the federal level on regulating CBD.
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March 11, 2019
Publication - Labor & Employment
Debra Friedman discussed the impact of FLSA's wage rules with the recent case of U.S. Department of Labor v. Fire & Safety Investigation Consulting Services LLC.
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March 11, 2019
Publication - Labor & Employment
David Barron and Adam Gutmann discuss the DOL's proposal to increase the threshold at which employers can invoke certain “white collar” exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements to $679 per week ($35,308 per year).
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March 11, 2019
Publication - Commercial Litigation, International Arbitration
Michael Fernández contributed an article to the New York Law Journal comparing the approach that New York federal and state courts treat ambiguous awards.
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March 08, 2019
Publication - Commercial Litigation, Government & Regulatory
Jerry Goldfeder contributed an article to the New York Law Journal, discussing the difference that New York’s fusion voting law made in our country’s history.
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March 08, 2019
Press Release - Commercial Litigation
Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that Pittsburgh-based Commercial Litigator Jesse Ryan Loffler has been named president-elect of the National LGBT Bar Foundation’s board of directors after serving for two years as its Treasurer.
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March 08, 2019
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt sat down with Fox 29 Good Day Philadelphia to discuss the New Jersey man who won the $273 Mega Millions jackpot and whether or not his ex-wife has any claim to the money.
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March 07, 2019
Publication - Condominiums & Cooperatives, Real Estate
Leni Morrison Cummins and Rebecca Eschen authored an article in Habitat Magazine on how lenders blacklist entire condominium buildings based upon the Fannie and Freddie guidelines.
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March 06, 2019
Publication - Commercial Litigation, White Collar Defense & Investigations
Stephen Miller and Max Kaplan discuss how the 21st Amendment took center stage recently at the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices considered whether the amendment provided an exception to the dormant commerce clause, which disfavors state interference in interstate commerce.
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March 06, 2019
News - Labor & Employment
John Ho was quoted in Business Insurance about OSHA's use of the general duty clause.
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March 06, 2019
Publication - Immigration Policy & Strategy, Labor & Employment
Velika Nespor and Frances Rayer discuss USCIS's automatic extension of TPS status until January 2, 2020.
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March 05, 2019
News - Real Estate
Ken Fisher is quoted in City & State New York on efforts to reform existing rent stabilization laws. According to the article, Upstate Downstate Housing Alliance, a coalition of activist groups, is advocating for tenant protections and has laid out a universal rent platform consisting of several pieces of legislation.
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March 04, 2019
Press Release - Commercial Litigation
Cozen O’Connor attorney Elizabeth Olivera, an associate in the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice in Chicago, has been named to the Board of Directors of the Filipino American Lawyers Association of Chicago (FALA Chicago).
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