Chicago Enacts Nation-Leading Predictive Scheduling Ordinance [Alert]

Publication - Labor & Employment

Jeremy Glenn and James Mackey discuss the most comprehensive “predictive scheduling” ordinance in the nation that includes significant notice, scheduling, and rest provisions for many employers in Chicago.

How I Made Partner: Cozen O'Connor's Nicole Sprinzen

News - White Collar Defense & Investigations

Nicole Sprinzen was quoted in Law.com about her time becoming a partner at Cozen O'Connor.

Avoiding a Legal Hangover [Bar Business Magazine]

Publication - Product Regulatory & Compliance - Food & Beverage

Richard Fama and Dean Porter contributed an article to the Bar Business Magazine discussing different types of bar and restaurant advertisements along with the federal regulations behind it.

West Coast Expansion Continues with the Addition of 13 Labor & Employment Lawyers from Miller Law Group in California

Press Release - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment

Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce 13 attorneys from California’s Miller Law Group — one of the largest woman-owned employment law firms in the country — have joined its San Francisco and Los Angeles offices.

Vacancy Control the Most Onerous Form of Rent Control [MHInsider Magazine]

Publication - Manufactured Housing, Real Estate

Thomas Casparian contributed an article to MHInsider Magazine explaining some of the most common elements of MHC-specific rent control systems.

States Ratcheting Down on PFAS Compounds, Moving Ahead of Federal Government [Alert]

Publication - Environmental Regulatory & Due Diligence

Marcia Mulkey and Peter J. Fontaine discuss New Hampshire's drinking water maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for PFOS and PFOA, which will go into effect October 1, 2019.

Eleventh Circuit Holds No Obligation to Cover Defense Costs from DOJ Antitrust Investigation

Publication - Insurance Coverage, Professional Liability Insurance Coverage

Rafael Rivera, Jr discusses the Circuit Court's decision in Crowley and how it may impact whether government investigations trigger coverage under D&O policies and, if so, at what point during an investigation.

OFAC Issues Iran-Related Civil Aviation Industry Advisory

Publication - Aviation, Trade Regulation, Export Controls & Sanctions, Transportation & Trade - Aviation

Don Kassilke and Bob Foster discuss OFAC's Iran-Related Civil Aviation Industry Advisory and why it could mean OFAC will be taking a greater interest in the Iranian aviation sector.

Outgoing Temple University board chairman reflects on his 10-year tenure: ‘I’m Temple Made, too, in a way’

News

Patrick O'Connor discussed with The Philadelphia Inquirer about his time as the chairman of Temple University's board of trustees.

Courtyard Battle Heats Up at Apartment Complex in Brooklyn

News - Real Estate, Zoning, Land Use & Development

Ken Fisher was featured on a WPIX 11 New York news segment discussing the plan to build a parking garage below the Riverside Apartment complex courtyard in Brooklyn.

State Governments Push Hard for Rent Control

News - Manufactured Housing, Real Estate

Thomas Casparian was quoted in MHInsider discussing his thoughts on statewide rent control and how it affects the industry.

DOJ Antitrust Division Now Gives Credit for Compliance Program in Cartel Investigations

Publication - Antitrust & Competition, White Collar Defense & Investigations

Nicole H. Sprinzen and Thomas Ingalls discuss how, under the new Antitrust Division policy, an effective compliance policy would prevent antitrust violations but also remediate them when they do occur.

Ninth Circuit (California): Hamas Attacks on Israel Do Not Trigger the War Exclusions [Alert]

Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance

Joe Ziemianski, Irene Yesowitch, and Sam Stalker discuss the Circuit Court's decision in Universal Cable Prods., LLC v. Atlantic Specialty Ins. Co. and what it means for insurers in and out of California.

Developers Say D.C. Comp Plan Changes Won't Do Enough to Beat Back Frequent Legal Challenges

News - Real Estate

Meridith Moldenhauer comments on the newly released amendments to D.C’s comprehensive plan in an article in the Washington Business Journal.

Workplace Safety Commission Member Elevated To Chair

News - Labor & Employment

Former Cozen O'Connor attorney, James Sullivan Jr. has been named the chair of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

Aggregate Deductible Recoveries Webinar

Publication - Subrogation & Recovery

Texas Supreme Court Identifies Claims that Survive the Payment of an Insurance Appraisal Award [Alert]

Publication - Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage - Insurance

Donnie M. Apodaca, II, Stephen Pate, and Alicia G. Curran discuss two recent the Supreme Court of Texas’s decisions and considerations for insurers before they invoke appraisal and pay the appraisal awards.

When They Don’t Wanna’: What To Do When Employees Don’t Want To Take FMLA Leave [Pittsburgh HRA]

Publication - Labor & Employment

Mariah Passarelli wrote an article about the challenges that employers face with the Family and Medical Leave Act.

Access to Public Space on an Employer’s Property by Non-Employee Union Organizers: A New Rule [Alert]

Publication - Labor & Employment

Barry Kearney discusses the NLRB overturning nearly four decades of precedent.

What the Industry is Saying About the Federal Rent Law Challenge

News - Real Estate, Zoning, Land Use & Development

Ken Fisher notes the makeup of the Supreme Court could impact New York's Rent Stabilization Association's and Community Housing Improvement Program's lawsuit, challenging the New York State rent stabilization law, in an article in The Real Deal.