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December 21, 2020
Publication - Aviation, Transportation & Trade
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently issued new regulations codifying specific criteria for interpreting its fundamental regulatory authority under 49 U.S.C. section 41712 to prohibit airlines from engaging in “unfair or deceptive practices.”
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December 18, 2020
News - Labor & Employment
John Ho was quoted in Bloomberg Law discussing how staffing companies that hire holiday help for shipping, shopping, and health care have a big new concern this season — how to keep these temporary workers safe during a pandemic.
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December 17, 2020
Publication - Labor & Employment
Peter Ennis discusses the ordinance signed by Mayor Bill Peduto covering employers with 50 or more employees and requiring them to provide paid time off for employees working in the city who miss work due to reasons related to COVID-19.
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December 15, 2020
News - Labor & Employment
David Barron was quoted in Business Insurance discussing the impact the Biden administration could have on the NLRB.
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December 14, 2020
Press Release - Commercial Litigation, Family Law
Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that Jonathan Hoffman, member of the firm’s Family Law Group, has been elected as president of the board of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America for the Philadelphia-Delaware Valley Chapter.
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December 14, 2020
Publication - Labor & Employment
John Carrigan, Jr. wrote an article about the COVID-19 vaccine and employers looking to a vaccine as a way to keep their workforce and customers safe may face an uphill battle.
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December 14, 2020
Press Release - Labor & Employment
Lawdragon has named six members of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor & Employment Department to its 2020 list of the Top 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers.
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December 11, 2020
Press Release - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that Patrick Martin, principal and director of the firm’s Public Strategies group in the Midwest, has been named to The Hill’s Top Lobbyists: Hired Guns list.
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December 11, 2020
News - Construction Law
Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that Bruce Ficken, chair of the firm’s Construction Law Group, was selected by Lawyer Monthly as Lawyer of the Year 2020 for Construction Law – USA.
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December 10, 2020
News - Labor & Employment
Michael Schmidt discussed with Bay News 9 about if an employer can require their employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
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December 10, 2020
Publication - Public & Project Finance
Mark Vacha authored an article in the 2020 Fall Issue of The Ledger for the Government Finance Officers Association of Pennsylvania addressing the current labors to build a post-London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) marketplace.
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December 10, 2020
Press Release - Labor & Employment
Jeffrey Pasek was reelected to a three-year term on the board of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry.
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December 10, 2020
News - Commercial Litigation, Family Law
Jennifer Brandt, chair of the firm’s Family Law Group, was a guest on Good Day Philadelphia's local Fox station.
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December 09, 2020
Publication - Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring, Commercial Litigation
Barry Klayman and Mark Felger, writing in the Delaware Business Court Insider, discuss a recent decision by the Court of Chancery in Delaware holding that first-party claims are covered by a standard indemnity provision in a limited liability company agreement absent an express intent to the contrary, rejecting application of the presumption in a line of cases involving bilateral commercial contracts against fee-shifting with respect to claims between the contracting parties absent a clear statement allowing it.
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December 08, 2020
Publication - Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring - Retail
Allen Guon and Robert Fishman discuss the Uniform Commercial Code and the steps necessary to perfect your consignment under it.
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December 08, 2020
News - Labor & Employment
David Barron was quoted in the Washington Post discussing one of the issues facing the bipartisan stimulus negotiations is the insistence by Senate Republicans that businesses and other entities have sweeping immunity from coronavirus-related lawsuits.
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December 07, 2020
Publication - Maritime Regulatory, Transportation & Trade - Maritime , Renewable Energy
Josh Stein discusses the announcement that both chambers of Congress have reached an agreement on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2021 and how it may impact the offshore wind industry.
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December 07, 2020
Publication - Aviation, Aviation Regulatory - Aviation
David Heffernan and Rachel Welford discuss the DOT's new regulation, “Traveling by Air with Service Animals,” that substantially revises its rules governing the transportation of service animals onboard aircraft.
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December 04, 2020
Publication - Tax
Heidi Schwartz and Joe Bright co-authored an article in Bloomberg Tax addressing the reporting challenges and potential tax bills confronting employers whose employees are working from home in jurisdictions outside of the employer’s workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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December 04, 2020
Publication - White Collar Defense & Investigations
Stephen Miller and Catherine Yun contributed an article to The Legal Intelligencer titled, "High Court Examines Requirement of Political Party Affiliation for State Judges." This article discusses a recent case that presents a challenge to the Delaware Constitution’s anti-patronage provisions
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