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June 01, 2019
Publication - Labor & Employment
Bethany Salvatore and Bryant Andrews wrote about conducting criminal background checks during the hiring process.
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May 31, 2019
Press Release - Labor & Employment, Products Liability, Transportation & Logistics Litigation
Three Cozen O’Connor attorneys have been recognized as 2019 Chicago Notable Gen X Leaders in Law by Crain’s Chicago Business for their success and accomplishments in their leadership roles within the firm and across the legal community.
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May 30, 2019
Press Release - Institutional Response Group
Each brings to the firm a strong background conducting sensitive, often highly charged investigations involving child abuse, sexual and gender-based harassment, interpersonal violence, elder abuse, discrimination and harassment, and other forms of serious misconduct.
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May 29, 2019
Publication - Insurance Coverage
Stephen Pate discusses why there is a controversy and how Texas—and some other states—are likely to deal with the ALI’s Restatement of the Law on Liability Insurance.
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May 28, 2019
Publication - Customs, Imports & Trade Remedies
Tom Wallrich and Kristi Zentner discuss the USTR’s May 9 announcement that results in a 25 percent increased duty rate on all relevant goods that are exported from China on or after May 10, 2019, or that enter the United States after June 1, 2019.
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May 24, 2019
Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
New legislation would add 10 days of employee personal time and expand employer liability.
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May 23, 2019
Publication - Labor & Employment
Anna Wermuth, Kelly Kindig, and Dan Johns discuss the recent advice memorandum released by the Division of Advice of the NLRB concluding drivers for the ride-sharing platform Uber are independent contractors and not employees.
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May 23, 2019
Publication - Condominiums & Cooperatives, Real Estate
Leni Cummins discusses the impact the Climate Mobilization Act will have on condo and co-op boards.
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May 23, 2019
News - Insurance Coverage
Stephen Pate has been appointed by the State Bar of Texas as a member of the State Bar of Texas Pattern Jury Charges—Business, Consumer, Insurance & Employment Committee. As a member, Stephen will represent the State Bar and lawyers across the state of Texas.
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May 22, 2019
News - Real Estate, Zoning, Land Use & Development
Ken Fisher explains why the narrative of aggressive evictions in New York is unfair to landlords in a PincusCo article.
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May 21, 2019
Press Release - Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Electronic Discovery & Practice Advisory Services, Family Law, Intellectual Property, Legal Profession Services, Mergers & Acquisitions, Public & Project Finance, White Collar Defense & Investigations
Super Lawyers has selected 64 Cozen O'Connor attorneys to the 2019 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.
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May 21, 2019
Press Release - Insurance Coverage, Labor & Employment, White Collar Defense & Investigations
The Leading Lawyers Network has named 17 Cozen O’Connor lawyers to its annual list of Illinois’ top practitioners - including one Emerging Lawyer - in its 2019 survey results.
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May 20, 2019
Publication - Environmental Litigation & Enforcement, Environmental Regulatory & Due Diligence, Utility & Energy
Peter Fontaine, Michael Klein, and Marcia Mulkey discuss the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's tracking approximately 19 sites with known contamination with PFOA and PFOS and its PFAS sampling plan, targeting 300 public water supplies with elevated potential for contamination and testing for six PFAS compounds
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May 19, 2019
Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance
John Ewell co-authored the article "Product Liability Special Alert: Lease Runs Out on “Rental Market” Exception to Defense of Strict Liability Design Defect Claims" for Lexology.
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May 16, 2019
News - Insurance Coverage
Deborah Minkoff has been recognized by The Legal Intelligencer as a 2019 Professional Excellence Award winner in the Best Mentor category
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May 15, 2019
News - Family Law
Jennifer sat down with the hosts of Fox29's Good Day Philadelphia to discuss Alabama's new abortion law and what's next.
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May 14, 2019
News - Labor & Employment
Kelly Kindig discussed with Business Insurance about a U.S. Department of Labor opinion letter outlining when a worker should be considered an independent contractor or an employee.
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May 14, 2019
News - Labor & Employment
Aaron Holt discussed with Human Resource Executive the NLRA protecting workers' rights with social media.
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May 13, 2019
News - Real Estate, Zoning, Land Use & Development
Ken Fisher discusses New York City's Right to Counsel law in The Real Deal. The article explains that New York passed the law in 2017, guaranteeing a lawyer to all low-income tenants facing eviction, and while it has received support from both tenants and landlords some issues still remain.
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May 10, 2019
Publication - Real Estate
Paul Rutter and Peter Swain discuss factors that could impact investors interested in pursuing opportunity zone investments.
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