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CFPB Fights Alleged Predatory Lenders | Kobach Gives Price Gouging the Cold Shoulder | Bonta Calls for Privacy Law Changes

March 02, 2023

Publication - State Attorneys General

The State AG Report – 3.2.2023 Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US.


Mayor Kenney Proposes Budget for Fiscal Year ‘24 [Alert]

March 02, 2023

Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies

On March 2, Mayor Kenney presented his final budget proposal to City Council. Throughout his address, he stated that he would like to prioritize short and medium-term violence prevention and quality-of-life initiatives. The proposed budget has $6.1 billion in revenue and $5.6 billion in expenses, which leaves $524 million unspent.


Broad Street Brief: City Council Set to Undergo Once-in-a-Generation Transformation

March 02, 2023

Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies

With six members of City Council resigning to run for mayor, as well as council president’s upcoming retirement, City Council will continue to change significantly as new members come into office and others transition to leadership positions. Read our detailed run-down of the current state of the at-large and district City Council races, as well as the behind-the-scenes race to become council president.


How Can Coop and Condo Boards Further Restrict Short-Term Rentals? [Alert]

March 02, 2023

Publication - Condominiums & Cooperatives, Real Estate

Leni Cummins and Jennifer Williams discuss New York City's Local Law 18 that requires owners and/or renters who want to rent out their residential units for less than 30 days to register with the New York City’s Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement.


Philadelphia City Council to Undergo Once-in-a-Generation Transformation

March 02, 2023

Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies

Council President Darrell L. Clarke (District 5) announced last week that he would not be seeking reelection, while several seats set to turn over.


Whistleblower Watch Winter 2023

March 01, 2023

Publication - White Collar Defense & Investigations

A quarterly update on FCA Enforcement and Qui Tam Litigation


B.C.S.C. Provides Guidance on Investor Relations Disclosure in Social Media [Alert]

March 01, 2023

Publication - Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement, White Collar Defense & Investigations

This decision provides guidance about what “clear and conspicuous” disclosure looks like, and what information is sufficient to satisfy the requirement.


Q&A: Estate Sale Woes

March 01, 2023

News - Condominiums & Cooperatives

Leni Cummins provides insights into the intricacies of managing estate sales with condo and co-op boards in a Q&A session with CooperatorNews.


Off-Duty Recreational Cannabis Use [Practical Law The Journal]

March 01, 2023

Publication - Labor & Employment - Cannabis

Ed Langhammer contributed to the March edition of the GC Agenda about California law AB 2188.


As Garment District Landlords Clamor for Resi Conversions, Others Say Not So Fast

March 01, 2023

News - Real Estate

Ken Fisher is quoted in Crain’s New York in an article discussing the fate of the Garment District, located in Midtown Manhattan, as City Council continues to hold hearings to determine if the city should use commercial vacancy to create more housing.


Cozen Currents: Biden Needs to Draw a Crowd

February 28, 2023

Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies

President Biden will need to crowd in massive sums of private capital to covert his ambitious legislative agenda from the last two years into reality.” — Howard Schweitzer, CEO, Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies


Michael Heller Named to Philadelphia Business Journal’s 2023 Power 101

February 28, 2023

News

Michael Heller has been named to Philadelphia Business Journal’s Power 101 list for the eighth consecutive year.


The FCA as a Sword to Combat Pandemic-Related Fraud: No End in Sight [Alert]

February 28, 2023

Publication - White Collar Defense & Investigations

In 2022, federal prosecutors used the False Claims Act to recover nearly $7 million from fraud related to pandemic-relief. We expect that to increase in 2023.


Cozen O’Connor Brings its Institutional Response and Subrogation Practices to Boston

February 28, 2023

News - Institutional Response Group, Subrogation & Recovery

Jeffrey Bourgeois and Shannon M. Warren — to its Boston office. Bourgeois, who previously served as assistant attorney general in the Human Trafficking Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office, joins the IRG as counsel. Warren, who previously served as partner and vice president at Uehlein & Associates, joins the firm’s Subrogation & Recovery Department as a member.


Attorney Fees Award Encourages Voting Rights Litigants

February 27, 2023

Publication - Construction Law

Josephine Bahn contributed the article “Attorney Fees Award Encourages Voting Rights Litigants” to the American Bar Association Litigation Section’s website.


The Turning of the Tide? Price-Fixing Class Actions in the Canadian Courts

February 27, 2023

Publication - Antitrust & Competition, Class Actions, Commercial Litigation

Michael Osborne contributed an article to Lloyd’s List Intelligence Competition Law Insight, discussing the potential change for a more balanced, less plaintiff-friendly approach to the certification process for price-fixing class actions.


Why Recommend a Prenuptial Agreement? [Martindale-Avvo]

February 27, 2023

Publication - Family Law

Jennifer Brandt, chair of the firm’s Family Law Group, contributed an article to the Martindale-Avvo blog discussing the process and benefits of a prenuptial agreement.


New York Note: Mental Health Agenda, MTA Oversight, Admin Appointments

February 27, 2023

Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies

News in New York – Preview of Adams' Mental Health Agenda; Adams Seeks Further Oversight of the MTA; Mayor Adams Announces Administration Appointments


What Happens When a Senator is Incapacitated? [New York Law Journal]

February 27, 2023

Publication - Commercial Litigation, Government & Regulatory

Jerry Goldfeder contributed an article to the New York Law Journal discussing the political impact of Senator John Fetterman’s hospitalization for depression.


My Neighbors Are Always Chatting Outside My Door. Make Them Stop!

February 25, 2023

News - Condominiums & Cooperatives

Leni Morrison Cummins is quoted in The New York Times discussing options for co-op tenants experiencing noise disturbances.

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