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September 24, 2025
Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
“Codifying his lack of confidence in President Donald Trump’s economic policies, Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday ordered state agencies to find 4% in cuts to their budgets that would go into reserves to mitigate the effects of federal budget uncertainty,” by the Chicago Tribune.
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September 24, 2025
News - Real Estate, Zoning, Land Use & Development
Ken Fisher is quoted in THE CITY’s article discussing the approval of housing projects by limiting the power of the City Council.
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September 24, 2025
News - Immigration Policy & Strategy, Labor & Employment
Scott Bettridge was quoted in a Barron’s article discussing the impact of the Trump administration’s H-1B visa fee increase and expanded immigration enforcement on the U.S. labor market.
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September 23, 2025
Publication - Antitrust & Competition, Labor & Employment
Mike Schmidt, Anna Wermuth, Jonathan Grossman, Matt Howell, and Robyn Miller, senior law clerk, of Cozen O’Connor discuss the state of the FTC's 2024 attempt to ban noncompetes and what employers need to know.
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September 23, 2025
Publication - Labor & Employment - Education
Janice Agresti, Eliza Estrella, and Aaron Holt discuss Jorjani v. New Jersey Institute of Technology, in which the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the public university's non-renewal of a lecturer's contract, based on his controversial off-campus speech, violated the First Amendment.
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September 23, 2025
News - Business, Environmental Litigation & Enforcement, Environmental Regulatory & Due Diligence, Environmental, Social & Governance
James Van Orden is quoted in a Bloomberg Tax article discussing the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to terminate a program that requires large emitters to report greenhouse gas emissions.
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September 23, 2025
Publication - Business, Capital Markets & Securities, Corporate
Kathy Jaffari, Naz Jalali, and Rikisha Collins discuss the SEC’s recent roundtable on executive compensation disclosure requirements in The Legal Intelligencer.
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September 23, 2025
Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
“While both parties are currently locked in political jockeying to place the blame for a potentially imminent government shutdown on the other, history shows that voters tend to not factor in such funding lapses when the time comes in the polling booth.” — Howard Schweitzer, CEO, Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies
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September 23, 2025
Publication - Business, Real Estate, Zoning, Land Use & Development
Rachel Scall and Lucas Lopes discuss the NYC Industrial Plan draft report, which is the city’s first step to support and strengthen its industrial economy.
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September 23, 2025
Publication - Aviation Regulatory, Government Contracts, Transportation & Trade - Aviation
Michael Deutsch, Matt Howell, Amanda Losacco, and Kristina Zaslavskaya discuss the FAA's new pilot program to speed up the deployment of advanced air mobility (AAM) vehicles by forming public-private partnerships.
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September 23, 2025
Press Release - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment, Labor Relations & Disputes
Thomas Giotto has been named to City & State Pennsylvania’s 2025 Who’s Who in Labor.
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September 22, 2025
Publication - Business, Corporate, Environmental Litigation & Enforcement, Environmental Regulatory & Due Diligence
James Van Orden and Matthew Coughlin discuss Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws for packaging, which are active in seven U.S. states and pending legislation in eleven other jurisdictions.
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September 22, 2025
Publication - Canadian Family Practice
Chantal Cattermole and Alexandra Chipperman go in-depth into what happens to engagement and wedding rings after a marriage is called off.
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September 22, 2025
News - Immigration Policy & Strategy, Labor & Employment
Scott Bettridge was quoted in a South Florida Sun Sentinel article discussing President Donald Trump’s newly announced “Trump Gold Card” visa program and its potential impact on the longstanding EB-5 investor residency program.
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September 22, 2025
Press Release - Employment Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, Labor & Employment, Property Insurance, Trade Secrets, Restrictive Covenants, and Computer Abuse - Food & Beverage, Insurance
Stephen P. Pate, A. Martin Wickliff, Jr., Jeff Work, and Joseph A. Ziemianski were recognized as Super Lawyers and Silvia Chicas Wager, Michael C. Pomeroy, Nandini K. Sane, and Nicole Su were named Rising Stars.
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September 22, 2025
Publication - Immigration Policy & Strategy, Labor & Employment
Frances Rayer, Elizabeth Olivera, and Kelli Natrin discuss the President's new proclamation instituting a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas.
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September 22, 2025
Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
News and intelligence for professionals on the front lines of policy in Pennsylvania.
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September 19, 2025
Publication - State Attorneys General
In Payments Dive, Keturah Taylor and surcharging innovator Jonathan Razi explain the difference between credit card surcharges and mandatory fees and warn businesses and payment processors about the growing confusion around these two distinct concepts.
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September 19, 2025
Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie has endorsed Zohran Mamdani for Mayor of New York City.
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September 18, 2025
Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
During Thursday’s meeting, City Councilmember Mark Squilla (D-District 1) reintroduced a bill that would require retailers to charge a fee for paper bags to customers with the goal of reducing reliance on disposable bags following the City’s plastic bag ban, which led to a surge in paper bag use.
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