News & Publications

Structural steel fabricators occupy a unique place on construction projects. Their steelwork has substantial cost and is fundamental to the construction, and they often share design responsibilities with several other parties. As construction ...

Structural steel fabricators occupy a unique place in construction projects. Their steelwork has a substantial cost and is fundamental to the construction, and they often share design responsibilities with several other parties. As construction ...

Our newsletter team recently sat down with the Chair of the firm’s Green Building Group, Lane Kelman. Q: Tell us a little about your practice and the Green Building Group. A: My group understands the unique issues that arise with green ...

Despite the construction industry’s few areas of certainty, contractors can invariably count on facing an OSHA compliance inspection at some point. These visits are meant to ensure everyone on-site is complying with OSHA’s many and detailed ...

As I sit here and write this article, we have experienced the first today of the televised impeachment hearings. To say that my wife was interested would be a massive understatement. She’s a true political junkie and she had the DVR running all ...

In today’s world of texting and emails, individuals regularly communicate via these written forms of communication using their mobile devices for both business and personal matters. On construction projects, it is no secret that emails largely ...

On July 30, 2019, Pennsylvania’s adoption of the Revised Uniform Arbitration Act (RUAA) officially went into effect. This new law should prompt all owners, contractors, subcontractors, or anyone else involved in the construction industry to ...

Happy holidays from the editorial team at Cohen Seglias! In our final issue of 2019, you will learn the pros and cons of arbitration provisions in construction contracts, the legal implications of text messages, and how to challenge OSHA citations ...

Happy holidays from the editorial team at Cohen Seglias! In our final issue of 2019, you will learn the pros and cons of arbitration provisions in construction contracts, the legal implications of text messages, and how to challenge OSHA citations ...

Cohen Seglias is pleased to announce that Sally J. Daugherty has joined the firm as senior counsel in our Wilmington, DE office. Sally brings over three decades of experience representing small and medium-sized businesses throughout the Mid-Atlantic ...

While corporations and their officers/employees have long been the focus of federal grand jury investigations, Pennsylvania prosecutors targeting corporate crime using the powers of a county/multicounty investigating grand jury is of more recent ...

Cohen Seglias is proud to continue our tradition of supporting various children’s charities throughout the holiday season with toy collections and monetary donations. Cohen Seglias matches all contributions. If you would like to make a donation, ...

Under the Department of Labor’s new overtime rules, which become effective January 1, 2020, all employees with a salary of less than $35,568 must be treated as hourly employees entitled to overtime compensation whenever they work more than 40 ...

New York City, particularly gentrifying areas of Brooklyn, Harlem, and Washington Heights, are seeing an upsurge of deed theft. Attorneys, ar­chitects, title companies, real estate brokers, agents, contractors, devel­opers and construction ...

Question: Our magisterial district judge said that he will not issue a possession judgment unless the tenant breaches a condition of the lease. What does this mean? Answer: Under the common law (which is the law established by judges’ ...

Cohen Seglias is mentioned in the Philadelphia Business Journal article about the upcoming renovations to 1600 Market Street. The firm prepares to move into the new space in August 2020. American Real Estate Partners plans to invest more than $15 ...

Roy Cohen is named a 2019 Pennsylvania Trailblazer by The Legal Intelligencer in their inaugural list. The Pennsylvania Trailblazer list spotlights individuals who are agents of change and have made significant marks on the practice, policy, and ...

Our newsletter team recently sat down with the Chair of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Group, Steve Williams. Tell us a little about your practice and the Commercial Litigation Group. A: I provide a full range of legal services to help my ...

The “experience modifier” is a method of adjusting an employer’s premium for workers’ compensation policy based upon the employer’s previous loss experience. The premise behind an experience modifier is that the ...

While a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court opinion has no direct ties to the construction industry, it still has a wide-reaching impact on Pennsylvania litigants generally, including owners, contractors, and consultants involved in construction ...