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While many individuals and organizations have provided commentary and criticism over the revised Title IX regulations (the Rules) released in early May amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, 18 states’ attorneys general have collaborated to file suit ...

Partner John Greenhall commented for Construction Executive’s “Executive Insights” for the June edition of the magazine, which also includes this year’s ranking of the Top 50 Construction Law Firms. John discussed what firms can learn from ...

On June 5, 2020, the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (PPP Flexibility Act) became law. The PPP Flexibility Act includes significant changes for small businesses across the nation that received funding from the Paycheck Protection ...

Ed Seglias is quoted in the Law360 article, “$17M Philly Sewer Project Blocked Over Contract Dispute,” about the firm’s representation of C. Abbonizio Contractors Inc. in a bidding dispute on a city of Philadelphia sewer ...

Question: I have been getting complaints about a particular resident who repeatedly shows others a gun that he carries on his hip. He does not seem to be threatening anyone but just seems to be boasting. Even though he has a permit to carry a ...

For their May legal minute in The NEXT Academy Podcast with Chad Jones and Cody Phillips, John Greenhall and Lisa Wampler explain the complexities of warranties. In this episode,  NECA Directors Chad Jones and Cody Phillips discuss construction ...

We are pleased to announce that numerous Cohen Seglias attorneys were selected to this year’s New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. The Super Lawyers lists recognize no more than 5 percent of ...

As an update to our May 8 article, on May 21, Governor Wolf amended his May 7 Executive Order that imposed a moratorium on all evictions. Under the amendment, the moratorium now only applies to tenants who have not paid rent and other amounts owed, ...

In October 2019, we wrote about the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision in Apartment Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh v. Pittsburgh, in which the court vacated the Commonwealth Court’s earlier order declaring that the city could not require ...

Do you have a “sexting” partner? If so, the Appellate Division says you could be in a “Dating Relationship” under the NJ Prevention of Domestic Violence Act Want to obtain a restraining order in New Jersey? The appellate division made that ...

As first discussed in our article, ”Keeping the Lights on During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Paycheck Protection Program,” the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) ...

With the onset of COVID-19 and Governor Murphy’s stay-at-home order, the court system has had to implement a number of procedures and protocols in order to allow courts to continue functioning while we all continue to social distance. Although ...

Following the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s order on April 28 that directed state courts to open for business on May 4, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf issued an executive order on May 7 declaring a moratorium on evictions through July 10, 2020. The ...

c Through our Block Builder sponsorship at $10,000, Cohen Seglias is helping Habitat Philly achieve their goal. How YOU Can Help! If you are interested in supporting the firm’s efforts, please consider donating construction materials or gently ...

Who would have thought in the fall of 2019, when we were all waiting with bated breath for U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to issue the new Title IX regulations that the regulations would instead be issued in the spring during a pandemic? ...

With construction sites re-opening and others going out for proposals, it is imperative that everyone in a business, from estimator to project manager to laborer understands the new normal on project sites. Across the board, proper precautions must ...

Want To Get Divorced? It’s Never Easy … Especially Now According to provisional data released by the CDC for the year 2017 (the latest year we have data for), the “marriage rate” is currently at 6.9 per every 1,000 people in the United ...

Pennsylvania’s landlords are closely watching statewide bans on eviction proceedings, as well as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling on the matter. The Supreme Court issued an order on April 28 in which it directed that state courts open for ...

For their April legal minute in The NEXT Academy Podcast with Chad Jones and Cody Phillips, John Greenhall and Lisa Wampler explain the complexities of Force Majeure clauses. About The NEXT Academy Podcast with Chad Jones and Cody ...

The construction industry can resume operations statewide starting May 1, 2020 under recent orders from Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf. The Governor’s decision brought relief and excitement to contractors eager to get back to work. It also brought ...