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ALM Reporter Lizzy McLellan sat down with managing partner, George Pallas, to discuss the next generation of lawyers and planning for a successful future for the firm’s piece in The Mid-Market Report. Pallas provided the answers below, which ...

On September 13, Cohen Seglias’ DC office participated in their second Habitat for Humanity Washington, D.C. build day. Cohen Seglias attorneys and staff, Casey McKinnon, Jackson Nichols, Cynthia Roberson, Arielle Simon, and Paul Williamson, were ...

Question: I was recently told that the Americans with Disabilities Act requires that I provide interpreter services for prospective residents who do not speak English and cannot understand my application or lease documents. Is this ...

Lori Wisniewski Azzara, Partner in the firm’s Pittsburgh office, is quoted in the September/October edition of BreakingGround‘s Construction Law Update. Lori discusses the rise of technology and how it is changing the legal industry and ...

As lanyard sponsor of the 2019 Construction Super Conference, Cohen Seglias is featured in the conference’s monthly newsletter, News Print. Construction Partner Ed Seglias is quoted in the article about the firm’s commitment to the ...

On March 8, 2018, President Trump signed a pair of executive orders putting a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and a ten percent tariff on imported aluminum. In the eighteen months since the tariffs went into effect, the impacts of these and ...

Michael Payne, Chair of the firm’s Government Contracting Group, is quoted in the Law360 article in regard to his representation of Meridian Engineering Co. Law360 (September 24, 2019, 11:39 PM EDT) — The federal government is liable ...

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 ...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is currently considering a case that could dramatically alter the Commonwealth’s commercial landscape. In Gregg v. Ameriprise Financial, Inc., the Court agreed to review a decision by the Pennsylvania Superior Court, ...

In the traditional “design-bid-build” project delivery system, a project owner sometimes engages a construction manager or contractor during the pre-construction phase to consult and provide insight regarding costs, sequencing, scheduling and ...

Cohen Seglias Summer Associate Jordan L. Cramer also contributed to this article. On August 12, 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed new legislation (Senate Bill S6577, A8421) making it significantly easier for employees to file sexual harassment ...

Housing discrimination claims are on the rise. The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the two agencies charged with investigating claims of housing discrimination in our ...

The iPad Pro, as I and many others have previously stated, is a much better content manager than content creator. There is no question that drafting a legal memorandum, contract or a lengthy letter is best performed using a computer with a ...

Over the last thirty years, we’ve represented dozens of family-owned and operated construction businesses. Some family businesses run like a well-oiled machine with siblings and extended family members working together harmoniously and taking on ...

This article was originally published in Currents, POWER’s quarterly Environmental newsletter. In consumer protection investigations, governmental agencies such as state Attorneys General and the Federal Trade Commission investigate business ...

We are pleased to announce that seven Cohen Seglias attorneys are included in the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Lawyers are selected for inclusion based on an exhaustive peer-review process. Roy Cohen, Litigation – ...

Large and complex projects like the Comcast Technology Center often benefit from contractors’ participation in the pre-construction design and planning phase. In late 2018, the Comcast Technology Center opened to the public after approximately ...

In any given year, my firm represents nearly 1,000 contractors. I’m on the phone with contractors talking about employee and union issues all day every day. I’m not complaining, I get to hear some pretty interesting stories about how employees ...

Question: I manage a market-rate property. I have a tenant who asked me to install a concrete walkway to her door (all of the other lots have gravel walkways) due to a mobility disability. After she provided me the documentation to establish that ...

Our newsletter team recently sat down with the Chair of the firm’s Business Transactions Group, Marian Kornilowicz. Tell us a little about your practice and the services you provide to your clients. A: I joined Cohen Seglias 19 years ago as a ...