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I have a tenant who causes a lot of problems. He is on a lease with the person who owns the home. Can I evict the problem tenant without evicting the home owner (who is not causing any problems)? Yes. You can evict some, but not all, tenants who are ...

EC&M highlighted Roy Cohen’s session, “How Battery Plants and EV Charging Stations are Changing the Landscape for Electrical Contractors,” at the NECA 2024 Convention & Trade Show. The article emphasized his role as ...

Michael McKenna discussed the extensive damages stemming from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in a Law360 article. He noted the potential for claims from cargo carriers and shippers over detention and demurrage fees incurred during the port ...

On September 12, 2024, the federal Office of Research Integrity (ORI) announced the release of the Department of Health & Human Services’ Final Rule on Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct. This marks the first changes to the ...

The power of the government to regulate the conduct of the business community is largely exercised by powerful federal and state administrative agencies. These agencies include the Environmental Protection Agency and the Pennsylvania Department of ...

Under the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (UTPCPL), the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General (OAG) Consumer Protection Section regularly conducts investigations of companies doing business in Pennsylvania for ...

We are excited to announce that Cohen Seglias has achieved a new milestone, with 32 of our attorneys recognized in the 2025 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America®. This marks the highest number of ...

Carolyn N. Daly, Partner at Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman, Newark, New Jersey Carolyn Daly spoke with Law.com on how she made managing partner for Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman’s Newark office. Practice area: Family ...

A federal judge in Texas set aside the FTC’s ban on noncompete agreements, ruling that the agency overstepped its authority and failed to justify such a sweeping prohibition, though the FTC may still pursue case-by-case enforcement. In an ...

From collective experience, it is known that securing the personal guarantee section of credit applications often proves to be more of the exception than the rule. When a personal guarantee is signed, the last thing any party wants is to be forced ...

When approaching a presidential election, regardless of who is in the White House, many regulations are finalized in the spring before the election. This is done to avoid the “look back” period of the Congressional Review Act, which ...

Following his presentation on delegated design and alternate dispute resolution at last year’s Construction Super Conference, Anthony Byler was interviewed by Third Thursday to discuss the growing prevalence of delegated design in the construction ...

There has been a rash of class action lawsuits against utility companies, utility contractors, and traffic control contractors. These lawsuits have alleged that on public works projects in New York City, workers performing “flagging work” must ...

While the new Title IX regulations are slated to take effect on Aug. 1, over 670 universities and 400 K-12 schools are facing injunctions and their resulting uncertainty about what to do next. The new rulemaking, released in April, generally reworks ...

I am contemplating refinancing my property with Freddie Mac, which requires that I incorporate its “Tenant Protections” into my lease. Before I complete the refinancing, I have a few questions. Am I required to convert my leases, which are all ...

We are over halfway through 2024 and are rapidly approaching the January 1, 2025 deadline for companies to submit their Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reports mandated by the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The CTA requires all domestic ...

On July 23, 2024, a federal judge in Pennsylvania declined to grant a temporary injunction against the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) forthcoming ban on employment noncompete agreements. District Judge Kelley Brisbon Hodge ruled that the FTC ...

Last August, the New Jersey Department of Labor (NJ DOL) released the New Jersey Wage Hub. According to the NJ DOL, the Hub is designed to be an easy-to-use online tool to help public works employers report certified payrolls. By reporting through ...

Retraction Watch spoke with Cohen Seglias white collar partner Julie Grohovsky, a former federal prosecutor, about the rare criminal charges brought against Hoau-yan Wang for alleged data manipulation. Drawing on her prosecutorial experience, Julie ...

In April, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent shockwaves across the nation when it issued an administrative rule that will essentially ban all noncompete agreements when it goes into effect on September 4, 2024. Not surprisingly, various ...