Cozen O’Connor Announces Six New Shareholders

News - Business, Commercial Finance, Commercial Litigation, Corporate, Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, Subrogation & Recovery, White Collar Defense & Investigations

Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce the promotion of six members to shareholders: Benjamin Bomrind, Patrick Carey, Sarah Krissoff, Jeff Monhait, Michael O’Donnell, and Tamar Wise.

Why Nadine Menendez Still Hasn’t Visited Her Husband in Prison [New York Times]

News - White Collar Defense & Investigations

Robert Menendez, a longtime senator from New Jersey, began serving an 11-year sentence in June following his conviction last year on federal bribery and corruption charges. In September, Nadine Menendez was sentenced to four and a half years in prison following her conviction at trial for aiding her husband.

Federal News Network: When federal judges fear for their families, the entire justice system is under attack

Publication - State Attorneys General

Bankruptcy Legal Clinic Students Build Skills While Helping Clients Relieve Financial Burdens

News - Commercial Litigation, Customs, Imports & Trade Remedies

Heather Marx was quoted in a University of St. Thomas article discussing the Law School’s Bankruptcy Litigation Clinic, where students have the opportunity to practice as attorneys under supervision with real clients.

NLRB Memo Shifts Tone on Defenses Against Union 'Salting'

Publication - Labor & Employment, Labor Relations & Disputes

Daniel Johns discusses in Law360 the July 24 memo issued by William Cowen, the acting general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Healthcare Investing: Opportunities in Telemedicine, Healthcare IT & Aging Services

News - Health Care & Life Sciences

Christopher Raphaely was featured on CapLink Group’s Connecting Capital Conversations podcast. He talked with Mark Gormley, Managing Partner at Lee Equity, about compelling investment opportunities in today’s health care sector.

AGs Boot Up AI Task Force | WA AG Onboards New Worker Rights Unit | AGs Dig In on Public Lands

Publication - State Attorneys General

The State AG Report – 11.20.2025 Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US.

Emerging Minefields in Federal Procurement: A New Era of Expanding Government Investigations and Audits [Alert]

Publication - Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Government Contracts

Eric Leonard, Larry Prosen, and Kristina Zaslavskaya share updates on intensifying audits and investigations into federal procurement, focusing on fraud, compliance, and misuse of preference programs under new administration priorities.

Dustin McDaniel Named 2025 Mid-South Super Lawyer

Press Release - State Attorneys General

Selection to Super Lawyers is based on peer nominations and evaluations combined with independent research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only five percent of attorneys are named Super Lawyers.

Building Trust With Clients in High-Stakes Divorce Cases [Martindale-Avvo]

Publication - Family Law

Jennifer Brandt, chair of the firm’s Family Law Group, contributed an article to the Martindale-Avvo blog discussing the importance of building trust in high-stakes divorce cases.

SEC Will not Weigh in on Exclusion of Most Shareholder Proposals for Current Proxy Season [Alert]

Publication - Business, Capital Markets & Securities, Corporate, Shareholder Activism & Takeover Defense

Mehrnaz Jalali, Noah Schottenbauer discuss the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance announcement that it will not substantively weigh in on public companies' requests to exclude most shareholder proposals under Rule 14a-8 due to resource constraints.

Cozen O’Connor LLP Welcomes Estate and Trust Counsel Alexander J. Swabuk to its Canadian Family Practice

Press Release - Canadian Family Practice

Swabuk, who has spent the past decade guiding high net worth clients through both estate planning and, when necessary, complex, multi-party estate disputes, joins Cozen O'Connor LLP as a member and will work out of its Vancouver office.

Sarah Krissoff Speaks with BBC about the Epstein Files

News - White Collar Defense & Investigations

The Senate on Wednesday officially passed legislation to compel the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Senators had locked in an agreement to automatically pass the bill as soon as it was received from the House, which passed it on Tuesday with overwhelming margins.

Saskatchewan Adopts the Hague Child Support Convention: Lessons from BC’s Early Implementation [Alert]

Publication - Canadian Family Practice

Chantal Cattermole shared how Saskatchewan's adoption of the Hague Child Support Convention strengthens cross-border child support enforcement in Canada.

Cozen O’Connor Further Expands its Global Tax and Israel Practices, Adding International Tax Attorney Oz Halabi

Press Release - Israel Practice, Tax

Halabi, who joins as a member and will work out of Cozen O’Connor’s New York City office, comes to the firm from Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Barat and was previously with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

Heidi Hertz Appointed to VA Governor-Elect’s Transition Committee

News - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies

New York City Council Approves Long Island City Neighborhood Plan [Alert]

Publication - Business, Real Estate, Zoning, Land Use & Development

Rachel Scall and Lucas Lopes discuss the New York City Council's approval of the OneLIC Neighborhood Plan, rezoning 54 full or partial blocks in Long Island City, Queens.

Treasury Closes Comment Period on Landmark Stablecoin Legislation [Alert]

Publication - Government & Regulatory - Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology

Aselle Kurmanova shares details around the Treasury's conclusion of the comment period for the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to implement the landmark GENIUS Act.

2025 Federal Budget: Select Tax Measures of Interest to Mining Companies [Alert]

Publication - Capital Markets & Securities — Canada, Tax

Kevin Zimka discusses the Canadian Federal budget that contains several proposals of interest to companies that explore for minerals in Canada. Specifically, several of these proposals directly relate to shares issued as “flow-through shares” pursuant to the Income Tax Act.

For Commercial Vessels, VIDA Will Usher in New Era of Uniformity [Marine Link]

Publication - Government & Regulatory, Maritime Regulatory, Transportation & Trade - Maritime

Jeffrey Lewis contributed an article to Marine Link discussing the importance of implementing the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act of 2018 (VIDA), which will establish uniform standards for regulating ballast water and other incidental discharges by commercial vessels.