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Joseph J. Costello
Partner - Philadelphia
Practice Overview
More than 270 labor and employment lawyers in 15 U.S. offices and 3 international offices
Named an "Employment Group of the Year" by Law360 (2010)
Ranked in Band 1 for "National Labor and Employment Practice" in Chambers USA 2011
Ranked in Band 1 for "National ERISA Litigation Practice" in Chambers USA 2011—noting Charles Jackson, Gregory Braden, and Brian Ortelere as leading individuals
36 labor and employment lawyers in Chambers 2011 listings—USA and Global
The American Lawyer magazine's Litigation Department of the Year—Labor and Employment Law Winner in 2006, Finalist in 2004, 2008, 2010, and 2012
Ranked #1 for Labor & Employment Law in Corporate Counsel's 2010 "Who Represents America's Biggest Companies"
Ranked #1 for Labor and Employment—2012 Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms
22 partners elected as fellows to the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
Ranked in the top tier by The Legal 500 for ERISA Litigation, Labor and Employment Litigation, Labor-Management Relations, and Workplace and Employment Counseling (2011)
Four lawyers listed among the 100 most powerful employment attorneys by Human Resource Executive (2011)
Ranked National Tier 1: Employment Law—Management, U.S. News and Best Lawyers (2010)
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Robert Abramowitz, Harry Burton
This White Paper discusses many of the benefit-related provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. This legislation represents a slimmed-down version of previous bipartisan health insurance re... more
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Michael Ossip, Sarah Bouchard
Paul Greco On June 24, Governor Ridge signed Senate Bill 801 (SB 801) into law. SB 801 provides a number of significant reforms to the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act (WCA). The reforms were designed to encourage workers... more
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Michael Ossip
On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Auer v. Robbins, an appeal brought by St. Louis Police Department sergeants and lieutenants classified by their employer as exempt from overtime pay under the Fair Labor S... more
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Charles O'Connor
Recently, the American Arbitration Association (AAA) released a new set of procedural rules titled The National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes (Employment Dispute Rules or Rules). These new Rules apply to the r... more
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Steven Spencer
On June 10, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Lockheed Corp v. Spink , 1996 WL 305742 (U.S.), in which it unanimously held that (1) an employer does not violate ERISA's prohibited transaction rules when it amends its pen... more
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Dennis Morikawa
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is expected to publish on Thursday, March 14, its new "Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Health Care and Social Service Workers," an advance copy of which h... more
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Dennis Morikawa
In early February, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking with respect to Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting requirements. The Prop... more
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John Battenfeld
In a decision issued on November 13, in Scott v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co ., 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 15073, the California Supreme Court affirmed a jury award of $1,475,000 to two employees who claimed they were wrongfully... more
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Judith Harris
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Steven Spencer, Joseph Costello
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Mark Dichter, Michael Banks
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Michael Bloom, Francis Milone
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Eric Kraeutler
It is 8:30 a.m. You are finishing your first cup of coffee and preparing for a busy day when the telephone rings. It is the plant manager for one of your company's largest manufacturing facilities. Four carloads of government a... more
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Christopher Parlo
On April 28, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Papaila v. Uniden America Corporation affirmed a lower court determination that Uniden, a U.S.-based subsidiary of a Japanese parent corporation, had standing to assert the rig... more
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Francis Milone, Joseph Costello
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Joseph Santucci, Jr.
Section 5(a)(1) of the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991 (the Act), directed the Secretary of Transportation to "establish a program which requires motor carriers to conduct pre-employment, reasonable suspicion... more
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Anita W. Coupe, Lynn B. Doonan
This White Paper discusses the newly enacted Smoke-Free Air Act, which regulates smoking in New York City. The White Paper discusses the scope of coverage of the new law as it relates to places of employment, including the law'... more
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Robert Gaybrick
The Uruguay Round Agreements Act (Act), Pub. L. No. 103-465, was signed by President Clinton on December 8, 1994. The Act significantly affects many areas of U.S. law, including the areas of patent, trademark and copyright law.... more
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Robert Smith
On January 6, 1995, the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued Final Regulations implementing the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (the "FMLA" or the "Act"), 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq . These regulations supe... more
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Lawrence Fine, Judith Walkoff
This White Paper discusses recent Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and New York regulations that require employers with 100 or more employees at a work site, to develop programs that reduce vehicle miles traveled commuting to ... more
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Judith Harris
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Lawrence Fine
This White Paper discusses the United States Supreme Court’s decision in NLRB v. Health Care & Retirement Corp. of America (May 23, 1994), which struck down the National Labor Relations Board's test for determining w... more
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Harry Burton
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Steven Spencer
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Steven Spencer, Brian Dougherty, I. Lee Falk
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Robert Smith
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Francis Milone
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Joseph Costello
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Anita W. Coupe, Joseph P. Harkins
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Robert Smith
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Lawrence Fine
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Andrew Schaffran, Christopher Parlo
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Richard Rosenblatt, Lawrence Fine, Dennis Morikawa
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Donald Havermann, James Kelley, II
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Lawrence Fine
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Mark Zelek, Terence Connor
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Anita W. Coupe, Nancy L. Vary
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Christopher Parlo
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John Battenfeld, Frank Smith, Jr.
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Robert Smith, Mark Dichter
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Michael Ossip, Francis Milone, Michael Banks
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Francis Milone, Michael Banks
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Timothy O'Reilly
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Michael Ossip, Steven Spencer, Robert Abramowitz
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Steven Wall
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Michael Ossip, Dennis Morikawa
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Robert Smith, Mark Dichter
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Lawrence Fine, Mark Dichter
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James Kelley, II, Dennis Morikawa
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Bradford W. Coupe, Andrew D. Ness, Roy A. Sheetz
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Robert Smith, Mark Dichter
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Gregory Lewis
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Robert Smith, Mark Dichter
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William J. Emanuel
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Eric A. Sisco, Keith D. Grossman
The California Court of Appeal in San Francisco recently issued a decision which held that a private employer's drug testing of applicants for employment does not, in the circumstances of case, violate the California constitutio... more
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Lawrence Fine
This White paper discusses the recently enacted New Jersey Family Leave Act and its impact on New Jersey employers. The Act provides that employees with newly born or adopted children or seriously ill family members shall be en... more
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