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News & Commentary

Kate M. Swearengen is selected to participate in the American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law’s 2019 Leadership Development Program

May 30, 2019

New York Bankruptcy Court Refuses to Excuse Pension Fund’s Late Claim Filing

May 15, 2019

Cohen, Weiss and Simon LLP attorney Kate Swearengen is quoted in two Daily Labor Report articles entitled “Trump’s Top Lawyer Seeking Pro-Union Findings to Overturn” and “Challenges to Union Fees Made Easier by Top NLRB Lawyer.”

May 2, 2019

Pension Fund’s Withdrawal Liability Claim Against Alter Ego Not Limited to Amount of Fund’s Bankruptcy Claim against the Employer, Sixth Circuit Holds

April 12, 2019

Kate Swearengen’s article on “Understanding Cultural Differences of Working Class and Professional Americans” published in the winter issue of the American Bar Association Section of Labor & Employment Law Newsletter

April 4, 2019

Alabama Bankruptcy Court Allows Rejection of Mineworkers’ Contract

March 18, 2019

CWS Client Prevails on Appeal to Second Circuit of Decision Upholding Benefit Denial Based On Fraud

February 14, 2019

Cohen, Weiss and Simon LLP partner Peter DeChiara is quoted regarding the interplay of labor law and bankruptcy law in Daily Labor Report article entitled “Icahn-Trump Memo Revives Whether Bankruptcy Can Kill Union Pacts.”

February 4, 2019

Seventh Circuit Finds Employer’s Liability for Unfair Labor Practice to be Dischargeable in Bankruptcy

February 4, 2019

Eleventh Circuit Holds that Chapter 11 Debtor May Shed Retiree Health Benefits in an Asset Sale

January 11, 2019