Cozen O’Connor has standing to challenge a Philadelphia Board of Ethics advisory opinion that said the Friends of Bob Brady Campaign Committee would run afoul of city campaign finance rules if Cozen O’Connor forgave in toto nearly $450,000 in legal bills the campaign incurred in a ballot challenge to U.S. Rep. Bob Brady’s 2007 mayoral race, the state Supreme Court ruled.
The trial and Commonwealth courts had ruled the law firm was not directly enough affected by the advisory opinion to have standing to challenge it. The courts likened the firm to an unpaid vendor and said it was the campaign committee’s fight to fight in terms of how it could settle its debt.
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