Fara A Cohen

September 08, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

This decision is the latest in a line of cases interpreting the PMWA more expansively than the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which already is leading to the filing of PMWA putative class action lawsuits.

By Andrea M. Kirshenbaum and Fara A. Cohen

9 minute read

March 26, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

A little over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, progress in mass vaccination across the country has raised new hopes of a return to some semblance of normalcy, including in the workplace.

By Andrea M. Kirshenbaum, Fara A. Cohen and Eve R. Keller

7 minute read

December 21, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

As COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed throughout the country in accordance with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), employers have been wrestling with this question: should we require our employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment?

By Andrea M. Kirshenbaum and Fara A. Cohen

8 minute read

September 26, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Aside from obvious privacy concerns, the value of personal information also presents a concern less often discussed: discrimination.

By Fara A. Cohen

8 minute read

March 07, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

The effects of implicit bias create huge potential for age, race and gender discrimination on college campuses—not only in the faculty recruiting process, but also in the recruiting process for students on campus.

By Melissa Hazell Davis and Fara A. Cohen

7 minute read

September 27, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Due to the popularity and appeal of college sports, sports-related scandals are usually the ones making the headlines. For example, in May 2016, Art Briles was dismissed as head football coach of Baylor University for mishandling sexual assault allegations against his student-athletes.

By Fara A. Cohen

8 minute read

June 28, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

With society's ever-evolving approach to marijuana, colleges and universities across the country, including those here in Pennsylvania, are now faced with a complex dilemma: enforce federal regulations in order to maintain federal funding or risk that funding by recognizing their state's mandate to permit marijuana use.

By Melissa Hazell Davis and Fara A. Cohen

1 minute read

May 10, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Prominent social and political figures have been asked to speak at colleges and universities for decades. Even though these speeches have been occurring for years, there is no doubt that the current political climate has resulted in increasingly polarized viewpoints and heightened uproar over the invitation of certain individuals to campus.

By Fara A. Cohen

8 minute read

April 04, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

The legal profession is notoriously slow when it comes to adapting to change. Even though many law firms are doing a better job of adjusting to millennial lawyers' needs and expectations, and law schools are requiring more practical curricula, the transition from law school to practice still proves tough for many new attorneys.

By Fara A. Cohen

8 minute read

October 05, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

On Sept. 7, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced that the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) planned to review existing Title IX guidance on campus sexual misconduct with an eye toward rescinding it.

By Christine E. Weller and Fara A. Cohen

9 minute read