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Spotlight

Cofounder Patrick J. O'Connor to Receive Two Honorary Degrees

Patrick has been selected to receive an honorary degree from Temple University, to be conferred Thursday, May 16. On May 17, he will receive an honorary degree from Villanova University School of Law.MORE

Cozen O’Connor’s Charitable Foundation recognized for its charitable contributions

The Cozen O’Connor Foundation’s support of local, national and nonprofit organizations was recognized for its generosity by the Philadelphia Business Journal. Among the other corporations receiving corporate philanthropy awards were Wal-Mart, Comcast and US Airways. MORE

Cozen O’Connor Expands with the Addition of Corporate, Real Estate Attorneys

Two attorneys have joined the Philadelphia office of Cozen O'Connor: Ira C. Gubernick, formerly of Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg, joins the firm as a partner in the corporate practice, and Richard S. Roisman, formerly with McCarter & English, joins as a partner in the real estate practice.MORE

Cozen O'Connor Receives CEO Cancer Gold Standard Accreditation

The accreditation is awarded by the CEO Roundtable on Cancer, which was founded in 2001 when former President George H.W. Bush challenged a group of executives to "do something bold and venturesome about cancer within your own corporate families."MORE

Cozen O’Connor Team Secures Dismissal of Contract Claims Against Concert Promoter Client

Bob Hayes, Jordan Fox, and Rebecca Brodey were successful in persuading the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to dismiss Grammy nominated rapper Wiz Khalifa’s claim that our concert promoter client breached a promotional agreement by cancelling a Washington area concert. MORE

Tom Gallagher Quoted in Wall Street Journal on Ending REIT Tax Exemption

Gallagher notes, “It would be a major issue. You’ve got an entire industry … predicated on the idea that you will not have any level of tax imposed on those entities.”MORE

From Our Blogs

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - May 15, 2013

5/15/2013 1:10:52 PM -05:00

Last week the Senate agreed to vote on Marilyn Tavenner’s nomination to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced an initiative that will give consume...
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A Trial Lawyer's Stutter and the "Give and Take" of Success

5/14/2013 2:25:00 PM -05:00

By David Walton About a year or so ago, around the same time that the movie The King's Speech won the Academy Award, I wrote a piece for From The Sidebar regarding an experience I had at trial regarding my own stuttering issue. My article...
From the Sidebar 5/14/2013MORE

Ewing: Will My Construction Defect Claim Be Covered In Texas

5/7/2013 3:20:23 PM -05:00

If you are a subrogation professional who handles construction defect claims in Texas, you may have heard references to the case of Ewing Construction Company v. Amerisure Insurance Company, 684 F.3d 512 (5th Cir. 2012). In Ewing, the Fifth...
Subrogation & Recovery Law Blog 5/7/2013MORE

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - May 6, 2013

5/6/2013 10:22:24 AM -05:00

Last week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new proposed regulations on FY 2014 payment updates and regulatory policy changes for inpatient and long term care hospitals, skilled nursing facilitates, hospices an...
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Coercive Litigation Tactics - Playing Hardball in The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois v. Micron Technology Inc.

5/6/2013 9:30:00 AM -05:00

By Hayes Hunt and Thomas M. O'Rourke It is not uncommon for the parties to play hardball litigation to exert pressure on the other side to settle a case. But if your opposing party engages in tactics that you perceive to be coercive, should you...
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Congress Drafts Legislation that would Expand the FDA’s Role in Regulating Compounding Pharmacies

5/2/2013 1:57:02 PM +00:00

On April 26, Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, unveiled bipartisan draft legislation (Draft Legislation) to clarify federal oversight of pharmaceutical compounding.[1]  “Compounding”...
Health Law Informer 5/2/2013MORE

Infrastructure Alert - May 1, 2013

5/1/2013 3:14:25 PM -05:00

President Obama has nominated Anthony Foxx, the Mayor of Charlotte to replace Ray LaHood as Secretary of Transportation. Mayor Foxx oversaw several large transportation projects during his tenure as mayor, including the construction of a n...
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Framing of Damages Determines Duty to Defend in Recent New York Case

4/29/2013 4:46:53 PM +00:00

A New York appellate court recently upheld a supreme court ruling that an insurer had a duty to defend a manufacturer’s faulty workmanship where it resulted in third party property damage.  I.J. White Corp. v. Columbia Cas. Co., 2013 NY Slip Op...
Food Recall Monitor 4/29/2013MORE

Criminal Conduct Between the Lines: Luis Suarez Suspended for 10 Games for Biting Opponent

4/29/2013 11:40:00 AM -05:00

By Hayes Hunt and Calli Varner Last week, Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was suspended for 10 gamesfor biting a Chelsea player during a globally broadcasted English Premier League game. You can watch Suarez’s chomp in slow motion from just...
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The "Employee Tricked Me Into Firing Her" Defense

4/26/2013 2:10:38 PM -05:00

The NLRB continues to issue decisions about whether an employer can lawfully terminate employees based on social media activity, and whether workplace policies violate the law protecting employees’ rights to engage in protected concerted...
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