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October 22, 2019
Publication - Maritime Litigation, Transportation & Trade
U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division, dismissed sua sponte the complaint filed by plaintiff Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance, Inc. against defendants CSX Corp., CSX Transportation, Inc. and Savage Services Corp. because the district court considered it to be an impermissible “shotgun pleading.”
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October 22, 2019
Publication - Franchising, Labor & Employment
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided by majority opinion by Circuit Judge Susan Graber, with a partial dissent filed by Chief Circuit Judge Sidney Thomas, Salazar v. McDonald's Corp. No. 17- 15673 (9th Cir. 2019), holding franchisor McDonald’s was not a joint employer with its franchisee, because McDonald’s did not retain control of day-to-day aspects of work at the franchisee’s restaurants.
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October 21, 2019
News - State Attorneys General
Bernie Nash, Co-Chair of the firm’s State Attorneys General Practice, is quoted in a Wall Street Journal article describing the upcoming courtroom showdown between Exxon Mobil Corp. and New York’s Attorney General over how the oil industry accounts for the impact of climate change.
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October 17, 2019
Publication - Labor & Employment
Barry Kearney discusses the Board's commonsense analysis of what kind of employee conduct the rule it is attempting to regulate.
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October 17, 2019
Press Release
Heller, along with the other named CEOs, will be honored at a dinner reception at the Union League on December 3.
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October 16, 2019
News - Construction Law
James Kwartnik has been recognized as a 2019 Rising Star by Law360.
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October 16, 2019
News - Cyber Solutions & Data Strategies, Privacy & Data Security
Cozen O’Connor sponsored the NetDiligence ninth annual Cyber Claims Study.
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October 16, 2019
News - Antitrust
Jonathan Grossman was featured in Modern Healthcare discussing his thoughts on the Sutter Health settlement.
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October 15, 2019
Publication - Insurance Coverage
Jordan Hess discusses the Wasthington Supreme Court's decision in T-Mobile USA v. Selective Insurance, and why it might not have that great an impact on the insurance industry in Washington.
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October 15, 2019
Press Release - Government & Regulatory
James Schultz, chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Government & Regulatory practice, has been appointed by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf as a member of the board of directors of the Philadelphia Shipyard Development Corporation.
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October 15, 2019
Press Release - Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patents, Trademark & Copyright
Four members of Cozen O'Connor’s Intellectual Property Group, Frank Abramonte, Thomas Fisher, James Gale, and Hugh Marbury, have all been named IP Stars by Managing Intellectual Property.
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October 15, 2019
News - 9/11 Litigation
Sean Carter discusses a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit directing a lower court to conduct discovery on whether it has jurisdiction to hear the claims in a civil lawsuit accusing Saudi Arabian Al Rajhi Bank of aiding al-Qaida in carrying out the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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October 15, 2019
Publication - Business/Corporate, Tax
Heidi Schwartz and Joe Bright explain the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in N.C. Dep’t of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust, holding that a state cannot tax income from an out-of-state trust based solely on the beneficiaries' residence in the state.
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October 14, 2019
Publication - Intellectual Property, Trademark & Copyright - Cannabis
Ashley Kessler reviews trademark applicant process for hemp and hemp-derived CBD products and how date of “first use anywhere” and “date of first use in commerce” could impact who gets the trademark.
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October 14, 2019
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery
Negotiation: Tips, Tools and Techniques - Aggregation of Repetitive Failure Claims: Procedural and Negotiation Considerations - Use of Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning Tools In Subro Recognition - Tech Tools for Establishing Liability in Property and Auto Claims
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October 14, 2019
Press Release - Patents
Cozen O’Connor patent attorneys Jeff Townes and Hongling Zou represent, pro bono, three partner nonprofits established by parents of children with the ultrarare, and potentially fatal, alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC).
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October 14, 2019
Publication - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, Labor & Employment
Matt Glavin and Jeremy Glenn discuss California, New York, and Illinois laws aimed at changing how workers are classified and their impact on the gig economy.
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October 11, 2019
Publication - Labor & Employment - Real Estate & Construction
Michael Hanlon and Fran Rayer discuss the new Pennsylvania law affecting the construction industry that goes into effect on October 6, 2020.
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October 11, 2019
News - Commercial Litigation
Chris Hennessy talks to the Chicago Lawyer magazine about the Chicago Marathon and his role as Board President of the Chicago Area Runners Association (CARA).
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October 09, 2019
Publication - Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring, Commercial Litigation
Barry Klayman and Mark Felger authored an article in the Delaware Business Court Insider, discussing a recent decision of the Court of Chancery of Delaware holding that the Delaware General Corporation Law does not prohibit sophisticated owners of a corporation from including provisions in a merger agreement that bind them to a future sale of the resulting entity and the waiver in advance of their statutory appraisal rights.
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