Sheetz Test Rejected for Sales and Use Tax [Tax Alert]

Publication - Business, Tax

Sheetz Test Rejected for Sales and Use Tax - Tax Alert -

IDENTIFYING THE PLAYERS AND PRESSURE POINTS WITH AN EYE TOWARDS THE END-GAME [Construction Litigation]

Publication - Construction Law

IDENTIFYING THE PLAYERS AND PRESSURE POINTS WITH AN EYE TOWARDS THE END-GAME - Construction Litigation - Construction failures appear in many forms: fires, floods, collapses, injuries sometimes involving death to workers or third-parties. There are many varieties of construction problems leading to claims and litigation. The purpose of this discussion is not to answer every conceivable question that may arise, but to provide a basic template and methodology to approach the handling of construction claims, which are either headed to, or in litigation.

Federal Court Declines to Recognize Self-Critical Analysis Privilege Where Document Were Generate Through Voluntary Self-Assessment Procedure [PBA Civil Litigation Section Newsletter]

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Federal Court Declines to Recognize Self-Critical Analysis Privilege Where Document Were Generate Through Voluntary Self-Assessment Procedure - PBA Civil Litigation Section Newsletter -

Federal Criminal Practice [James Publishing]

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Pretrial release strategies, alternatives to prosecution, discovery angles, plea bargaining and agreement suggestions, sentence negotiation tactics, recent case-based examples, dozens of pretrial motions with memoranda, hundreds of practice tips, and much more.

Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 [Inside the Minds: The Impact of Recent Regulatory Developments in Employment Law]

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Debra's chapter in Inside the Minds contains a detailed discussion about Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), a law that addresses how advances in genomic medicine may affect employment relationships. In the chapter, Debra focuses on why GINA was passed, and what employers can and cannot do under GINA. Debra also offers practical tips on what employers must do to comply with GINA's requirements and she suggests best practices.

Subrogating Against Subcontractors. Recovering from Subcontractors Under a Builders' Risk Policy: Ontario Court of Appeals Opens the Door for Subrogation [Claims Canada]

Publication - Subrogation & Recovery

Subrogating Against Subcontractors. Recovering from Subcontractors Under a Builders' Risk Policy: Ontario Court of Appeals Opens the Door for Subrogation - Claims Canada -

Pallets by Themselves Not Considered Containers [Tax Alert]

Publication - Business, Tax

Pallets by Themselves Not Considered Containers - Tax Alert -

Tax Compromises Possible at Board of Appeals [Tax Alert]

Publication - Business, Tax

Tax Compromises Possible at Board of Appeals - Tax Alert -

Professional Liability: J.P. Morgan Securities: Ill-Gotten Profits are Not a Prerequisite for Disgorgement [Insurance Coverage Alert!]

Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance

Professional Liability: J.P. Morgan Securities: Ill-Gotten Profits are Not a Prerequisite for Disgorgement - Insurance Coverage Alert! - In December 13, 2011, the New York Appellate Division, First Department, issued a decision in J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. v. Vigilant Insurance Co., Index No. 600979/09 (N.Y.A.D. 1st Dep’t Dec. 13, 2011), that significantly adds to the jurisprudence regarding what constitutes disgorgement that is uninsurable under a directors and officers liability policy.

Public Pension Disclosure — Recent Developments and Emerging Ideas About Best Practices [Cozen O'Connor Podcast]

Publication - Business, Public & Project Finance

Public Pension Disclosure — Recent Developments and Emerging Ideas About Best Practices - Cozen O'Connor Podcast - Click on a link below to listen to the segment.

Philadelphia Amends Business Privilege Tax Bases, Rates & Credits & Provides Relief to New Businesses [Tax Alert!]

Publication - Business, Tax

Philadelphia Amends Business Privilege Tax Bases, Rates & Credits & Provides Relief to New Businesses - Tax Alert! - Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed bills number 110554 and 110548-A, both of which were signed by the mayor on November 14. Bill number 110554 amends the city’s Business Privilege Tax (BPT) to allow for an exclusion to all taxpayers for a flat amount of receipts from the gross receipts portion of the tax, a pro-rata exclusion from the net income portion of the tax to account for the excluded

Recovering From Subcontractors Under Builders' Risk Policies: Ontario Court of Appeal Opens the Door for Subrogation [Subrogation and Recovery Alert!]

Publication - Subrogation & Recovery - Insurance

Recovering From Subcontractors Under Builders' Risk Policies: Ontario Court of Appeal Opens the Door for Subrogation - Subrogation and Recovery Alert! - Pursuing subrogation under a builders' risk policy against a subcontractor whose fault caused a loss always presents distinct legal challenges. In Canada, the courts have sometimes shielded subcontractors from liability, but a recent decision by the Ontario Supreme Court of Justice in Brookfield Homes v. Nova Plumbing has opened the door to recovery against negligent subcontractors where the policy language permits it.

The Fair Use Quandary [Digital Photo Pro]

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Samuel A. Lewis discusses the dilemmas of fair use, which he describes as “one of the more difficult concepts in U.S. copyright law.”

Cozen O'Connor featured in The Legal Intelligencer

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Cozen O'Connor featured in The Legal Intelligencer

Jennifer Brandt, a member Of Cozen O’Connor’s Philadelphia office, was a guest on the O’Reilly Factor on the Fox News Network

News - Family Law

Jennifer Brandt, a member Of Cozen O’Connor’s Philadelphia office, was a guest on the O’Reilly Factor on the Fox News Network

NFPA Issues its U.S. Fire Loss Report Summary for 2010 [Subrogation and Recovery Alert!]

Publication - Subrogation & Recovery - Insurance

NFPA Issues its U.S. Fire Loss Report Summary for 2010 - Subrogation and Recovery Alert! - A new report by the National Fire Protection Association discusses in detail U.S. fire losses for 2010. This provides interesting data for property and subrogation claim handlers regarding total as well as average property damage losses in 2010.

Fire Suppression Failures [Claims Management]

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Professional Liability: Keep Your Friends Close, But Your Facebook Posts Closer [Insurance Coverage Alert!]

Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance

Professional Liability: Keep Your Friends Close, But Your Facebook Posts Closer - Insurance Coverage Alert! - “Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life.” That is the Facebook mantra, as displayed on its homepage, and the opening line of a recent – and extremely thorough – Pennsylvania trial court decision regarding the discoverability of a plaintiff’s relevant Facebook information. The court’s conclusion: a plaintiff’s Facebook information is discoverable, provided the defendant has a good faith basis for seeking the material,

Jennifer Brandt Discussing First Amendment Rights on Fox News' the O'Reilly Factor

News - Family Law

Jennifer Brandt, co-chair of Cozen O'Connor's Family Law practice, appears on Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor to discuss student's First Amendment Rights.

Cyber Liability Insurance: The Value of an Educated Broker in the Age of E-Commerce

Publication - Technology, Privacy & Data Security

Recent media reports of cyber intrusions, data thefts and computer system malfunctions involving large, high-profile companies such as Sony PlayStation, Citigroup and Lockheed’s Security Vendor, RSA, have led a rapidly growing number of companies to consider the necessity of insurance coverage for technology and cyber privacy risks.