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September 15, 2008
Publication - Insurance Coverage
Hurricane Ike—A Powerful and Costly Storm Hits Texas - Insurance Coverage Alert! -
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September 10, 2008
Press Release - Subrogation & Recovery
Cozen O’Connor Attorney Vincent R. McGuinness Elected President Of Philadelphia Squash Racquets Association
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September 09, 2008
Publication - Insurance Coverage
Washington Supreme Court Holds 'Selective Tender' Rule Applies to Bar Equitable Contribution Claims Between Insurers, but 'Late Tender' Rule Applies to Permit Subrogation Claims by One Insurer Against Another - Insurance Coverage Alert! -
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September 08, 2008
Press Release - Construction Law, Subrogation & Recovery
Cozen O’Connor Members Lecture For NASP New Jersey
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September 04, 2008
Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance
Several Significant Coverage Cases Decided by the Texas Supreme Court - Insurance Coverage Alert! -
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September 03, 2008
Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance
Minnesota Court of Appeals Concludes That Mold, Bacteria and Bioaerosols Dispersed From a Composting Site are "Pollutants" - Insurance Coverage Alert! - The Minnesota Court of Appeals recently concluded
that mold, bacteria and bioaerosols dispersed from a composting site fall within a commercial general liability (“CGL”) insurance policy’s pollution exclusion. Larson v. Composting Concepts, Inc., Nos. A07-976, A07-977, A07-976,
available at 2008 Minn. App. Unpub. LEXIS 551 (Minn. Ct. App.,May 13, 2008).
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September 03, 2008
Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance
Two Contamination Decisions Affirmed on Appeal - Insurance Coverage Alert! - Cozen O’Connor’s Food Contamination and Product
Recall Practice Area attorneys handle, litigate and monitor related coverage matters. Earlier this year, the authors prepared a Year-End Retrospective on 2007 court decisions addressing insurance coverage for contamination claims. Two of the decisions analyzed in the 2007 Year-End
Retrospective were Hueske v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., No. 1:06-cv-057,
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September 02, 2008
Press Release - Emerging Business & Venture Capital
Cozen O’Connor Recognized Among Top PIPE Counsel
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September 02, 2008
Press Release - Appellate
Cozen O’Connor Member Sean Carter Named 2008 Lawyer On The Fast Track
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September 02, 2008
Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance
Insurance Coverage Alert! entitled: "Alaska Supreme Court Finds Gasoline Released from Underground Storage Tank is a "Pollutant" within the Scope of an Absolute Pollution Exclusion in a CGL Policy - Insurance Coverage Alert! - In Whittier Properties, Inc. v. Alaska National Insurance Company, No. S-12538, Alaska Supreme Court the Alaska Supreme Court addressed
the question of whether gasoline stored in an underground storage tank constituted a “pollutant” within the meaning of the Absolute Pollution Exclusion contained in the general
liability policy at issue in the case.
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September 01, 2008
Publication - Products Liability
The Shadow Knows No Bounds - Risk & Insurance -
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September 01, 2008
Publication - White Collar Defense & Investigations
Money Laundering Defense After Santos And Regalado Cuellar - NACDL's Champion Magazine - For some time, prosecutors and money laundering
charges have had a romantic relationship. For many years, the breadth of the statute was matched only by its draconian sentencing guideline ranges. In 2001, the Sentencing Commission amended U.S.S.G. § 2S1.1 to tie offense levels for money laundering more closely to the underlying conduct that was the source of the criminally derived funds.2 Many expected that this amendment would eviscerate the plea
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September 01, 2008
Publication - Government & Regulatory
Going it Alone: - Maritime Risk International - Erik Kowalewsky, of Cozen O’Connor, looks at California’s bid to regulate fuel sulphur within its waters. On 24 July 2008, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted regulations mandating that oceangoing cargo and passenger cruise vessels use low-sulphur marine distillate fuel within 24 nautical miles of the shore and prohibiting use of less-expensive heavy fuel oil, so-called bunker fuel.
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August 30, 2008
Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance
We take pride at Cozen O’Connor in addressing new developments that will affect our clients. In this issue, we include a special report on two new decisions from New Jersey on bad faith in the UM/UIM context.
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August 29, 2008
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery
10th Circuit Permits Expert to Testify Over Daubert Objection/Colo. CT Appeals Holds Willful and Wanton Conduct May Overcome Fire Alarm Limitation of Liability Contract Provision - Breaking Legal News and/or Recall Alerts - A 10th circuit court upheld a decision allowing an expert to testify as the court felt it should be left to the jury to decided what to believe. The Court of Appeals of Colorado made a decision that limitation of liability causes are not necessarily applicable in cases of willful and wanton conduct.
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August 29, 2008
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery
Recall Information from 8/29/2008 - Breaking Legal News and/or Recall Alerts - 14 pgs. Recalls covering: Gas grills at Lowe’s Stores, Remote-Controlled Helicopter Toys by Innovage, Indoor Lighting Fixtures by Lithonia, HP Fax Machines, and Power Light Modules by GCI.
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August 23, 2008
Press Release - Professional Liability
Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Participate In PBI Professional Liability Seminar
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August 15, 2008
Publication - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
Our Summer 2008 Labor and Employment Law Observer covers a multitude of topics of interest to in-house counsel, human resources professionals and corporate management.
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August 14, 2008
Publication - Sports
The summer is almost over, and the entertainment industry has made it through the Writers Guild of America's strike, which we previously outlined in the Fall 2007 issue.
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August 07, 2008
Press Release
Cozen O’Connor Member Nelson A. Diaz Speaks On Housing Crisis For Latino And Puerto Rican Affairs Commission
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