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January 07, 2014
Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance
In an article titled “K2: Will NY Court of Appeals Reaffirm Coverage by Estoppel?” Melissa Brill (Global Insurance, New York Downtown) discusses what will happen if the New York Court of Appeals upholds its recent “coverage by estoppel” decision on reargument. The article examines the meaning of the court’s decision, the Jan. 7 reargument, and the positions that the parties, and amici curiae, have taken in their briefing for that reargument. To read the article, click here.
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January 06, 2014
News - Real Estate - Real Estate & Construction
Howard Grossman, of the Real Estate Practice Group, was mentioned in a NJBIZ article titled, "Kislak Sells 286-unit Apartment Complex for $14.75M." The article explains how Howard Grossman represented the purchaser during the transaction of the apartment complex.
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January 06, 2014
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court announced on Monday, January 6, 2014 that it would grant Cozen O’Connor’s motion for allocatur and rehear a decision finding that forgiving nearly $500,000 worth of debt accrued by U.S. Rep. Bob Brady, D-Pa during his unsuccessful 2007 Philadelphia mayoral bid would violate contribution limits under city election law.
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January 06, 2014
Press Release - Real Estate - Real Estate & Construction
Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce two of its members — Abby M. Wenzel and Bernard Lee — will co-chair the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, replacing current Chair Herman C. Fala, who is taking over as general counsel at longtime client Liberty Property Trust.
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January 03, 2014
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt, a member of the firm’s Family Law Department, was a guest on Shepard Smith Reporting today on Fox News to discuss France’s new proposal to allow consenting couples to divorce without ever seeing a judge.
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January 03, 2014
Publication - Appellate, Products Liability
The Eighth Circuit recently upheld the removal to federal court of product liability claims filed by over 100 plaintiffs in state court in St. Louis. See Atwell v. Boston Scientific Corp., 2013 (8th Cir. Nov. 18, 2013). The decision illustrates how plaintiffs’ requests to coordinate multiple cases can sometimes sweep “mass tort” cases filed in state court right into federal court as a “mass action” under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005. This is no small shift in a litigation, and so Atwell provides a helpful background on some of the characteristics of a plaintiff coordination proposal that can trigger such CAFA removal.
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January 02, 2014
Publication - Immigration Policy & Strategy
In the Pro Bono Spotlight, Eric D. Freed discusses his recent case involving a Mauritanian Refugee seeking asylum in the United States to avoid being arrested and imprisoned for a fourth time in his home country. His crime: being active in an opposition political party and speaking at demonstrations supporting equality for black citizens in his country.
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January 02, 2014
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In two cases this term, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide the extent to which federal courts should defer to the decisions of other tribunals. Its decisions will have a substantial effect on the role of the federal courts in relation to state proceedings and in reviewing the decisions of international arbitration panels.
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January 01, 2014
Publication - Labor & Employment
We are pleased to provide you with our 2013/2014 Observer, which looks back at the developments in labor and employment law over the past year and forward to what employers can expect in 2014.
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December 30, 2013
Publication - Insurance Coverage, Subrogation & Recovery
The Cozen O’Connor London of is pleased to provide you with our 2013 Year In Review, a newsletter discussing select cases in insurance coverage, subrogation, dispute resolution and commercial matters.
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December 27, 2013
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt, a member of the firm’s Family Law Department, was on Fox News this morning to discuss the Texas man charged with a hate crime for breaking a man’s jaw while playing the “knockout game.”
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December 26, 2013
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt, a member of the firm’s Family Law Department, was on the O’Reilly Factor last night on the Fox News Network.
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December 23, 2013
News - Subrogation & Recovery
As reported by various news outlets including the Chicago Tribune, a U.S. Appeals Court revived the case of the families of victims of 9/11 against Saudi Arabia, reversing a lower court’s ruling that dismissed the claims in 2005. The decision in the 2nd Circuit follows a 2011 decision that allowed similar claims to proceed against Afghanistan.
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December 23, 2013
Publication - Antitrust & Competition, Government & Regulatory, White Collar Defense & Investigations
As the formulas from Part 1 demonstrate, OFAC’s regulations strongly incentivize cooperation to reduce a violator’s penalty. The next section examines a few recent enforcement actions in which companies have taken advantage of these regulatory formulas to minimize penalties resulting from violations.
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December 20, 2013
Publication - Intellectual Property
In 2012, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security seized 22,848 counterfeit products worth a suggested retail price of about $1.3 billion. Global economies have lost more than two million jobs to counterfeiting and piracy, a million a year in the United States alone. Rogue websites that sell counterfeit goods, such as prescription drugs and luxury items, receive more than 87 million visits per year.
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December 19, 2013
Publication - Public & Project Finance
This podcast will focus on a recent SEC public finance enforcement action that concern misstatements made in an official statement with respect to municipal securities offered for a south Florida health care system.
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December 19, 2013
Publication - Insurance Coverage
A Pennsylvania state judge denied Highmark Life Insurance Co.'s bid to vacate a $3.6 million arbitration award in favor of Elite Underwriting Services LLC, saying that the exclusion of testimony by the parties' reinsurance broker did not warrant a vacatur.
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December 18, 2013
Publication - Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring
Does the Bankruptcy Code allow for triangular setoffs in swap and repurchase agreements after commencement of the debtor's bankruptcy case? In Sass v. Barclays Bank (In re American Home Mortgage Holdings), Adv. Proc. No. 11-51851 (CSS) (Del. Bankr. Nov. 8, 2013), the court held that the Bankruptcy Code does not allow parties to set off non-mutual obligations, regardless of whether the agreements are subject to the safe harbor provisions of 11 U.S.C. §§ 559-661.
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December 17, 2013
Press Release - Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement
Cozen O’Connor has further expanded the reach of its Commercial Litigation practice in New York with the recent hiring of Adam J. Schlatner, who joins the firm as a partner. Schlatner is the sixth new partner to join the practice in recent months.
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December 17, 2013
News - International
Cozen O’Connor litigators Martin Gusy and Matthew Weldon obtained a $1 million award of statutory damages, along with attorney’s fees, for C=Holdings B.V., the Dutch owner of the iconic Commodore computer brand and associated trademarks.
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