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March 06, 2015
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt, a member of the firm’s Family Law Group, was a guest on Fox News to discuss the lawsuit of a man who attempted to sue Applebee's after burning himself while praying over a hot plate of fajitas.
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March 05, 2015
News - Government & Regulatory, Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, Real Estate, Zoning, Land Use & Development
Ken Fisher Quoted in Crain's New York Regarding Halletts A Development Co. Project in Queens, NY
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March 05, 2015
News - Condominiums & Cooperatives, Real Estate
Leni Morrison Cummins, a member in the firm's Real Estate Group, is quoted in The Cooperator, on an article discussing the answer of who pays for a water leak in a cooperative apartment.
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March 03, 2015
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt, a member of the firm’s Family Law Group, was on Fox 29 News to discuss the arrest of a Narberth man who allegedly secretly filmed women in their homes and in the dressing rooms at King of Prussia stores. He is being charged with multiple counts of invasion of privacy, criminal use of a communication device, trespass and other related crimes.
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March 01, 2015
News - Government & Regulatory, Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, Real Estate
Ken Fisher, a member of the Government & Regulatory and the Real Estate Practice Groups, is quoted in Crain's New York in an article discussing New York Mayor Bill de Blasio clashing with city counsel over power.
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February 27, 2015
News - Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage - Insurance
Charles (Chuck) Jesuit of the Global Insurance Department discusses the New Jersey Supreme Court’s recent refusal to alter the judicial standards around bad faith claims in insurance coverage disputes in this Law360 article titled ''NJ Justices' Bad Faith Ruling Has Silver Lining For Insureds.''
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February 23, 2015
News - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
Mark Alderman, chairman of Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, discusses the Democratic National Committee's choice of Philadelphia to host its 2016 convention in an article titled "DNC Gives Philly Firms Golden Networking Opportunity."
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February 17, 2015
News - Insurance Coverage, Technology, Privacy & Data Security - Insurance
In the article titled "The Cost of Cybersecurity: Risks and Responses on the Rise" in The Legal Intelligencer, Matthew Siegel of the Gloabl Insurance Department discusses the increased need for cyberinsurance. Matthew said, "said some insurance policies will provide for lawyers to serve as data breach coaches. Lawyers, he said, can play a lead role in assessing companies' incident response plans and helping put policies in place."
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February 17, 2015
News - Aviation, Transportation & Trade, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) / Drones
David Heffernan of The Transportation & Logistics Practice Group discusses drones and what the proposed FAA rules would mean in the article titled "Drone backers mostly welcome FAA's proposed rules" in Network World. David said he sees the FAA’s approach as evolutionary rather than revolutionary. The administration is looking at current flight rules and adjusting them where they don’t make sense for drones, such as the need for a pilot’s license or the requirement to carry an aircraft manual on board.
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February 10, 2015
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Menachem Kastner, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Commercial Litigation Department, recently obtained a favorable ruling from Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Cynthia Kern on behalf of his clients, Mario Batali and Lidia Bastianich. Mario and Lidia's restaurant, Babbo, was sued by a next door property owner stating that Babbo's air conditioning units and kitchen exhaust pipe were in violation of New York City's building code and that newly installed air conditioning units were too noisy and caused vibrations. Menachem and Amanda climbed to the top of the four story building to take pictures of all the allegedly offending machinery, which played a significant role in the Court's decision. As stated to the press in keeping Babbo open, "Justice was served."
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February 09, 2015
News - Intellectual Property
In an article titled "Q&A: Minus the flak jacket, attorney joins raid on fake goods," David Sunshine, member of Cozen O'Connor's Intellectual Property Department, discusses a U.S. Customs and Border Protection raid that he participated in on behalf of one of his clients.
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February 09, 2015
News - Appellate, Subrogation & Recovery
Cozen O’Connor attorneys recently interviewed imprisoned former Al Qaeda operative, Zacarias Moussaoui, after Moussaoui wrote to the presiding judge requesting the opportunity to testify in the 9/11 lawsuit against Saudi Arabia. In his sworn statement to Cozen O'Connor attorneys at the “Supermax” prison in Colorado, Moussaoui testified that prominent members of Saudi Arabia’s royal family were donors to bin Laden’s terrorist organization in the late 1990s. His testimony has sparked renewed interest in the evidence Cozen O’Connor has developed in support of the claims against the desert Kingdom.
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February 07, 2015
News - Condominiums & Cooperatives, Real Estate
Leni Morrison Cummins, a member in the firm's Real Estate Group, participates in a Q&A in the New York Times regarding fire hazards in an apartment building, and how residents can handle these issues with their board.
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February 05, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
In an article titled “Increase Responses to Disability Self-Identification Form,” Debra Friedman, a member of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor & Employment Department, discusses the new affirmative action regulations under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act that took effect in 2014. They require that contractors invite applicants to self-identify as individuals with disabilities at both the pre-offer and post-offer phases of the application process, using language prescribed by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. The regulations also require that contractors invite their employees to self-identify as individuals with disabilities every five years. The disability self-identification form gives employees an opportunity to start conversations about needed reasonable accommodations without fear of retaliation, observed Debra.
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February 05, 2015
News - White Collar Defense & Investigations
In an article titled “Lawmaker Brings Prosecutorial Perspective to Assembly,” J. Bruce Maffeo, a member of Cozen O’Connor’s Criminal Defense & Internal Investigations Practice Group, discusses former Eastern District prosecutor, now New York State Assemblyman, Todd Kaminsky. “Basically if I had to describe him I'd say brash but honorable,” said J. Bruce Maffeo, a lawyer who represented former hip-hop manager Jimmy (Henchman) Rosemond during a murder-for-hire trial in 2014, when Kaminsky was still a prosecutor, that resulted in a hung jury. Maffeo described Kaminsky as "somewhat informal," a departure from the traditional prosecutor.
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February 04, 2015
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt, a member in the firm's family law group, appeared on Fox 29 Good Day Philadelphia to discuss the legal battle over actor Robin Williams' estate.
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January 29, 2015
News
In an article titled ‘’Simpson Thacher May Be Haunted By $1.5B Loan Gaffe,’’ H. Robert Fiebach, a member of Cozen O’Connor’s Commercial Litigation Department, comments on a paralegal’s error that went unnoticed by Simpson Thacher attorneys, dooming JP Morgan Chase & Co.’s secured interest in a $1.5 billion loan tied up in the General Motors bankruptcy. Whatever may be in store for Simpson Thacher, the larger takeaway of the Second Circuit’s ruling is that law firms and their clients cannot expect to be saved from their own mistakes even when their intentions are beyond dispute — particularly where correcting those errors could create negative consequences for others, Robert said.
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January 28, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
In an article titled ''How to not get sued when cutting jobs at your office,'' David Barron, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Labor & Employment Department, discusses five basic steps employers should take before they move forward with job terminations.
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January 27, 2015
News - Tax
Joseph C. Bright, a member in the firm's tax group, speaks about how Pennsylvania's taxing authorities and bureaus are held to strict rules when it comes to notice of tax sales, and how the Commonwealth Court has cracked down on some authorities in recent cases.
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January 26, 2015
News - Intellectual Property, Trademark & Copyright
In an article titled "Lawyers Weigh In On High Court Trademark Tacking Ruling," David Sunshine, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Intellectual Property Department, comments on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Hana Financial Inc. v. Hana Bank case.
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