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March 31, 2015
News - Products Liability
In an article titled “Defense Focus in Risperdal Cases May Shift to Causation,” Jim Heller, chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Products Liability Practice Group, discusses the two defenses available to Janssen Pharmaceuticals following verdicts in the first two Risperdal cases: the first for failure to warn and the second for causation. As for whether Janssen should drop its failure to warn defenses entirely, Jim said, “I abandon defenses when the jury gets angry at the evidence … here I don't think that either jury has gotten angry. But I clearly would focus my defense on causation.”
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March 31, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
In an article titled “Indiana’s Anti-LGBT Law is Even Worse Than it Seems,” Jeffrey Pasek, a member of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor & Employment Department, discusses Indiana’s new state law SB 101, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which is broader than existing federal law and differs from other state laws in significant ways. “Nothing like this exists under federal law,” observes Jeff; under SB 101, those claiming religious grounds to justify discrimination “are much less likely to be challenged and much more likely to prevail.”
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March 27, 2015
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Family Law Practice Group and editor of the blog ''Family Law Focus,'' was selected by Suburban Life Magazine as one of their 2015 ''Top Family Law Attorneys.'' Suburban Life asked their readers to share their opinions on which attorneys excel in family law, resulting in hundreds of votes that helped compile a definitive list of attorneys to turn to for help and guidance in matters of divorce, adoption and other aspects of family law.
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March 26, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
In an article titled “Indiana’s ‘Religious Freedom Restoration’ Law is Far Broader Than RFRA,” Jeffrey Pasek, a member of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor & Employment Department, comments on Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act. ““This bill goes far beyond the federal RFRA,” explains Jeff. “It would fall to the individual who is being discriminated against to attempt to justify an otherwise neutral law by asserting that the government has a compelling interest in enforcing the law, but nothing in this bill says the government has to get involved in those cases,” he added. “At least if someone outright challenges a governmental requirement against government enforcement, we can expect the government to make a reasoned decision about whether to support its requirement and to apply that rationale on an even-handed basis. That is totally lacking here.”
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March 25, 2015
News - Labor & Employment
Michael Schmidt, vice chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor & Employment Department, discusses lawyer blogging and what it means to be “part of the social media conversation.” He also talks about the issues of oversharing, setting goals and calculating marketing success, and why every lawyer should be on LinkedIn in an interview with the Legal Talk Network.
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March 18, 2015
News - Aviation, Transportation & Trade, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) / Drones
David Heffernan of the Transportation & Logistics Practice Group and co-chair of the Aviation Industry Team, discusses Industry Reaction to FAA's Drone Proposals in this San Diego Daily Transcript article "Industry Has Mixed Reaction to FAA's Drone Proposals."
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March 16, 2015
News - Sports
Cozen O’Connor’s “2015 Sports Law for Rookies and Veterans” in Eden Roc Miami Beach generated a buzz in the NBA community regarding the National Basketball Players Association interest in having the age limit to go pro lowered in the next round of collective bargaining. General Counsel for the NBPA Gary Kohlman spoke at the conference saying that it is “quite likely the union will be taking a radically different position” than the NBA on the age issue. NFL Players Association Executive Director, DeMaurice Smith, was also on hand to discuss his expectations on the upcoming NFLPA elections that took place in Hawaii on March 15, he was hoping to be elected to his third term (ESPN’s Adam Schefter confirmed DeMaurice Smith was re-elected). "I have a boring job," Smith said. "My job is far more dictated every day by law, regression analysis, budgets, salary, perspective, opinions about where the economy's going to go and the cap. That's a pretty boring job — but I dig it."
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March 13, 2015
News - Aviation, Transportation & Trade, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) / Drones - Aviation
David Heffernan of the Transportation and Logistics Practice Group and co-chair of the Aviation Industry Team presented on drones at the Air Law Institute 2nd Annual Air & Space Law Symposium on San Diego, CA March 13-14, 2015. San Diego Channel 6 News interviewed a few of the presenters at the Symposium to discuss the future of drone regulation.
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March 11, 2015
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt, a member of the firm’s Family Law Group, was a guest on Good Day Philadelphia to discuss the lawsuit of Marvin Gaye's estate against singer Robin Thicke and producer Pharrell Williams in the claim that Thicke's song "Blurred Lines" copied Gaye's music. Gaye's estate was awarded $7.4 million.
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March 09, 2015
News - Labor & Employment
A. Martin Wickliff, Jr., a member of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor & Employment Department in Houston, was recently featured in Law360’s Minority Powerbrokers series in recognition of his leadership in championing diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. In a Q&A with Law360, Marty shares his perspective on breaking into the legal profession and offers advice to law firms seeking to increase diversity in their ranks.
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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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