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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 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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January 21, 2015
News - Aviation, Maritime Antitrust & Competition, Maritime Corporate & Finance, Maritime Litigation, Maritime Regulatory, Transportation & Trade
Bisnow interviewed several members of the Transportation & Logistic Practice who are residents in our Washington, D.C., office to get a realistic perspective of transportation and logistics issues coming up in 2015. For the article titled “This Firm Puts Advisors on Seven Continents. Here’s Why,” Bisnow spoke with David Heffernan, Ken Hines, Mark Atwood and Steve Lachter regarding aviation regulatory issues. On the maritime side, Bisnow had discussions with Marc Fink and also interviewed Jeff Lawrence as the chair of the Transportation & Logistics Practice Group.
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January 20, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
In an article titled ‘’Worker Misclassification Tops HR Agenda in 2015,’’ Jeffrey Pasek, a member of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor & Employment Department, discusses the possibility of Congressional pushback against a number of National Labor Relations Board policies and recent developments at the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
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January 20, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
In an article titled ‘’Worker Misclassification Tops HR Agenda in 2015,’’ George Voegele, a member of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor & Employment Department, discusses a potentially major change in the way the National Labor Relations Board views franchisers’ relationships to their franchisees’ employees.
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January 20, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
In an article titled ‘’Worker Misclassification Tops HR Agenda in 2015,’’ Debra Friedman, a member of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor & Employment Department, discusses the increase in employee retaliation claims and the implications for employers.
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January 17, 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 what to do with co-op shared space, and whether it should be converted into a playroom or gym.
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January 15, 2015
News - Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage - Insurance
Charles (Chuck) Jesuit of the Global Insurance Department is quoted in a Law360 article titled "Bad Faith Suits Poised To Rise After Pa. Assignment Ruling." He discusses the ruling in Allstate v. Wolfe that policy holders can assign claims under a state bad faith insurance law to third-party claimants. Chuck says this decision “gives third-party claimants and their counsel another arrow in their quiver when negotiating settlement,” however; Chuck does not think the decision will significantly affect insurers’ behaviors.
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January 15, 2015
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In an article titled "Subpoena Will Unmask Company's Anonymous Critics on Twitter," David Shimkin, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Commercial Litigation Department, discusses a recent federal decision that authorized defamation defendants to subpoena Twitter for the identities of anonymous posters. The historic underpinnings of the right to anonymous speech "have a long history," David said, but the right "is not absolute."
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January 13, 2015
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt, a member of the firm’s Family Law Group, was on the Fox News Network today to discuss the Connecticut teen who is being forced to undergo chemotherapy. The 17-year-old girl previously refused the treatment for her cancer, was removed from her home, and is now in state custody. The case is scheduled to go before the Connecticut Supreme Court this week.
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January 09, 2015
News - Intellectual Property, Patents, Trademark & Copyright
In an article titled "Patent Office CIO Aims for Culture Change Amid Systems Updates," Edward Weisz, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Intellectual Property Department discusses the benefits of new software systems employed by the US Patent and Trademark Office.
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January 08, 2015
News
Judge Mella of the Surrogate’s Court of the State of New York, New York County, cited to an article written by Menachem Kastner and Ally Hack, members of Cozen O’Connor’s Commercial Litigation Department, titled “To Eject or Evict – a Lease’s ‘Conditional’ Dilemma” from the New York Law Journal in 2010.
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January 02, 2015
News - Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement
In an article titled ''Securities Cases To Watch In 2015,'' Michael de Leeuw, a member of Cozen O’Connor’s Commercial Litigation Department, comments on the closely watched Supreme Court case Omnicare Inc. et al. v. Laborers District Council Construction Industry Pension Fund et al. and the Second Circuit’s recent decision in US v. Newman et al.
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