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January 09, 2014
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In an article titled “Alex Rodriguez no star in this courtroom,” Tom Harvey, a New York attorney and legal analyst at the New York Daily News, favorably cites Jeffrey Monhait’s persuasive law review article published in Harvard’s Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law to discredit A-Rod’s assertion that the arbitration process is unfair. Monhait’s article details the history of baseball’s arbitration process and noted that union members viewed the process as fair, at least with respect to salary disputes.
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January 09, 2014
News - Climate Change
In an article titled “Harassment of climate scientists needs to stop,” Peter Fontaine, co-chair of Cozen O'Connor's Utility, Environmental & Energy Practice Group, discusses the harassment of climate scientist Michael Mann by climate change denial groups that are “on a fishing expedition for anything they can find to embarrass Mann and cast doubt on the validity of his work.”
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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 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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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 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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December 16, 2013
News - Insurance Coverage - Insurance
Angelo Savino and Kristie Abel, members of Cozen O'Connor's Global Insurance Group, recently published an article titled “Aleynikov v. Goldman Sachs Provides Valuable D&O Insight” in Law360. The article discusses how the Aleynikov v. Goldman Sachs decision provides an interesting lesson in the differences between indemnification and advancement and who may be considered an officer for purposes of awarding indemnity and advancement.
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December 13, 2013
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In an article titled “How past law leaders would function in today’s legal world,” Cozen O’Connor CEO Michael Heller discusses whether law firm managers of the 1990s and 2000s could thrive in today’s legal market. The business of running a law firm has changed dramatically since the recession hit in 2008 and clients have increasingly more power in the relationship between law firms and the clients, who have tightened legal budgets and demand a high level of value from the firms they employ. Law firm leaders now are faced with new challenges, including staffing, hiring, real estate, budgeting and weaker demand. Additionally, technology is ever-evolving and leaders must adapt to new advances. Michael Heller states “with technology, leaders 20 years ago did not have time to think about some of that. It’s a critical component today and changing daily. Rate pressure, efficiency, alternative fee arrangements. These issues are not new but they are more prevalent than they were back then.”
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December 12, 2013
News - Intellectual Property
In an article titled “How Did a Conservative Colorado Preacher Get YouTube to Shut Down His Liberal Critics?” David Sunshine, a member of Cozen O’Connor’s Intellectual Property Group, discusses conservative former Navy chaplain and Colorado state assembly candidate Gordon “Dr. Chaps” Klingenschmitt’s efforts to stop liberal group People for the American Way from stealing short clips from Klingenschmitt’s YouTube show and altering their titles in an extremely unfavorable manner. David states “there's little question that RWW's videos are protected under the fair-use doctrine.”
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December 10, 2013
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Bill de Blasio will become the 109th mayor of the city of New York. As different as de Blasio and Bloomberg are in experience and ideology, so too is the city at these points of time.
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December 05, 2013
News - Utility & Energy
Peter Fontaine, co-chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Utility, Environmental & Energy Practice Group, was interviewed by NPR on Wednesday, December 4, 2013, about SB 411, a bill to encourage greater use of acid water from coal mining to extract natural gas. Pete offers his opinion on the bill in StateImpact, a project of NPR member stations dedicated to examining how state policy and issues affect people and communities.
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November 26, 2013
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Alton Hall and Tammy Shea, members of Cozen O'Connor's Commercial Litigation Department, recently secured a summary judgment on behalf of Pro Player Funding LLC in the highly publicized case of Vincent Paul Young, Jr. v. Peoples Financial Services et al. The case involved a loan taken out by Vince Young, quarterback for the University of Texas during their 2005 National Championship season, third overall pick in the 2006 NFL draft, and 2006 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.
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November 25, 2013
News - Subrogation & Recovery - Insurance
Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce the continued expansion of its internationally recognized Subrogation & Recovery Department with the recent addition of four attorneys. Lawyers who have joined the firm’s Subrogation & Recovery Department in 2013 include Virginia Markovich, member in the New York office; Philip J. Berens, an associate in Los Angeles; Richard J. Maleski, an associate in the Miami office; and Marie-Pier Nadeau, an associate in the Toronto office.
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November 25, 2013
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Ken Fisher, of the New York City office and Real Estate Practice Group, was mentioned in a Capital New York article titled, "Controversial Magnate Pokes Holes in Bloomberg's Styrofoam Ban." The article explains the financed lobbying effort the City Council successfully pushed to alter Michael Bloomberg's bill to ban the use of styrofoam in food establishments.
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November 20, 2013
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Jennifer Brandt, a member of the firm’s Family Law practice, appeared on Happening Now on Fox News to discuss the arraignment of NYPD Detective Wojciech Braszczok, who was indicted as one of the bikers involved in the SUV-motorcyclist confrontation that happened on the West Side Highway in September.
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November 15, 2013
News - Government & Regulatory, Health Care & Life Sciences - Health Care & Life Sciences
On November 14, President Obama announced that health insurers will be able to extend existing plans for individuals through 2014 that would have been otherwise cancelled due to changes under the Affordable Care Act. This proposed fix does not guarantee that extensions will be available, but rather allows insurers to offer the extension and for state regulators to approve it.
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November 14, 2013
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
In an article titled ''Oh no, not the office party again!'' David Barron, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Labor & Employment Department, offers advice on how to limit the potential fallout from an office party gone horribly wrong.
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