Recent News & Publications
Search News & Publications
August 12, 2015
Publication - Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring
Barry M. Klayman and Mark E. Felger published an article in the Delaware Business Court Insider discussing the case of Interdigital v. Wistron, which answers the question of whether a forum selection clause in an agreement constitutes a waiver of a party’s right to remove the case to federal court if the other party files suit in a Delaware state court.
Tweet
August 12, 2015
Publication - Commercial Litigation, Products Liability
Shelby Riney, of Cozen O'Connor's Commercial Litigation department, published, "Strategies for in-house counsel to maximize coordination of multidisciplinary products liability litigation."
Tweet
August 12, 2015
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt was a guest on Good Day Philadelphia to discuss actress Kelly Rutherford's ongoing custody battle and a recent New York Supreme Court ruling that ordered her children to return to Monaco.
Tweet
August 10, 2015
Publication - Products Liability
John Sullivan discusses Becker v. Smith & Nephew, a hip implant case pending in federal court in New Jersey.
Tweet
August 07, 2015
Publication - Public & Project Finance
Mark Vacha, Public & Project Finance, summarizes and highlights some of the significant points of the City of San Bernardino's proposed plan for the adjustment of its debts (as proposed and filed on May 29, 2015 in bankruptcy court). Mark also discusses the public finance concern of how different types of bondholders, creditors and other stakeholders are treated and the take-aways from this case for general governmental credits.
Tweet
August 05, 2015
Publication - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt discusses the difficult task of reaching a divorce settlement and offers guidance on how to make things move more smoothly.
Tweet
August 05, 2015
Publication - Technology, Privacy & Data Security
Jason Bonk and Calli Jo Padilla discuss the importance of implementing, enforcing and training on policies reflecting the best practices to protect companies against the increasing threat of cyberhacking and privacy breaches.
Tweet
August 04, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
Joseph Tilson discusses the growing trend of the National Labor Relations Board causing employers to revise their employee handbooks for the digital age as people talk about their workplaces on social media platforms.
Tweet
August 03, 2015
News - Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage - Insurance
The Global Insurance Department presented a two-part webinar series addressing Florida claims handling issues arising out of first and third party claims and litigation in June, 2015.
Tweet
August 03, 2015
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery
Two recent decisions by district court judges in Philadelphia and one by the 4h Circuit in Richmond are encouraging to subrogation professionals because the challenges went to the weight rather than admissibility of the testimony.
Tweet
August 03, 2015
Publication - Antitrust & Competition, Aviation, Aviation Litigation, White Collar Defense & Investigations - Aviation
Barry Boss, Stephen Miller, and Rebecca Brodey discuss the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s latest investigation – airline capacity restrictions.
Tweet
August 01, 2015
Press Release - Labor & Employment
Tilson’s new position was announced today at the ABA’s annual meeting in Chicago, and is effective immediately.
Tweet
July 31, 2015
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt was a guest on Good Day Philadelphia to discuss the two brothers in Oklahoma who were hospitalized with severe sunburns after a day care trip to a water park.
Tweet
July 31, 2015
Publication - Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring
Mark Felger and Keith Kleinman discuss the Supreme Court’s decision in Wellness Int’l Network, Ltd. v. Sharif, in which it was affirmed that bankruptcy courts have jurisdiction to issue final judgments on Stern claims if the parties consent to the bankruptcy court adjudicating such claims.
Tweet
July 31, 2015
News - Insurance Coverage - Insurance
Matthew Criscuolo and John David Dickenson write an article in The Risk Retention Reporter titled "Leveling the Playing Field: Representing Risk Retention Groups in Coverage Disputes."
Tweet
July 30, 2015
Publication - Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage
The Hawaii Supreme Court, providing three separate reasons, held that the excess insurer could bring a cause of action for equitable subrogation.
Tweet
July 23, 2015
Publication - Tax
The taxpayer filed a complaint in the nature of a request for declaratory judgment to void the tax sale. After a trial, the taxpayer filed a Statement of Matters Complained of on Appeal, but had not previously filed post-trial motions.
Tweet
July 23, 2015
Publication - Family Law, Technology, Privacy & Data Security
Jennifer Brandt discusses the Ashley Madison hacking scandal and explains how before using a website, posting on social media, or sending an email, consider the ramifications, and consider whether the private information you are providing is really secure.
Tweet
July 23, 2015
Publication - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
Michael Schmidt offers tips to employers to avoid violating the Department of Labor’s recently proposed rule of changing overtime regulations.
Tweet
July 23, 2015
Publication - Tax
The court agreed with the trial court that the taxpayer had not established that it donated or rendered gratuitously a substantial portion of its services. The evidence was that the taxpayer received charitable contributions that varied around one percent of its annual expenditures, but the contributions, at least in substantial part, were a return from its parent of fees charged for management services
Tweet