Fire Suppression Failures [Claims Management]

Publication

Professional Liability: Keep Your Friends Close, But Your Facebook Posts Closer [Insurance Coverage Alert!]

Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance

Professional Liability: Keep Your Friends Close, But Your Facebook Posts Closer - Insurance Coverage Alert! - “Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life.” That is the Facebook mantra, as displayed on its homepage, and the opening line of a recent – and extremely thorough – Pennsylvania trial court decision regarding the discoverability of a plaintiff’s relevant Facebook information. The court’s conclusion: a plaintiff’s Facebook information is discoverable, provided the defendant has a good faith basis for seeking the material,

Jennifer Brandt Discussing First Amendment Rights on Fox News' the O'Reilly Factor

News - Family Law

Jennifer Brandt, co-chair of Cozen O'Connor's Family Law practice, appears on Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor to discuss student's First Amendment Rights.

Cyber Liability Insurance: The Value of an Educated Broker in the Age of E-Commerce

Publication - Technology, Privacy & Data Security

Recent media reports of cyber intrusions, data thefts and computer system malfunctions involving large, high-profile companies such as Sony PlayStation, Citigroup and Lockheed’s Security Vendor, RSA, have led a rapidly growing number of companies to consider the necessity of insurance coverage for technology and cyber privacy risks.

Cozen O’Connor Associate Lynnette Espy Elected President-Elect of the Gate City Bar Association

Press Release

Cozen O’Connor Associate Lynnette Espy Elected President-Elect of the Gate City Bar Association

New York Court Rules Firm Not Liable for Issuing Legal Opinion Letter in Fraudulent Dreier DealNewsletter [ABA Section of Litigation Ethics & Professionalism Newsletter]

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New York Court Rules Firm Not Liable for Issuing Legal Opinion Letter in Fraudulent Dreier DealNewsletter - ABA Section of Litigation Ethics & Professionalism Newsletter -

Mark Felger quoted in Turnarounds & Workouts

News - Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring

Mark Felger quoted in Turnarounds & Workouts

Trial Court Orders Overruling Privilege Claims Still Immediately Appealable [PBA Civil Litigation Newsletter]

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Trial Court Orders Overruling Privilege Claims Still Immediately Appealable - PBA Civil Litigation Newsletter -

Federal Court Declines to Recognize Self-Critical Analysis Privilege Where Documents Were Generated Through Voluntary Self-Assessment Procedure [PBA Civil Litigation Section Newsletter]

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Federal Court Declines to Recognize Self-Critical Analysis Privilege Where Documents Were Generated Through Voluntary Self-Assessment Procedure - PBA Civil Litigation Section Newsletter -

Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal [ABA Publishing]

Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance

In this Winter 2011, Volume 46 Issue 2 edition of the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal, published by the American Bar Association, Jonathan Toren of the Global Insurance Department co-authors a chapter with other leading industry professionals, titled “Recent Developments in Excess Insurance, Surplus Lines Insurance, and Reinsurance Law.”

Andrew Rolfes quoted in Business Insurance

News - Labor & Employment

Andrew Rolfes quoted in Business Insurance

Scott Schwartz quoted in The Globe and Mail

News - Intellectual Property

Scott Schwartz quoted in The Globe and Mail

Bankruptcy Court Asserts Jurisdiction to Determine Debtor's State Tax Liability [Delaware Business Court Insider]

Publication - Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring, Business

Bankruptcy Court Asserts Jurisdiction to Determine Debtor's State Tax Liability - Delaware Business Court Insider - At a time when practitioners debate the reach of bankruptcy court jurisdiction, the Delaware court continues to assert its jurisdiction in the face
of new challenges. In In re Indianapolis Downs LLC, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware held that it had jurisdiction to decide whether a state taxing authority could continue to collect a state tax on part
of the debtor’s revenue from slot-machine wagering. In doing so, the court turned back

Alderman To Be Appointed to Advisory Board of National Air and Space Museum

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Alderman To Be Appointed to Advisory Board of National Air and Space Museum

Foreign Arbitration Clauses Invalid Under Carmack [Subrogation and Recovery Alert!]

Publication - Subrogation & Recovery - Insurance

Foreign Arbitration Clauses Invalid Under Carmack - Subrogation and Recovery Alert! - Foreign arbitration clauses are more prevalent than ever in commercial contracts. However, in interstate shipping contract claims under the Carmack Amendment, foreign arbitration clauses have recently been found invalid. This Alert reviews the recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Smallwood v. Allied Van Lines, Inc.

Thailand Flood Losses [Cozen O'Connor White Paper]

Publication - Subrogation & Recovery - Insurance

Thailand Flood Losses - Cozen O'Connor White Paper - Thailand’s two principal river systems are the Chao Phraya and the Mekong. There are a number of other smaller rivers which run through Thailand and drain into the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea. The Mekong drains into the South China Sea. Beginning in July, Thailand’s rivers have been flooding. The floods have caused 506 deaths and an estimated $5.1 billion in damage. According to government reports the flooding has affected almost 15 million acres of land in 58 provinces.

Ed Weisz quoted in The Wall Street Journal

News - Intellectual Property

Ed Weisz quoted in The Wall Street Journal

In Wake of Wal-Mart Case, Class Actions Still Alive and Well [The Legal Intelligencer]

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In Wake of Wal-Mart Case, Class Actions Still Alive and Well - The Legal Intelligencer - In Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes, The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a grant of class certification. The case involved allegations of discrimination against women, and the Supreme Court said that the case involved too many individual claims, circumstances and factual analyses to be litigated on a classwide basis.

Colorado Statute Concerning Insurance for Construction Defects Does Not Apply Retroactively, but Property Damage Caused by Poor Workmanship is an Occurrence [Insurance Coverage Alert!]

Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance

Colorado Statute Concerning Insurance for Construction Defects Does Not Apply Retroactively, but Property Damage Caused by Poor Workmanship is an Occurrence - Insurance Coverage Alert! - 10th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Colorado statute regarding insurance for construction defects does not apply retroactively, but that any property damage caused by poor workmanship may nevertheless qualify as an “occurrence” so long as the resulting damage is to nondefective property. Greystone Const., Inc. v. National Fire & Marine Ins. Co., Case No. 09-1412 (10th Cir. Nov. 1, 2011).

Cozen O’Connor Trademark Group Number One in Pennsylvania

News - Trademark & Copyright

Cozen O’Connor Trademark Group Number One in Pennsylvania