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March 23, 2010
Publication - Antitrust & Competition, Business, Health Care & Life Sciences - Health Care & Life Sciences
Highmark, Inc. Challenges PA. Insurance Department Investigation - Health Law Alert! - Highmark, Inc. has filed a lawsuit in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania challenging the legality of an ongoing Pennsylvania Insurance Department investigation involving potential anticompetitive conduct and/or unfair trade practices by Pennsylvania’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies.
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March 23, 2010
Publication - Insurance Coverage
To Avoid Bad Faith in Washington State, Insurers Must Provide a Defense if any Court Articulates an "Arguable Legal Interpretation" that a Claim is "Conceivably Covered" - Insurance Coverage Alert! - On March 18, 2010, the Washington State Supreme Court decided American Best Food, Inc. v. Alea London, Ltd.,1 --- P.3d ----, 2010 WL 963933 (Wash., Mar. 18, 2010), holding that (1) a complaint alleging injuries caused by an assault, and conduct by the insured following the assault, triggers a duty to defend, despite the policy’s exclusion for claims “arising out of assault and/or battery,” and regardless of whether the post-assault conduct is alleged to have resulted
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March 22, 2010
Publication - Government & Regulatory, Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
Government Ethics Reform: A Work in Progress - New York Law Journal - The late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King observed that, “Morality cannot be legislated but behavior can be regulated.” Officials at all levels of government continue to struggle with the rules governing their own behavior as well as those with whom they regularly interact to avoid at least the appearance of immorality.
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March 22, 2010
Publication - Electronic Discovery & Practice Advisory Services
At this point in the discovery revolution, there is no question that savvy litigants have become sensitive to the need to preserve documents and, particularly, electronically stored information (ESI). While the cost of even marginal preservation steps can be quite high, the failure to act promptly can lead to the unintentional loss of documents (through the recycling of disaster recovery backups or the operation of automatic deletion routines in e-mail mailboxes) and unpleasant litigation consequences.
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March 22, 2010
Publication - Insurance Coverage
Can Financial Services Companies Be Liable for Third-Party Fraud? The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Says...Maybe - Litigation Alert! - Financial services companies, such as investment companies, banks, and brokers, must be alert to potential red flags arising from their customers’ transactions or risk being potentially liable for fraud committed by third parties. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that New York law confers a duty on investment companies, banks, and brokers to ensure that the customer transactions they process are properly authorized. In a matter of first impression, the
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March 17, 2010
Publication
In a recent decision, Cornell v. 360 West 51st St. Realty, LLC., Index No. 113104/04, 2009 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 3579 (Sup Ct, New York County Dec. 18, 2009), New York County Supreme Court Justice Marcy Friedman followed the rationale set forth by the Appellate Division, First Department in Fraser v. 301-52 Townhouse Corp., 57 A.D.3d 416, 870 N.Y.S.2d 266 (1st Dep’t 2008) regarding the admissibility of scientific and medical evidence in personal injury mold cases.
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March 15, 2010
Publication - Business, Public & Project Finance
Cozen O’Connor Ranked No. 2 Bond Counsel in PA; No. 1 Underwriter’s Counsel in NJ - JD Journal - Thomson Reuters recently listed Cozen O’Connor as the number two bond counsel firm in Pennsylvania for 2009. To date, this is the firm’s highest bond counsel ranking. For the second year in a row, the firm was also ranked as the number one underwriter’s counsel in New Jersey.
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March 10, 2010
Press Release - Public & Project Finance
Cozen O’Connor Ranked Number Two Bond Counsel In Pennsylvania And Number One Underwriter’s Counsel In New Jersey
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March 08, 2010
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery
Toyota Recalls - Cozen O'Connor Whitepaper - Toyota’s unprecedented recall of some 8.1 million vehicles will impact consumers, businesses, and their insurers all over the country and internationally. Damage to person and property as a result of these apparent defects will result in numerous insurance claims throughout the fifty states. The breadth of this recall presents significant subrogation and recovery opportunities.
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March 08, 2010
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery
Ask the Tough Questions - Subrogation and Recovery Checklist - 1 page. This document contains a checklist of questions to ask the expert, witnesses, and yourself when evaluating a claim.
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March 07, 2010
Press Release - Family Law
Cozen O’Connor member Jennifer Brant appeared on
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March 05, 2010
Press Release
Steve Cozen Featured in Philadelphia Magazine
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March 01, 2010
Publication - Insurance Coverage
The Proof Is in the Posting: How Social Media Is Changing the Law - Texas Bar Journal -
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March 01, 2010
Publication - Labor & Employment
Our Winter 2010 Labor & Employment Law Observer covers a multitude of topics of interest to in-house counsel, human resources professionals and corporate management.
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March 01, 2010
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20 Questions with LCA Fellow Stephen A. Cozen, Founder and Chairman of Cozen O'Connor - Litigation Commentary & Review -
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February 26, 2010
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Steve Cozen, founder and chairman of Cozen O’Connor, was interviewed by Jason Fagone for Philadelphia Magazine.
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February 25, 2010
Publication - Labor & Employment
The doctrine of inevitable disclosure is alive and well. Pennsylvania and its neighbors all recognize the concept that, in certain situations, can act as a sort of de-facto noncompete agreement to prevent employees with access to confidential information from going to work for a competitor. This controversial doctrine states that certain employees possess intangible confidential information that cannot be returned to the company at the end of their employment, and therefore, they cannot go to work for a competitor without ''inevitably'' disclosing this confidential information.
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February 22, 2010
Publication - Government & Regulatory, Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
Government Ethics Reform: A Work in Progress - New York Law Journal - There seems to be a widespread consensus that the public's lack of trust in the political
process should be a genuine concern for both officials and advocates. However, elected
officials at all levels struggle with avoiding compromising situations and appearances,
while not stifling the free flow of information and political relationships which inform the
democratic process.
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February 22, 2010
Publication - Professional Liability
How Many Accountants Does It Take to Go to Trial? - The Legal Intelligencer - I was going to trial. My client was a mid-sized business. I needed to prove damages, and show that my client's internal controls were appropriate. The budget was tight — as it always seems to be — but I had an ace in the hole. My client was audited.
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February 21, 2010
Publication - Insurance Coverage
Winter 2010 - Insurance Coverage Observer -
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