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June 25, 2009
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June 22, 2009
Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance
New Generation Of Asbestos Trusts Encourages Double-Dipping - Daily Journal Newswire Article - There’s nothing new about asbestos plaintiffs’ lawyers trying to manipulate the legal system,
playing what one Los Angeles County judge recently dubbed the “grisly game of asbestos
litigation.” A new generation of asbestos trusts, established to pay claims on behalf of bankrupt
manufacturers, now tempts plaintiffs’ lawyers to seek double recoveries by concealing their
clients’ trust recoveries from tort defendants. Solvent defendants are thereby unfairly saddled
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June 22, 2009
Publication - Labor & Employment
Times are tough. Employers in the hotel and hospitality industries are not immune from the impact that the weakened economy has on their personnel issues. In order to minimize the legal tsunami that can result from economy-driven employment decisions that are made, it is critical for hotel and hospitality employers to take appropriate steps to minimize potential legal exposure.
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June 18, 2009
Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance
Ken Levine looks back on 2008 and highlights eight memorable insurance topics from the year: (1) Life Settlement Agreements/Stranger-Originated Life Insurance; (2) Suitability; (3) Bad Faith Civil Liability; (4) Property and Casualty: Flood and Other Natural Disaster; (5) Health (Autism, Mental Health Parity, and Accessibility/Affordability); (6) Producer Licensing; (7) Interstate Compact; and, (8) Federal Regulatory Effort.
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June 18, 2009
Press Release
Patrick J. O’Connor Elected Chairman of Temple Board of Trustees
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June 15, 2009
Publication - Business, Tax
IRS Answers Questions on Employer-Owned Life Insurance Contracts but Tax Traps Remain - Tax Alert! - The IRS recently issued guidance in connection with employer-owned life insurance contracts (“EOLI”). Notice 2009-48 clarifies a number of administrative questions. It does not eliminate the loss of tax benefits applicable to EOLI or the need to satisfy notice and consent formality in order to quality for exception from these rules. An inadvertent
failure to satisfy the notice and consent requirements could result in the loss of a significant tax exclusion.
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June 15, 2009
Publication - Labor & Employment
Employment Risks to Consider in a Challenging Economy - The Legal Intelligencer - Companies operating in these challenging economic times might have to navigate a number of pressing
issues in order to weather the storm. Before making hasty employment-related decisions, companies
would be wise to analyze the legal ramifications of such decisions, especially when it comes to
reductions in force.
This article will address five legal risks that an employer should consider before reducing its workforce.
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June 11, 2009
Press Release - Intellectual Property
Cozen O’Connor Ranked Among 2009’s Top Trademark Filing Firms
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June 11, 2009
Publication - Intellectual Property
Personalized URLs on Facebook - Intellectual Property Alert! - Facebook, Inc. has announced that beginning
Saturday, June 13th at 12:01 a.m. U.S. EDT, users of
the Facebook website will be allowed for the first time to create personalized URLs for their Facebook pages (facebook.com/yourname).
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June 11, 2009
Publication - Business, Tax
Recent Pennsylvania Tax Decisions - Tax Alert! -
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June 09, 2009
Press Release - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies
Cozen O’Connor Member Nelson A. Diaz Appointed to President’s Commission on White House Fellows
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June 08, 2009
Press Release - Insurance Coverage - Insurance
Cozen O’Connor recently announced that Angelo Savino joined as member of the global insurance group. Savino will practice from the firm’s New York Downtown office. His arrival marks Cozen O’Connor’s continued growth in the New York market, with the firm welcoming more than 30 attorneys in recent months and increasing its presence in the city to almost 100.
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June 02, 2009
Publication - Insurance Coverage
First-Party Insurance: Colorado Supreme Court to Address Anti-Concurrent Causation Provision - Insurance Coverage Alert! - On May 26, 2009, the Colorado Supreme Court agreed
to hear arguments as to whether an anti-concurrent
causation provision applied to exclude recovery under a first-party insurance policy where a jury found that the loss was caused 90% by a covered peril and 10% by an excluded peril. See, Colorado Intergovernmental Risk Sharing Agency v. Northfield Ins. Co. (Colorado Supreme Court Case No. 08SC907,
May 26, 2009) (“CIRSA”).
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June 02, 2009
Press Release - Family Law
Cozen O’Connor Attorney Jennifer A. Brandt Discusses Family Law Issues on CNN Headline News
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June 01, 2009
Publication - Insurance Coverage
Reducing the Risk of Failure - Food Safety Magazine - It seems like every week there is a front page
story about something that got into some part of the food supply. Pathogens. Allergens. Contaminants.
Bits of metal. Everyone is yelling for the
government and industry to do something. There should be more tests. There should be more standards. There should be more inspections. There should be more oversight.
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June 01, 2009
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery - Insurance
CSST: The Flexible or Flammable Alternative for Gas Piping - Subrogation and Recovery Alert! - Lightning. For generations, it has inspired and impressed. For the present generation of owners of newer homes, as spring and summer storms loom, lightning means only one thing: Fear. In our September 2006 Alert, we informed you of an
emerging trend that we had identified involving gas-fueled fires caused by gas lines failing when they become energized during a direct or nearby lightning strike. The gas lines at risk are known as corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST)
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June 01, 2009
Publication - Labor & Employment
Our Spring 2009 Labor and Employment Law Observer covers a multitude of topics of interest to in-house counsel, human resources professionals and corporate management. Many of these articles are particularly timely given the changing political climate and our increasingly technology driven society.
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June 01, 2009
Publication - Insurance Coverage
Nanotechnology: Risks and Rewards - BEST'S Review - The blossoming field of nanotechnology
engages scientists
at the smallest of scales—the
nanoscale, where matter is measured
from one- to one-hundred-billionth
of a meter. At nanoscale, a
substance’s physical and chemical
properties are altered, presenting
both the promise of beneficial use
and the peril of unknown risk.
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June 01, 2009
Press Release
Cozen O'Connor announced that Erik L. Jackson has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a member of the Commercial Litigation Department.
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May 28, 2009
Press Release
New Organization for Women in Public Finance
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