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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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July 22, 2015
Publication - Business, Public & Project Finance
In a summary analysis of the Illinois Supreme Court’s ruling invalidating Public Act 98-599, Mark Vacha (Public & Project Finance) summarizes and highlights some of the significant points of the Supreme Court of Illinois' decision filed on May 8, 2015 which struck down pension reform legislation for certain state level plans in Illinois.
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July 21, 2015
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt was a guest on Good Day Philadelphia to discuss the hacking scandal affecting the website Ashley Madison, a matchmaking website for cheating spouses
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July 20, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
Michael Schmidt discusses the DOL’s overtime rule and how establishing email curfews can help newly nonexempt employees understand the types of work that now are off-limits.
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July 20, 2015
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
David Barron discusses the privacy protections employees have regarding personal information, such as HIPAA, which requires health plans, health providers and health care clearinghouses to keep an individual’s protected health information confidential.
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July 20, 2015
News - Insurance Coverage, Real Estate, Subrogation & Recovery
– Cozen O’Connor promoted six members to shareholder of the firm: Philip Carroll (Chicago), William Davis (New York), John B. Galligan (New York), Kendall Hayden (Dallas), Andrew Kay (D.C.) and Vincent Pozzuto (New York).
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July 15, 2015
Publication - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
Debra Friedman discusses the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission’s (EEOC) recently issued notice of proposed rulemaking with respect to employer-sponsored wellness programs, focusing on the interplay between the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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July 14, 2015
News - Sports
John Johnson was interviewed by Capital New York about his representation of U.S. Women’s National team star and captain Carli Lloyd. John, who has represented Carli since 2006, discusses her passion and dedication to the sport, her goals, her work with trainer James Galanis and how her recent fame (after scoring the first hat-trick in Women’s World Cup Final) compares to other notable moments in her career.
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July 14, 2015
News - Real Estate
In an article titled “Supreme Court Ruling Puts NYC Affordable Housing Plan in Peril,” Cozen O’Connor attorney, and former New York City Council member, Kenneth Fisher, discusses the implications of the June 25, 2015, ruling. The new decision requires anyone challenging an affordable housing policy as a violation of the Fair Housing Act to prove only that the policy itself is discriminatory.
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July 14, 2015
Press Release - Public & Project Finance
The Forum of Executive Women, a membership organization of more than 450 influential women representing diverse businesses in the Greater Philadelphia region, announced that Suzanne S. Mayes has been elected President for a two-year term, beginning July 2015.
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July 13, 2015
Publication - Products Liability
John Sullivan discusses the second Risperdal trial, Cirba v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in which the trial judge denied the plaintiff’s post-trial motion for a new trial.
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July 13, 2015
Publication - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
David Barron and Jeremy Glenn authored an article concerning the Department of Labor’s proposed changes to the federal overtime rules.
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July 11, 2015
News - Appellate
Tom Wilkinson discusses protracted civil cases and how they are the exception to the rule today in Pennsylvania’s civil courts.
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