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September 02, 2008
Press Release - Appellate
Cozen O’Connor Member Sean Carter Named 2008 Lawyer On The Fast Track
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September 02, 2008
Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance
Insurance Coverage Alert! entitled: "Alaska Supreme Court Finds Gasoline Released from Underground Storage Tank is a "Pollutant" within the Scope of an Absolute Pollution Exclusion in a CGL Policy - Insurance Coverage Alert! - In Whittier Properties, Inc. v. Alaska National Insurance Company, No. S-12538, Alaska Supreme Court the Alaska Supreme Court addressed
the question of whether gasoline stored in an underground storage tank constituted a “pollutant” within the meaning of the Absolute Pollution Exclusion contained in the general
liability policy at issue in the case.
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September 01, 2008
Publication - Products Liability
The Shadow Knows No Bounds - Risk & Insurance -
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September 01, 2008
Publication - White Collar Defense & Investigations
Money Laundering Defense After Santos And Regalado Cuellar - NACDL's Champion Magazine - For some time, prosecutors and money laundering
charges have had a romantic relationship. For many years, the breadth of the statute was matched only by its draconian sentencing guideline ranges. In 2001, the Sentencing Commission amended U.S.S.G. § 2S1.1 to tie offense levels for money laundering more closely to the underlying conduct that was the source of the criminally derived funds.2 Many expected that this amendment would eviscerate the plea
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September 01, 2008
Publication - Government & Regulatory
Going it Alone: - Maritime Risk International - Erik Kowalewsky, of Cozen O’Connor, looks at California’s bid to regulate fuel sulphur within its waters. On 24 July 2008, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted regulations mandating that oceangoing cargo and passenger cruise vessels use low-sulphur marine distillate fuel within 24 nautical miles of the shore and prohibiting use of less-expensive heavy fuel oil, so-called bunker fuel.
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August 30, 2008
Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance
We take pride at Cozen O’Connor in addressing new developments that will affect our clients. In this issue, we include a special report on two new decisions from New Jersey on bad faith in the UM/UIM context.
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August 29, 2008
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery
10th Circuit Permits Expert to Testify Over Daubert Objection/Colo. CT Appeals Holds Willful and Wanton Conduct May Overcome Fire Alarm Limitation of Liability Contract Provision - Breaking Legal News and/or Recall Alerts - A 10th circuit court upheld a decision allowing an expert to testify as the court felt it should be left to the jury to decided what to believe. The Court of Appeals of Colorado made a decision that limitation of liability causes are not necessarily applicable in cases of willful and wanton conduct.
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August 29, 2008
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery
Recall Information from 8/29/2008 - Breaking Legal News and/or Recall Alerts - 14 pgs. Recalls covering: Gas grills at Lowe’s Stores, Remote-Controlled Helicopter Toys by Innovage, Indoor Lighting Fixtures by Lithonia, HP Fax Machines, and Power Light Modules by GCI.
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August 23, 2008
Press Release - Professional Liability
Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Participate In PBI Professional Liability Seminar
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August 15, 2008
Publication - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
Our Summer 2008 Labor and Employment Law Observer covers a multitude of topics of interest to in-house counsel, human resources professionals and corporate management.
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August 14, 2008
Publication - Sports
The summer is almost over, and the entertainment industry has made it through the Writers Guild of America's strike, which we previously outlined in the Fall 2007 issue.
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August 07, 2008
Press Release
Cozen O’Connor Member Nelson A. Diaz Speaks On Housing Crisis For Latino And Puerto Rican Affairs Commission
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August 07, 2008
Press Release
Cozen O’Connor Lawrence T. Bowman and Hayes A. Hunt recently served as faculty members at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy’s (NITA) 37th Annual National Trial Session, held in Louisville, Colo. Bowman and Hunt taught participants new ways to improve their performance in direct and cross examinations, laying foundations, delivering opening statements and closing arguments, and performing voir dire, and provided instant critiques of their performances.
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August 06, 2008
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While much commentary has been devoted to the groundbreaking holding of D.C. v. Heller — that the Second Amendment confers an individual right to "keep and bear Arms" for purely private purposes — too little attention has been paid to what the court did not decide and the significant uncertainties that remain in Second Amendment jurisprudence.
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August 05, 2008
Press Release
Cozen O’Connor Member Kevin M. Mattessich Speaks On Subprime Issues For London Markets Conference
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August 04, 2008
Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance
During September 2003, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners adopted the Suitability in Annuity Transactions Model Regulation (Suitability Model) to establish uniform standards and procedures for ensuring that annuity purchases and exchanges were suitable to the insurance needs and financial objectives of senior citizens.
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August 01, 2008
Publication - Insurance Coverage
Shortening The Path To Energy Independence: A Policy Agenda To Commercialize Battery-Electric Vehicles - Electricity Journal - Battery electric vehicles (“BEVs”)—highway vehicles primarily powered by electricity stored in a battery—present the best near term solution to reduce America’s dependence on petroleum and to curb carbon dioxide (“CO2”) emissions, the primary pollutant contributing to climate change. Our nation’s almost total dependence
on petroleum to power our cars and trucks is dragging down our economy, entangling our military in foreign conflicts, and saddling our children with an ecological disaster.
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August 01, 2008
Publication - Construction Law
The AIA Contract Documents... Not the Only Game in Town - Structure Magazine -
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August 01, 2008
Publication - Construction Law, Electronic Discovery & Practice Advisory Services - Real Estate & Construction
Risk Management 101 - BEST'S REVIEW - The value of customer data is recognized by all businesses. Each piece of data brings power but also risks. You can use it, sell it, update it, ignore it - even and here's the catch - lose it.
If your business possesses personal, identifiable, information such as Social Security numbers of dates of birth, customer account information such as account numbers and expiration dates, or medical records, then you have a legal duty to maintain the privacy of that information.
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August 01, 2008
Publication
As we have passed the mid-way point of 2008, it is clear that wage and hour lawsuits continue to dominate a large portion of all new cases filed in court each day. This noticeable surge will continue, if not further increase, as current and former employees claim in increasing numbers that they have been classified improperly as ''exempt'' employees and thus are owed overtime premium pay.
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