Cozen O’Connor Named One of the Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania

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Cozen O’Connor Named One of the Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania

Alderman, Schweitzer, Bayh on the Infrastructure Bank the U.S. Already Has in The Washington Post

News - Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies

Alderman, Schweitzer, Bayh on the Infrastructure Bank the U.S. Already Has in The Washington Post

Barry Boss Discusses Underwear Bomber's Defense on NPR

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As New Term Begins, Out With the Old, in With the New [The Legal Intelligencer]

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As New Term Begins, Out With the Old, in With the New - The Legal Intelligencer - Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court begins its new term. Before diving into the exciting cases awaiting
decision in the coming year, it is worth pausing to examine a few interesting aspects of the court's work from the prior term.

3d Circuit Permits Pennsylvania Minority Shareholder to Sue Majority Shareholders for Breach of Fiduciary Duty After Completion of Cash-Out Merger [Corporate Alert!]

Publication - Business, Corporate

3d Circuit Permits Pennsylvania Minority Shareholder to Sue Majority Shareholders for Breach of Fiduciary Duty After Completion of Cash-Out Merger - Corporate Alert! - In August, 2011, the U.S. 3d Circuit Court of Appeals held that the fact that the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law gives appraisal rights to minority shareholders “squeezed out” by a merger does not preclude other remedies, including a breach of fiduciary duty claim. In so doing, the 3d Circuit overruled the lower court, which had dismissed the fiduciary duty claim of a minority shareholder (Mitchell) on the basis that appraisal rights are the exclusive remedy

Stephen Miller quoted in Bloomberg Businessweek

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Stephen Miller was quoted in Bloomberg Businessweek regarding the sentencing of Zvi Goffer, the former Galleon trader, and Winifred Jiau, a consultant for Primary Global Research LLC, who were convicted in June in separate trials in federal court in Manhattan as part of a U.S. crackdown on insider trading. Stephen commented, ''The U.S. attorney is going to keep this case in the public eye for a week. That should create the desired deterrent effect.''

Revisiting the Scope of the Panel’s Authority to Rewrite the Reinsurance Contract: Harper Insurance Limited v. Century Indemnity Company 10 Civ. 7866 (S.D. N.Y. July 28, 2011) [Insurance Coverage Alert!]

Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance

Revisiting the Scope of the Panel’s Authority to Rewrite the Reinsurance Contract: Harper Insurance Limited v. Century Indemnity Company 10 Civ. 7866 (S.D. N.Y. July 28, 2011) - Insurance Coverage Alert! - In recent years, the question of whether the arbitration panel has the authority to rewrite terms of the reinsurance contract in resolving disputes between cedents and reinsurers has played prominently in the courts in the United
States. In visiting the question in 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit affirmed the trial court’s vacatur of an arbitration award where the panel crafted a remedy beyond
the terms of the contract.

Cozen O’Connor Brings 400 Litigators Under One National Litigation Department

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Cozen O’Connor Brings 400 Litigators Under One National Litigation Department

Cozen O'Connor's move to 400-lawyer litigation department noted in Philadelphia Business Journal.

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Cozen O'Connor's move to 400-lawyer litigation department noted in Philadelphia Business Journal.

"Social Media in the Workplace Creates New Legal Risks" [Corporate Counsel]

Publication - Labor & Employment

"Social Media in the Workplace Creates New Legal Risks" - Corporate Counsel - Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have forever changed how people communicate. Every little detail of people’s lives is now broadcast, tweeted, or blogged about on the Internet. The social media activities of employees have increasingly pushed the boundaries of lawful workplace behavior and created new legal challenges for employers seeking to control this new communication forum and minimize the legal risks to their organization.

Texas Wildfires [Subrogation and Recovery Alert!]

Publication - Subrogation & Recovery - Insurance

Texas Wildfires - Subrogation and Recovery Alert! - Background information and investigation summaries are provided on the ongoing catastrophic Texas Wildfires. This Alert provides a review of currently available information on the Bastrop County Complex, Steiner Ranch, and Spicewood/Pedernales Bend wildfires.

2011 Floods: Evaluation of Subrogation Potential During Natural Disasters [Cozen O'Connor White Paper]

Publication - Subrogation & Recovery - Insurance

2011 Floods: Evaluation of Subrogation Potential During Natural Disasters - Cozen O'Connor White Paper - Many regions of our country still are suffering from the tragic consequences of Hurricane Irene, as well as prior and subsequent tropical storms. In the midst of this sometimes overwhelming damage, the insurance industry will be called upon to respond to claims which frequently entail multiple perils such as flood, wind and collapse. These claims, while complex, still are amenable to application of Cozen O'Connor's time tested subrogation methodology.

Hurricane Irene Strikes the Eastern Seaboard: An Overview of the Facts and Coverage Issues [Cozen O'Connor Report]

Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance

Hurricane Irene Strikes the Eastern Seaboard: An Overview of the Facts and Coverage Issues - Cozen O'Connor Report - On the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, another such storm was devastating the eastern coastline of the United States. Irene – the first hurricane of the 2011 season – was thankfully not as destructive as the 2005 storm that ravaged New Orleans and the Gulf Coast area. Nevertheless, Irene was a powerful and destructive storm that hit areas of the country that seldom see this kind of event.

PA Firms Making Midlevels Happier [The Legal Intelligencer]

Publication - Appellate, White Collar Defense & Investigations

PA Firms Making Midlevels Happier - The Legal Intelligencer - The bulk of Pennsylvania firms did a better job keeping their midlevel associates happy this year than they did last year, according to a survey by Legal affiliate The American Lawyer.

Packing Heat in Parked Cars [Texas Lawyer]

Publication - Labor & Employment

Packing Heat in Parked Cars - Texas Lawyer - Effective Sept. 1, Texas employees can store weapons in their vehicles while at work. The new law specifically allows employees to store and have access to guns kept in privately owned vehicles parked on or in employer-provided parking areas. If in-house lawyers haven't done so already, now is the time to review company policies in light of the new law.

Tad Decker Interviewed in The Legal Intelligencer regarding Cozen O'Connor's Performance in The American Lawyer Midlevel Associate Survey

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Tad Decker Interviewed in The Legal Intelligencer regarding Cozen O'Connor's Performance in The American Lawyer Midlevel Associate Survey

Bill Allowing Punitive Damages for Insurer's Bad Faith Conduct Introduced in New Jersey Senate [Insurance Coverage Alert!]

Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance

Bill Allowing Punitive Damages for Insurer's Bad Faith Conduct Introduced in New Jersey Senate - Insurance Coverage Alert! - On August 25, 2011, a New Jersey state senator introduced Senate Bill 3036, purportedly to reverse the New Jersey Supreme Court’s holding in Wood v. New Jersey Manufacturers Ins. Co., 206 N.J. 562, 21 A.3d 1131 (June 14, 2011). The bill goes far beyond a simple reversal, however, and could have significant financial implications for insurers that breach their duty of good faith and fair dealing with their insureds.

Kenneth Fisher was quoted in the Wall Street Journal

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Kenneth Fisher was quoted in the Wall Street Journal

Cozen O’Connor Partner A. Martin Wickliff Named 2011 Trailblazer Outside Counsel of the Year by Texas Minority Counsel Program

Press Release - Labor & Employment

Cozen O’Connor Partner A. Martin Wickliff Named 2011 Trailblazer Outside Counsel of the Year by Texas Minority Counsel Program

Cozen O'Connor Ranked First in Philadelphia and Third in the Nation in The American Lawyer in its Midlevel Associates Satisfaction Survey

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Cozen O'Connor Ranked First in Philadelphia and Third in the Nation in The American Lawyer in its Midlevel Associates Satifaction Survey