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June 17, 2014
Publication - Business, Environmental Regulatory & Due Diligence, Utility & Energy
Cozen O'Connor's Energy Environmental & Public Utility Group convenes a symposium of national experts in Philadelphia to discuss emerging issues surrounding catastrophic releases of hazardous materials.
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June 17, 2014
Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance
Gregory Hudson, of the Global Insurance department writes an article titled" Guilty D&O May Lose Defense Costos, Indemnification Too," in Law360.
In Protection Strategies Inc. v. Starr Indemnity & Liability Co., the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia allowed an insurer to recoup over $670,000 in costs paid for its insured first to respond to government subpoenas and then for the insured and its key employees to defend themselves against claims for governmental fraud and conspiracy.
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June 16, 2014
Publication - Insurance Coverage, Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Insurance
Andrew Tobin and Paul Dowsey of the Global Insurance Department, write about effective claims controls in facultative reinsurance in an article titled "Taking Charge" in Best's Review. Facultative business can give rise to conflicts between reinsurers and cedents in the handling of claims, particularly if the cedent is concerned with reputational risk and has no meaningful exposure.
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June 16, 2014
Publication - Aviation, Aviation Litigation, Transportation & Trade, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) / Drones - Aviation
It has been a busy month at the Department of Transportation, with the DOT finally releasing its long-anticipated proposed rule on Transparency of Airline Ancillary Fees and Other Consumer Protection Issues, better known as Passenger Protection Rulemaking #3 or PP3. DOT also issued a Show Cause Order tentatively approving IATA’s Resolution 787 to establish a “new distribution capability” for air travel distribution. On Capitol Hill, the House passed the 2015 Transportation Appropriations bill, including an amendment that could have the effect of preventing DOT from approving the controversial application filed by Norwegian Airlines International for authority to begin operating to the United States.
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June 12, 2014
Press Release - Intellectual Property
Camille Miller, co-chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Intellectual Property Department and the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group, has been named a Lawyer Monthly Women In Law Award winner. The Lawyer Monthly Women in Law Awards celebrate and highlight the achievements of women in the legal profession across the globe. As the result of five months of research and preparation, the Lawyer Monthly Women in Law Awards reward female legal experts who have influenced the wider legal profession in their jurisdiction.
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June 10, 2014
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In an article in the Claims Journal, Joe Rich address how we should be looking beyond the breaches to recovery as well, both in terms of possibility of recoveries and how to evaluate recovery. Surprisingly, there has been little attention given to the topic of subrogation or recovery opportunities arising our of cyber losses. In this article, we analyze the prospect of recovering on a cyber loss.
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June 10, 2014
Press Release - Private Equity, Real Estate
With the recent addition of Ingrid Welch as a member, Cozen O’Connor has enhanced the strength of its Private Equity and Real Estate practices. Welch previously served as the Philadelphia managing partner of a Detroit-based law firm and as in-house counsel to a Philadelphia-based private equity and real estate investment boutique with 12 years as a principal and member of the investment committee.
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June 10, 2014
Publication - Professional Liability Insurance Coverage
On June 4, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit reversed Judge Rakoff’s opinion in SEC v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., holding that the judge had abused his discretion by applying an incorrect legal standard in analyzing the consent decree and setting a trial date. In doing so, the Circuit Court emphasized that a District Court must defer to the SEC’s discretion with respect to structuring consent judgments.
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June 05, 2014
News - Products Liability
In an article titled ''Could GM be charged with murder?'' Jim Heller, chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Products Liability Practice Group, discusses a defective ignition switch in millions of General Motors’ cars that has led to at least 13 deaths since 2001. The Department of Transportation has fined the automaker $35 million for inaction regarding the switches, and the Department of Justice may impose an even bigger fine on the automaker. Given that people died as a result of the defect, could the U.S. government opt to charge GM with murder too?
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June 05, 2014
Publication - Appellate
In an article published in The Legal Intelligencer, Stephen Miller and Jordan Fox, members of Cozen O'Connor's Commercial Litigation Department, discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's focus on the First Amendment this term. The court heard oral arguments in April in two such cases—one concerning the protections afforded a public employee while testifying under subpoena, and one concerning the ability of individuals to challenge speech-restrictive campaign laws. Both of these cases present the court with the difficult task of applying longstanding doctrine to new and perplexing problems.
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June 04, 2014
News - Insurance Coverage - Insurance
Cozen O’Connor has been named The Insurance Litigation Department of the year in The Legal Intelligencer’s inaugural Litigation Department of the Year survey. Basing the competition on The American Lawyer’s Litigation Department of the Year, The Legal Intelligencer focused on Pennsylvania law firms for its survey.
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June 03, 2014
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt, a member of the firm's Family Law Department, was a guest on Dan Schorr's radio show, Crime and Justice with Dan Schorr. Jennifer discussed many of the latest stories in the news including Casey Kasem and Oscar Pistorius.
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June 02, 2014
Publication - Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage - Insurance
Plaintiff John Z. Huang represented Yongping Zhou in a deportation suit. Mid-suit, Zhou terminated the representation and retained another attorney. Throughout the course of the litigation, Zhou hired several more attorneys and ultimately succeeded in vacating his domestic violence conviction after spending two years in an Immigration and Naturalization Service detention center. Zhou then sued Huang for legal malpractice.
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June 02, 2014
Publication - Insurance Coverage, Subrogation & Recovery - Insurance
International Law Digest containing the limitation periods in general, funding actions in Spain, privilege, bringing court proceedings, the role of experts, interim remedies, disclosure and costs.
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June 01, 2014
Publication - White Collar Defense & Investigations
Nicole Sprinzen, a member of Cozen O’Connor’s Criminal Defense & Internal Investigations practice, discusses the case of Asadi v. GE Energy (USA) L.L.C.
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May 30, 2014
Press Release - Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring, Construction Law, Corporate, Health Care & Life Sciences, Insurance Coverage, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Real Estate, Transportation & Trade, White Collar Defense & Investigations, Zoning, Land Use & Development
Chambers USA recognized 29 Cozen O’Connor lawyers as leaders in their respective fields; six attorneys were recognized nationally and eight were ranked in the top band. Stanley Sher was named a “Senior Statesman” in the “Transportation: Shipping: Regulatory (outside New York)” industry, for the pivotal role Sher plays in the firm’s continued success in the transportation industry.
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May 29, 2014
News - Government & Regulatory, Government Relations - Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, Real Estate
Ken Fisher, of the New York City office’s business law department, was quoted in a New York Law Journal article titled, “Candidates for Brooklyn D.A. Reprise Themes From Primary.” In the article Ken offers his remarks regarding Brooklyn’s D.A., Charles Hynes. Ken is quoted as saying Hynes, “was an innovative prosecutor whose policies helped bring down crime, not just in Brooklyn, but across the country.”
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May 25, 2014
News - White Collar Defense & Investigations
In an article titled ''Pleading guilty could cut defendant's sentence,'' Barry Boss, co-chair of Cozen O'Connor's Criminal Defense & Internal Investigations Practice Group, discusses the factors considered in the federal sentencing guidelines for fraud conviction. In a related article titled "Rewards uneven in mortgage fraud cases,'' Barry discusses the difficulty of trying to harmonize sentencing breaks and the value of 5K1.1 motions for leniency.
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May 21, 2014
Publication - Business
In an article published in The Legal Intelligencer, Hayes Hunt and Arthur Fritzinger, members of Cozen O'Connor's Commercial Litigation Department, discuss Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Senior Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr.'s recent ruling in Red Vision Systems v. National Real Estate Information Services, No. 14-0411 (Comm. Pls. Feb. 26, 2014), that the attorney-client privilege does not apply to corporations no longer in business has garnered significant attention, including an appeal and the filing of amicus briefing by the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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May 21, 2014
News - Family Law
Jennifer Brandt, a member of the firm’s Family Law Group, was a guest on Fox 29 news this morning to discuss the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania’s ruling striking down the Pennsylvania statute banning same-sex couples from marrying and barring the recognition of out-of-state marriage of same-sex couples.
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