Recent News & Publications
Search News & Publications
May 15, 2013
Publication - Bad Faith - Insurance
The decision, which ordered the defendants to produce documents and the clerk to unseal papers filed in motion practice, represents a new and troubling broadening of the scope of discovery in bad faith cases.
Tweet
May 15, 2013
News - Subrogation & Recovery
Patrick was selected to receive an honorary degree from Temple University, which conferred Thursday, May 16. On May 17, he also received an honorary degree from Villanova University School of Law.
Tweet
May 15, 2013
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery
The process of serving foreign defendants can be a long and costly path through the Central Authority or courts of a foreign country under The Hague Convention (on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents), and sometimes the requests for service go unanswered for several months, leaving litigants to wonder whether they will ever be able to pursue their case.
Tweet
May 14, 2013
Publication - Intellectual Property, Technology, Privacy & Data Security, Trademark & Copyright
Magistrate Judge Westmore recommended that the U.S. District Court for Northern California award Facebook $2.8 million in damages from typosquatters under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA). Facebook v. Cyber2Media, Inc. et al., Case No. 4:11-cv-03619, (N.D.Ca., April 30, 2013).
Tweet
May 13, 2013
Press Release - Corporate, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance, Subrogation & Recovery - Gaming
Two attorneys have joined the Philadelphia office of Cozen O'Connor: Ira C. Gubernick, formerly of Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg, joins the firm as a partner in the corporate practice, and Richard S. Roisman, formerly with McCarter & English, joins as a partner in the real estate practice.
Tweet
May 13, 2013
Publication - Intellectual Property
David B Sunshine and J Trevor Cloak explain what fan fiction authors need to know about copyright protection.
Tweet
May 09, 2013
Press Release - Family Law
Jennifer has significant experience representing parties in divorce, custody, support/alimony and same-sex dissolution matters throughout both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She assists parties in adoptions and in matters concerning incapacitated persons.
Tweet
May 09, 2013
News - Subrogation & Recovery, Technology, Privacy & Data Security
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article entitled “FBI: Delete Passwords of Ex-Employees” where the author discusses a disgruntled ex-employee’s recent network attack on his previous employer at a Long Island, NY electric supply company.
Tweet
May 09, 2013
News - Insurance Coverage, Technology, Privacy & Data Security
In an article titled, "FBI: Delete Passwords of Ex-Employees," The Wall Street Journal highlights the firm's Cybersecurity Conference, held on Wednesday, May 8, at the W Hotel. Trevor Cloak, Joe Dever, Greg Fliszar, Brian Gillam, Steven Haas, Mike Schmidt, Stuart Shorenstein, Matthew Siegel, Ahren Tryon and Dave Walton presented during the seminar, along with Richard Aborn, President, Citizens Crime Commission of New York City and Austin P. Berglas, Assistant Special Agent in Charge for Cyber, FBI New York Field Office. To read the WSJ article, click here.
Tweet
May 09, 2013
Publication - Appellate, Intellectual Property, Patents
At oral argument in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, the U.S. Supreme Court recently grappled with the question of whether human genes are patentable. Justice Stephen Breyer seemed to capture the justices' sentiment in the lively argument session: "The patent law is filled with uneasy compromises." The compromises that the justices choose will affect the future work of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and shape the path of genetic research in the future.
Tweet
May 08, 2013
News - Subrogation & Recovery
The accreditation is awarded by the CEO Roundtable on Cancer, which was founded in 2001 when former President George H.W. Bush challenged a group of executives to "do something bold and venturesome about cancer within your own corporate families."
Tweet
May 08, 2013
Publication - Insurance Coverage
Jason Beckerman and Ryan Kearney of the New York Downtown office published an article in The New York Law Journal titled, “Accountability in Elevated Construction Accidents,” which discusses the traction to reform New York’s well-known scaffolding statute embodied in Labor Law § 240(1). Over the past two decades the law has evolved into a windfall for a small group of plaintiff’s attorneys, while simultaneously causing construction insurance premiums to skyrocket. With increased insurance costs real estate development in and around New York City has become limited, causing major developers to look to other states for development sites.
Tweet
May 07, 2013
Publication - Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Insurance
The 2nd Circuit's decision affirmed the Southern District of New York’s dismissal of Saint Vincent’s claims and addressed the pleading standards for allegations of breach of fiduciary duty with respect to management of an ERISA plan.
Tweet
May 06, 2013
Publication - Insurance Coverage - Food & Beverage
Regulators, food distributors and, of course, lawyers are scrambling to determine the legal and reputational consequences of the still-growing horse meat scandal that recently hit Europe.
Tweet
May 02, 2013
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
In an article titled, ''Legal Concerns: Your Facebook Account as Evidence in a Lawsuit,'' Michael Schmidt, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Labor & Employment Department, discusses the use of social media as court evidence, and the legal duty to preserve it.
Tweet
May 01, 2013
Publication - Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Immigration Policy & Strategy, Labor & Employment
During Barack Obama’s first term as president, most of his pro-employee legislative agenda was stymied by Congress. Undeterred, the Obama Administration turned to administrative agencies such as the Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to move forward its workplace agenda. The stakes continue to be high for employers during President Obama’s second term, particularly in the diversity-focused areas of equal employment opportunity and immigration.
Tweet
May 01, 2013
News - Employment Litigation, Labor & Employment
Michael Schmidt, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Labor & Employment Department, discusses the application of new and existing regulations in the context of social media in an article titled, ''The Risks and Rewards of Social Media – Regulators and Plaintiffs Take Aim at Companies’ Use of Social Media.'' ''It’s so easy for companies using social media to disclose and talk about things that used to be tightly controlled before they were disclosed to the public,'' Schmidt says. ''But agencies are becoming increasingly vigilant about applying their existing rules to what a company can and can’t say in this new context.''
Tweet
May 01, 2013
Publication
Many have been there. Your department receives notice of an accident, a copyright dispute arises, or an employee files a claim with your local employment commission as precursor to a claim for benefits or discrimination. Your first thoughts are, "Will you be sued, and what is the likelihood of success?"
Tweet
May 01, 2013
News - Business
In an article titled, "Midtown West, Tribeca, Chelsea Rank as Manhattan 'Hoods with Steepest Inventory Plunge," Ken Fisher of the firm's Business Law Department is quoted with regards to surging residential sales in New York City. Ken notes, "Low crime rates, improved subways and more family-friendly amenities are among the factors fueling the city’s popularity."
Tweet
May 01, 2013
Publication - Insurance Coverage, Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Insurance
Angelo Savino, chair of the professional liability practice in Global Insurance, published an article in Best's Review addressing the issue of claims having decreased but D&O insurers face a potentially volatile underwriting landscape. To read the complete article click here.
Tweet