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September 27, 2011
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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.
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September 26, 2011
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
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September 21, 2011
News
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.''
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September 20, 2011
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.
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September 20, 2011
Press Release
Cozen O’Connor Brings 400 Litigators Under One National Litigation Department
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September 20, 2011
News
Cozen O'Connor's move to 400-lawyer litigation department noted in Philadelphia Business Journal.
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September 16, 2011
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.
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September 15, 2011
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.
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September 14, 2011
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.
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September 13, 2011
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.
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September 12, 2011
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.
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September 12, 2011
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.
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September 12, 2011
News
Tad Decker Interviewed in The Legal Intelligencer regarding Cozen O'Connor's Performance in The American Lawyer Midlevel Associate Survey
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September 12, 2011
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.
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September 10, 2011
News
Kenneth Fisher was quoted in the Wall Street Journal
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September 08, 2011
Press Release - Labor & Employment
Cozen O’Connor Partner A. Martin Wickliff Named 2011 Trailblazer Outside Counsel of the Year by Texas Minority Counsel Program
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September 08, 2011
News
Cozen O'Connor Ranked First in Philadelphia and Third in the Nation in The American Lawyer in its Midlevel Associates Satifaction Survey
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September 07, 2011
Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals Corrects the District of New Jersey's Mistake Regarding the Doctrine of Mutual Mistake - Insurance Coverage Alert! - On Aug. 3, 2011, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Illinois National Insurance Company v. Wyndham Worldwide Operations, Inc., No. 10-3833, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 15894, reversed a decision of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and held, in a case of first impression, that New Jersey law allows reformation on the basis of mutual mistake even against a party that did not participate in the negotiation of the contract.
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September 01, 2011
Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals Pulls the Plug on Medical Monitoring Class Actions - Insurance Coverage Alert! - On August 25, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit entered judgment in Gates v. Rohm & Haas Co., et al., No. Civ. A. 10-2108, --- F.3d ---, 2011 WL 3715817, which, for all intents and purposes, signifies an end in the jurisdiction for bringing a medical monitoring suit as a class action.
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September 01, 2011
Publication
Whether your company is dealing with a damage claim or facing an investigation by a regulatory agency, one of the issues that must top your checklist to ensure a response that best protects your company is the preservation of electronic evidence.
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