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January 17, 2011
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John Williams' Move to Cozen O'Connor Featured in The AmLaw Daily, Bloomberg News, Law360 and Law.com
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January 17, 2011
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Scott Schwartz's Departure from Cozen O'Connor Featured in Philadelphia Business Journal
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January 13, 2011
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery - Insurance
It's All About YouTube: How Social Media Can Make or Break Your Subrogation Action - Subrogation and Recovery Alert! - YouTube can be a surprising source of evidence in proving your claims. Video of fires, explosions, collapses and other casualty events is provided almost in real time by participants and observers. Documentation of the incipient stages of a loss often is of critical importance in reconstructing what occurred. This Alert discusses how to obtain and use YouTube video evidence, including identifying potential witnesses.
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January 12, 2011
Publication - Real Estate Litigation
The purpose of this article is to survey the relevant legal precedent discussing the judicial exceptions to the Four Year Rule, note the patterns, and then formulate a cogent conclusion to assist in predicting under which circumstances the Four Year Rule will apply, and under which circumstances its exceptions will apply.
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January 11, 2011
Publication - Insurance Coverage
On January 4, 2011, in response to concerns regarding food-borne illnesses and related product recalls, President Obama signed into law the Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act, H.R. 2751 (''FSMA'' or ''the Act''), which is being heralded as the most significant expansion of food safety requirements since the 1938 enactment of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The Act focuses on preventive controls and expands the Food and Drug Administration’s (''FDA'') regulatory authority.
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January 10, 2011
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U.S. Supreme Court Likely to Continue Robust Free Speech Protection - The Legal Intelligencer - Each year, the Supreme Court considers several cases testing the contours of the First Amendment's protection of speech. The justices' enthusiasm for these cases should not be surprising. The free speech guarantee is a core element of our country's founding spirit and calls to protect dissident voices appeal to our visceral aversion to tyranny. In addition to those lofty principles, the underlying facts of
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January 10, 2011
News - Subrogation & Recovery - Insurance
Cozen O'Connor Team of “Experts” Recognized in National Law Journal Article
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January 07, 2011
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Jonathan Grossman Quoted in New York Times
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January 05, 2011
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery - Insurance
A Quiet Revolution: International Acceptance of Contingent Fee Structures - Subrogation and Recovery Alert! - Have an international loss but wary of pursuing due to concerns over high hourly rates? International resistance to contingent fee representation is rapidly evolving towards permitting such arrangements. This Alert describes jurisdictions now permitting contingent fee representation
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January 05, 2011
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Sean Carter, member in the firm’s Philadelphia office, aids Senate Judiciary Committee Members with regard to new bill concerning Federal Court pleading standards
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January 04, 2011
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery
Ethical Issues In The Context Of Investigaiton And Pursuit Of Property Damage Subrogation Claims - Subro Publications; Loss Site Investigations - I. LOSS SITE INVESTIGATIONS/ SPOLIATION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE
What are the implications of the insured being advised that the insurer is undertaking a subrogation investigation? Does this undertaking necessarily include protection of the insured’s interests with respect to its uninsured losses? If the insured affirmatively requests the insurer to share information arising from the subrogation
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January 04, 2011
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery
Calif. E-Discovery Rules Welcomed, With Questions - Law 360 - California's new e-discovery regulations should provide some needed guidance on handling electronic data in the nation's largest state court system, although exactly how the new rules will play out in a practical sense remains to be seen, experts said.
"My take on the new California rules is that they're very similar to the federal rules," said
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January 01, 2011
Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance
Social Media Users: R U Insurable? - Texas Bar Journal - In the advent of social media, companies should be aware that insurers offer particular types of coverage for Internet-based
business activity, which have improved over the past few years. Policyholders who are willing to invest in reviewing and comparing choices and wording can tailor the coverage to their
needs and potential exposures.
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January 01, 2011
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Federal Court Declines to Recognize Self-Critical Analysis Privilege Where Documents Were Generated Through Voluntary Self-Assessment Procedure - PBA Civil Litigation Section Newsletter - Federal Court Declines to Recognize Self-Critical Analysis Privilege Where Documents Were Generated Through Voluntary Self-Assessment Procedure
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January 01, 2011
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Federal Court Declines to Recognize Self-Critical Analysis Privilege Where Documents Were Generated Through Voluntary Self-Assessment Procedure - PBA Civil Litigation Section Newsletter - Federal Court Declines to Recognize Self-Critical Analysis Privilege Where Documents Were Generated Through Voluntary Self-Assessment Procedure
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January 01, 2011
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Federal Court Declines to Recognize Self-Critical Analysis Privilege Where Documents Were Generated Through Voluntary Self-Assessment Procedure - PBA Civil Litigation Section Newsletter - Federal Court Declines to Recognize Self-Critical Analysis Privilege Where Documents Were Generated Through Voluntary Self-Assessment Procedure
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December 31, 2010
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越来越多的中国公司在美国进行收购、成立合资企业或参与新建项目投资，从而推进他们的特定战略目标。 新近的交易案例包括阿里巴巴公司完成两笔对美国公司的收购以及广州中望龙腾软件股份有限公司完成对一家美国CAD/CAM 软件公司的收购。
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December 22, 2010
Publication - Business
Important Estate, Gift and Generation Skipping Tax Changes - Private Client Services Alert! - Congress has passed the 2010 “Tax Relief Act” which includes enormously important provisions affecting the federal estate tax, gift tax and generation-skipping tax. This legislation impacts the tax laws in effect for 2010, 2011 and 2012, and has a sunset provision of December 31, 2012
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December 22, 2010
News - White Collar Defense & Investigations
Bruce Maffeo, a member of Cozen O'Connor's White Collar Crimes and Criminal Defense Practice Group, was a call-in guest with Daryl Longullo from ON THE MONEY!
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December 22, 2010
Publication - Labor & Employment
NLRB Proposes Posting Requirement to Inform Employees of Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act - Labor & Employment Alert! - On Wednesday, December 22, 2010, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) in the Federal Register requesting comments on a proposed requirement that all private sector employers subject to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) post a notice informing employees of their rights under the Act.
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