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December 30, 2008
Press Release
Cozen O’Connor Member Nelson A. Diaz Named One Of Delaware Valley’s Most Influential Latinos
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December 24, 2008
Publication - Insurance Coverage
General Liability - Texas Supreme Court Makes Forum Shopping in Texas More Difficult - Insurance Coverage Alert! - On December 5, 2008, the Texas Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling interpreting the Texas forum non conveniens statute, § 71.051 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, which severely limits the discretion of a trial court in determining whether a case should be dismissed
based upon forum non conveniens. In Re: General Electric Company, Et Al., Relators, No. 07-0195 (Tex. 2008). As a result of this ruling, trial court judges must dismiss a case on the basis
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December 24, 2008
Press Release - Family Law
Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Jennifer A. Brandt Discusses Family Law On Local And National Broadcasts
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December 22, 2008
Publication - Subrogation & Recovery - Insurance
Eliminating the Comparative Fault of Your Insured in Fire Suppression Failure Cases - Subrogation Alert! - Where a fire is caused by the acts or omissions of your insured, it is generally assumed that
subrogation recovery is not possible. In cases
where the insured itself causes a fire that could or should have been contained, the subrogation professional is faced with a seemingly insurmountable hurdle arising from the
conduct of the insured. Strong arguments exist, however, to preclude the comparative fault of the insured. The claim may be framed in terms of
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December 19, 2008
Publication - Insurance Coverage
Policy Cancellation: Washington Supreme Court Requires Actual Receipt of Notice Sent By Certified Mail - Insurance Coverage Alert! - In Cornhusker Casualty Insurance Company v. Kachman, 2008 WL _____, --- P.2d --- (Wash. No. 81160-1, Dec. 18, 2008), the Washington Supreme Court held that the issuance of a cancellation notice via certified mail is not effective unless the policyholder actually receives the notice. The Washington statute that applied to the commercial automobile policy at issue1
provided that written notice of cancellation for nonpayment “must be actually delivered or
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December 19, 2008
Press Release
Stephen A. Cozen And Patrick J. O’Connor Receive Musser Award From Temple’s Fox School Of Business
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December 17, 2008
Press Release - Family Law
Cozen O'Connor members Jennifer A. Brandt and Thomas G. Wilkinson recently participated in the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's course ''Dealing with Dirty Tricks in Divorce,'' which was presented in Philadelphia, Mechanicsburg and Pittsburgh. Jennifer served as the course planner and moderator and Tom was a panelist in Philadelphia. The course was designed to assist family law practitioners when they are faced with dirty tricks in the areas of finance and reputation, and in divorce proceedings in general.
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December 16, 2008
Press Release - Family Law
Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Jennifer A. Brandt Discusses Cyberbullying On CN8
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December 08, 2008
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Times are tough. The weakened economy has spared few industries, causing companies big and small to re-examine their personnel needs and make tough decisions. hard times require businesses to strengthen their resolve to avoid the legal tsunami that can result from such economy-driven decisions. This article sets forth the best practices to help your company minimize its potential exposure in five primary areas.
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December 05, 2008
Press Release
Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Designated 2009 Washington Rising Stars By Law & Politics
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December 05, 2008
Press Release - Appellate, Professional Liability
Cozen O’Connor Member H. Robert Fiebach Named Chair Of ABA’s Standing Committee On Substance Abuse
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December 02, 2008
Press Release - Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage
Cozen O’Connor Members Lecture On Bad Faith Litigation
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December 01, 2008
Press Release
Nine attorneys from the firm’s Philadelphia office and two from the West Conshohocken office were named 2008 Pennsylvania ''Rising Stars'' by Law & Politics.
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December 01, 2008
Publication - Insurance Coverage
Washington Supreme Court Allows Insured to Maintain Procedural Bad Faith Action Against Insurer That Has No Duty to Defend, Settle, or Indemnify - Insurance Coverage Alert! - In St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Onvia, Inc., 2008 WL 5006458, --- P.2d --- (Wash. No. 80359, Nov. 26, 2008), the Washington Supreme Court held that an insurer may be liable for procedural missteps in handling a claim even if
there exists no contractual duty to defend, settle, or indemnify. Addressing questions certified from the U.S. District Court, the Supreme Court confirmed the viability of causes of action for common law bad faith and violation
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December 01, 2008
Publication - Intellectual Property
A Survey of Damage Awards in Counterfeiting Cases - IP Litigator -
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November 24, 2008
Press Release
Cozen O’Connor Vice Chairman Patrick J. O’Connor Joins Board Of St. Jude
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November 24, 2008
Publication - Insurance Corporate & Regulatory, Insurance Coverage
New York Insurance Department Regulatory Actions - Insurance Corporate and Regulatory Alert! - PARTIAL REGULATION OF CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS SUSPENDED IN LIGHT OF FEDERAL PROGRESS ON COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH As previously reported in our Fall 2008 Insurance Regulatory Observer, the New York Insurance Department (the “Department”) announced that it intended to regulate certain types of credit default swap (“CDS”) contracts beginning January 1, 2009.1 In light of the
progress being made on the federal level to create central counterparties and oversight for
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November 24, 2008
Publication - Insurance Coverage, Products Liability
Northern District of California Concludes Complaint Potentially Seeks Damages... - Insurance Coverage Alert! - The United States District Court for the Northern District of California recently denied an insurer’s motion to dismiss, reasoning that class action claimants potentially sought damages because of bodily injury, despite the fact that the claimants’ “complaints . . . did not seek damages for physical injury.” Plantronics, Inc. v. American Home Assurance
Co., No. C 07-6038 PVT, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88921 at * 4 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 20, 2008).
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November 22, 2008
Press Release
Cozen O'Connor has announced that its 2008 first year associates in the Philadelphia office have been admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar. These new associates were sworn in to the Bar by the Honorable Susan Peikes Gantman, Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. “We are quite proud of this energetic group and offer them congratulations as they embark on their legal careers as attorneys at Cozen O'Connor,” said Thomas A. Decker, president and CEO of Cozen O'Connor.
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November 21, 2008
Publication - Insurance Coverage, Products Liability
Georgia Court of Appeals Applies Exclusion M to Contaminated Bread Claims - Insurance Coverage Alert! - The Georgia Court of Appeals recently upheld an
insurer’s denial of coverage for claims related to use of contaminated bread through application of Exclusion m, the impaired property exclusion. See Lavoi Corp. v. National Fire Ins. of Hartford, 666 S.E.2d 387, 395 (Ga. Ct.
App. 2008).
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