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  • Michael Schmidt Discusses the Risks and Rewards of Social Media in Inside Counsel
  • West Palm Attorneys Levine, Dickenson, Criscuolo Favorably Settle Securities Case
  • Cozen O'Connor Launches New Blog Avoiding Insurance Bad Faith
  • Fifty Shades of Copyright [Intellectual Property Magazine]
  • Michael Schmidt Quoted in Inside Counsel, Social Media Today

    Schmidt, a member of the firm's Labor & Employment Department, spoke with both publications on social media. With Inside Counsel he discussed the risks and rewards of social media; in Social Media Today he explained how it is being used as evidence in court.

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    West Palm Attorneys Levine, Dickenson, Criscuolo Favorably Settle Securities Case

    The Herald-Tribune reported on the settlement that saved clients significantly in this securities action brought by the Florida Attorney General and the Office of Financial Regulation.

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    Cozen O'Connor Launches New Blog Avoiding Insurance Bad Faith

    As the name suggests, the latest blog from Cozen O'Connor will offer insight into the issues that surround allegations of bad faith or other unfair business practices.

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    Fifty Shades of Copyright

    David B Sunshine and J Trevor Cloak explain what fan fiction authors need to know about copyright protection.

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    Financeable Ground Leases – They’re Not Just for Development Sites Anymore

    May 23, 2013

    Publication - Office/Retail/Industrial Leasing & Development, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance - Real Estate & Construction

    Over the years, the uses of ground leases have expanded and evolved, turning the platform into a powerful tool in any number of new contexts. For example, shopping center developers have long used ground leases to allow others to develop anchor stores, or perhaps peripheral retail, hospitality or service facilities, ultimately to be operated in concert with the developer’s own buildings and common facilities. MORE


    Cozen O'Connor Member Jennifer Brandt Appears on Fox 29 to Discuss Schaible Case

    May 23, 2013

    News - Family Law

    Jennifer Brandt, of the firm’s Family Law practice, appeared on “Your Morning” on Fox 29 today to discuss the Schaible case. MORE


    Congratulations to Joe Rich for Passing the Federal Bar Examination for the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

    May 23, 2013

    News

    Joe Rich, a member of the Subrogation & Recovery Department, passed the Federal Bar Examination for the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Unlike most federal courts that allow admission without an examination, the District of Puerto Rico requires applicants to sit for a multiple choice and essay examination covering topics of Federal Civil and Criminal Procedure, Federal Sentencing, Evidence, Jurisdiction and Venue, Appellate Procedure, Ethics, and the Bankruptcy Code. Congratulations to Joe---only 30% of the attorneys who took the exam passed. MORE


    New York High Court Applies Pro Rata Allocation to Coverage for Sexual Abuse; Affirms Multiple Occurrence Finding

    May 22, 2013

    Publication - Insurance - Insurance

    On May 7, 2013, a divided panel of the NY Court of Appeals issued an important opinion, in Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., 2013 N.Y. Slip. Op. 03264 (May 7, 2013). The court affirmed, by a plurality, the Appellate Division’s ruling that at least one occurrence per year of abuse transpired under the policy wording at issue. MORE


    Third Circuit Scrutinizes Cy Pres Distributions [The Legal Intelligencer]

    May 22, 2013

    Publication - Appellate, Litigation

    A settlement is a settlement. The parties agree on its terms, terminate the litigation, and move on. Right? Not always. Class actions, for example, are different. There, the courts must review the settlement to determine whether it is fair and reasonable. If it is not, the court may reject the settlement and require the parties to craft different settlement terms or resume litigation. MORE


    Herman Fala Discusses Real Estate Investment in Law360

    May 21, 2013

    News - Real Estate

    In an article titled, "Real Estate Deals Shift to Secondary Markets," Herman Fala, Co-Chair of the firm's Real Estate Group, discusses the recent "flight to safety" many investors and developers are making, from markets like New York, Washington and San Francisco to areas like South Carolina, upstate New York and suburbs outside of Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Detroit. MORE


    Cozen O'Connor Member Jennifer Brandt Appears on Fox News to Discuss Jodi Arias Trial

    May 20, 2013

    News - Family Law

    Jennifer Brandt, a member in the firm’s Family Law Practice, appeared on the Fox News program, “Happening Now.” MORE


    Cozen O’Connor’s Charitable Foundation Recognized for Its Charitable Contributions

    May 17, 2013

    News

    The Cozen O’Connor Foundation’s support of local, national and nonprofit organizations was recognized for its generosity by the Philadelphia Business Journal. Among the other corporations receiving corporate philanthropy awards were Wal-Mart, Comcast and US Airways. MORE


    Estee Lauder v. OneBeacon Insurance Group – Expanding the Scope

    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. MORE


    Service by Social Media: The First Step in a New Way to Serve Foreign Defendants

    May 15, 2013

    Publication

    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. MORE


    Cofounder Patrick J. O'Connor Receives Two Honorary Degrees

    May 15, 2013

    News

    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. MORE


    Facebook v. Typosquatters: Statutory Damages Under Anticybersquatting Consumer

    May 14, 2013

    Publication - Domains, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, Trademark & Copyright - Technology

    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). MORE


    Courts Recharacterizing Insider 'Loans' as Equity [The Legal Intelliencer]

    May 14, 2013

    Publication - Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring, Business/Corporate

    In an opinion issued April 30, In re Fitness Holdings International, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 8729, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit joined a number of other circuit courts in recognizing the authority of courts to recharacterize purported debt owed by a corporation as equity. MORE


    Cozen O’Connor Expands with the Addition of Corporate, Real Estate Attorneys

    May 13, 2013

    Press Release - Corporate, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance

    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. MORE


    Fifty Shades of Copyright [Intellectual Property Magazine]

    May 13, 2013

    Publication - Intellectual Property - Media, Entertainment & Sports

    David B Sunshine and J Trevor Cloak explain what fan fiction authors need to know about copyright protection. MORE


    Cozen O'Connor Receives CEO Cancer Gold Standard Accreditation

    May 08, 2013

    News

    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." MORE


    Chancery Affirms Director's Right of Access to Corporate Information [Delaware Business Court Insider]

    May 08, 2013

    Publication - Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation

    A recent Chancery Court decision underscores the broad scope of a director's right to information, even where he is a plaintiff in litigation action against the corporation. In Kalisman v. Friedman, the court held that a corporation could not assert the attorney-client privilege or work-product doctrine to withhold documents from a director who had been frozen out of the deliberative process on a controversial recapitalization plan. MORE


    Accountability in Elevated Construction Accidents [New York Law Journal]

    May 08, 2013

    Publication - Insurance, Insurance Coverage & Claims Litigation

    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. To read the article, click here.​ MORE


    Second Circuit Further Curtails Duty of Prudence Claims in Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers v. Morgan Stanley

    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. MORE


    An Overview of the IRS’s Proposed Rule on Community Health Needs Assessments

    May 07, 2013

    Publication - Health Care - Health Care & Life Sciences

    The Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations addressing the requirement under Section 501(r)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that tax-exempt hospitals conduct community health needs assessments. The proposed regulations also provide details on related reporting obligations and the consequences of noncompliance with CHNA. MORE

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