Tax Compromises Possible at Board of Appeals [Tax Alert]

Publication - Business, Tax

Tax Compromises Possible at Board of Appeals - Tax Alert -

Professional Liability: J.P. Morgan Securities: Ill-Gotten Profits are Not a Prerequisite for Disgorgement [Insurance Coverage Alert!]

Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance

Professional Liability: J.P. Morgan Securities: Ill-Gotten Profits are Not a Prerequisite for Disgorgement - Insurance Coverage Alert! - In December 13, 2011, the New York Appellate Division, First Department, issued a decision in J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. v. Vigilant Insurance Co., Index No. 600979/09 (N.Y.A.D. 1st Dep’t Dec. 13, 2011), that significantly adds to the jurisprudence regarding what constitutes disgorgement that is uninsurable under a directors and officers liability policy.

Public Pension Disclosure — Recent Developments and Emerging Ideas About Best Practices [Cozen O'Connor Podcast]

Publication - Business, Public & Project Finance

Public Pension Disclosure — Recent Developments and Emerging Ideas About Best Practices - Cozen O'Connor Podcast - Click on a link below to listen to the segment.

Philadelphia Amends Business Privilege Tax Bases, Rates & Credits & Provides Relief to New Businesses [Tax Alert!]

Publication - Business, Tax

Philadelphia Amends Business Privilege Tax Bases, Rates & Credits & Provides Relief to New Businesses - Tax Alert! - Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed bills number 110554 and 110548-A, both of which were signed by the mayor on November 14. Bill number 110554 amends the city’s Business Privilege Tax (BPT) to allow for an exclusion to all taxpayers for a flat amount of receipts from the gross receipts portion of the tax, a pro-rata exclusion from the net income portion of the tax to account for the excluded

Recovering From Subcontractors Under Builders' Risk Policies: Ontario Court of Appeal Opens the Door for Subrogation [Subrogation and Recovery Alert!]

Publication - Subrogation & Recovery - Insurance

Recovering From Subcontractors Under Builders' Risk Policies: Ontario Court of Appeal Opens the Door for Subrogation - Subrogation and Recovery Alert! - Pursuing subrogation under a builders' risk policy against a subcontractor whose fault caused a loss always presents distinct legal challenges. In Canada, the courts have sometimes shielded subcontractors from liability, but a recent decision by the Ontario Supreme Court of Justice in Brookfield Homes v. Nova Plumbing has opened the door to recovery against negligent subcontractors where the policy language permits it.

The Fair Use Quandary [Digital Photo Pro]

Publication

Samuel A. Lewis discusses the dilemmas of fair use, which he describes as “one of the more difficult concepts in U.S. copyright law.”

Cozen O'Connor featured in The Legal Intelligencer

News

Cozen O'Connor featured in The Legal Intelligencer

Jennifer Brandt, a member Of Cozen O’Connor’s Philadelphia office, was a guest on the O’Reilly Factor on the Fox News Network

News - Family Law

Jennifer Brandt, a member Of Cozen O’Connor’s Philadelphia office, was a guest on the O’Reilly Factor on the Fox News Network

NFPA Issues its U.S. Fire Loss Report Summary for 2010 [Subrogation and Recovery Alert!]

Publication - Subrogation & Recovery - Insurance

NFPA Issues its U.S. Fire Loss Report Summary for 2010 - Subrogation and Recovery Alert! - A new report by the National Fire Protection Association discusses in detail U.S. fire losses for 2010. This provides interesting data for property and subrogation claim handlers regarding total as well as average property damage losses in 2010.

Fire Suppression Failures [Claims Management]

Publication

Professional Liability: Keep Your Friends Close, But Your Facebook Posts Closer [Insurance Coverage Alert!]

Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance

Professional Liability: Keep Your Friends Close, But Your Facebook Posts Closer - Insurance Coverage Alert! - “Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life.” That is the Facebook mantra, as displayed on its homepage, and the opening line of a recent – and extremely thorough – Pennsylvania trial court decision regarding the discoverability of a plaintiff’s relevant Facebook information. The court’s conclusion: a plaintiff’s Facebook information is discoverable, provided the defendant has a good faith basis for seeking the material,

Jennifer Brandt Discussing First Amendment Rights on Fox News' the O'Reilly Factor

News - Family Law

Jennifer Brandt, co-chair of Cozen O'Connor's Family Law practice, appears on Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor to discuss student's First Amendment Rights.

Cyber Liability Insurance: The Value of an Educated Broker in the Age of E-Commerce

Publication - Technology, Privacy & Data Security

Recent media reports of cyber intrusions, data thefts and computer system malfunctions involving large, high-profile companies such as Sony PlayStation, Citigroup and Lockheed’s Security Vendor, RSA, have led a rapidly growing number of companies to consider the necessity of insurance coverage for technology and cyber privacy risks.

Cozen O’Connor Associate Lynnette Espy Elected President-Elect of the Gate City Bar Association

Press Release

Cozen O’Connor Associate Lynnette Espy Elected President-Elect of the Gate City Bar Association

New York Court Rules Firm Not Liable for Issuing Legal Opinion Letter in Fraudulent Dreier DealNewsletter [ABA Section of Litigation Ethics & Professionalism Newsletter]

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New York Court Rules Firm Not Liable for Issuing Legal Opinion Letter in Fraudulent Dreier DealNewsletter - ABA Section of Litigation Ethics & Professionalism Newsletter -

Mark Felger quoted in Turnarounds & Workouts

News - Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring

Mark Felger quoted in Turnarounds & Workouts

Trial Court Orders Overruling Privilege Claims Still Immediately Appealable [PBA Civil Litigation Newsletter]

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Trial Court Orders Overruling Privilege Claims Still Immediately Appealable - PBA Civil Litigation Newsletter -

Federal Court Declines to Recognize Self-Critical Analysis Privilege Where Documents Were Generated Through Voluntary Self-Assessment Procedure [PBA Civil Litigation Section Newsletter]

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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 -

Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal [ABA Publishing]

Publication - Insurance Coverage - Insurance

In this Winter 2011, Volume 46 Issue 2 edition of the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal, published by the American Bar Association, Jonathan Toren of the Global Insurance Department co-authors a chapter with other leading industry professionals, titled “Recent Developments in Excess Insurance, Surplus Lines Insurance, and Reinsurance Law.”

Andrew Rolfes quoted in Business Insurance

News - Labor & Employment

Andrew Rolfes quoted in Business Insurance