Posted August 18th, 2012 by Andrea Cortland
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About: Andrea Cortland joined Cozen O’Connor’s Philadelphia office in September 2009 as an Associate in the Global Insurance Group. Prior to joining the firm, she participated in the Cozen O’Connor Summer Associate Program.
Andrea earned her law degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law, where she was Symposium Editor of the University of Miami Inter-American Law Review, a member of the Moot Court board, and a Dean's Fellow in the Academic Achievement Program. She organized a symposium entitled "Righting Wrongs? The Inter-American System of Human Rights after 50 Years," in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the 40th anniversary of the American Convention on Human Rights, and the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The symposium discussed the roles the court and commission have played in furtherance of human rights throughout the Americas and addressed current areas of concern. Andrea also wrote a comment note, "United States v. Burns: Canada's Extraterritorial Extension of Canadian Law and Creation of a Canadian 'Safe Haven' in Capital Extradition Cases," which was published in Volume 40 of the University of Miami Inter-American Law Review in Fall 2008.
Andrea earned her undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from the Rutgers College Honors Program of Rutgers University.See Authors Posts (3)
New legislation governing data breaches and privacy issues is popping up in states across the country. Most recently, Connecticut, Vermont, and Illinois have enacted new laws in these areas.
Connecticut
At long last, the proposed legislation requiring a data breach to be reported has become law in Connecticut. Section 369-701b was unable to move its way through the 2012 General Session of the Connecticut Legislature, but it was recently passed as part of the Connecticut General Assembly’s Special Session as an attachment of the Budget Bill.
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Posted in Banking, Breach Notification, Crime, Crisis Management, Employment, Employment Law, Fraud, General Interest, Hackers, Identitity Theft, Insurance, Internet, Legal Research, Liability Insurance, News, Online Security, Personal Health Information, Personal Identifiable Information, Phishing, Privacy, Social Security Numbers, Technology, Universities
Posted May 30th, 2012 by Andrea CortlandcloseAuthor: Andrea Cortland
Name: Andrea Cortland
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About: Andrea Cortland joined Cozen O’Connor’s Philadelphia office in September 2009 as an Associate in the Global Insurance Group. Prior to joining the firm, she participated in the Cozen O’Connor Summer Associate Program.
Andrea earned her law degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law, where she was Symposium Editor of the University of Miami Inter-American Law Review, a member of the Moot Court board, and a Dean's Fellow in the Academic Achievement Program. She organized a symposium entitled "Righting Wrongs? The Inter-American System of Human Rights after 50 Years," in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the 40th anniversary of the American Convention on Human Rights, and the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The symposium discussed the roles the court and commission have played in furtherance of human rights throughout the Americas and addressed current areas of concern. Andrea also wrote a comment note, "United States v. Burns: Canada's Extraterritorial Extension of Canadian Law and Creation of a Canadian 'Safe Haven' in Capital Extradition Cases," which was published in Volume 40 of the University of Miami Inter-American Law Review in Fall 2008.
Andrea earned her undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from the Rutgers College Honors Program of Rutgers University.See Authors Posts (3)
With its March 28, 2012 decision in Federal Aviation Administration, et al. v. Cooper, 132 S. Ct. 1441 (U.S. 2012), the United States Supreme Court restricted the scope of a federal privacy law, ruling that the law – which allows recovery for “actual damages” – only authorizes damages for monetary losses. Accordingly, a San Francisco pilot was not permitted to recover humiliation and emotional distress damages from government agencies that disclosed his HIV-positive status without his consent.
In 1964, Stanmore Cooper (“Cooper”) obtained his pilot’s license from the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”). In 1985, Cooper was diagnosed with HIV and began taking antiretroviral medication. At that time, the FAA did not issue medical certificates to persons with HIV, so Cooper gave up his pilot’s license, knowing that he would not qualify for renewal of his medical certificate. However, in 1994, Cooper re-applied for a pilot’s license and, to receive a medical certificate, purposefully withheld his HIV-positive status and medication from the FAA. He renewed his certificate four more times and as recently as 2004, each time withholding information about his condition. When Cooper’s health began to deteriorate, he applied for long-term disability benefits and, to substantiate his claim, disclosed his HIV-positive status to the Social Security Administration (“SSA”), which awarded him disability benefits.
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Posted December 2nd, 2011 by Andrea CortlandcloseAuthor: Andrea Cortland
Name: Andrea Cortland
Email: acortland@cozen.com
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About: Andrea Cortland joined Cozen O’Connor’s Philadelphia office in September 2009 as an Associate in the Global Insurance Group. Prior to joining the firm, she participated in the Cozen O’Connor Summer Associate Program.
Andrea earned her law degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law, where she was Symposium Editor of the University of Miami Inter-American Law Review, a member of the Moot Court board, and a Dean's Fellow in the Academic Achievement Program. She organized a symposium entitled "Righting Wrongs? The Inter-American System of Human Rights after 50 Years," in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the 40th anniversary of the American Convention on Human Rights, and the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The symposium discussed the roles the court and commission have played in furtherance of human rights throughout the Americas and addressed current areas of concern. Andrea also wrote a comment note, "United States v. Burns: Canada's Extraterritorial Extension of Canadian Law and Creation of a Canadian 'Safe Haven' in Capital Extradition Cases," which was published in Volume 40 of the University of Miami Inter-American Law Review in Fall 2008.
Andrea earned her undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from the Rutgers College Honors Program of Rutgers University.See Authors Posts (3)
“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, because there is no confidential social networking privilege under Pennsylvania law and because the Stored Communications Act only applies to internet service providers. The take-away for Facebook users: be careful what you post – it’s not as “private” as you think!
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