The Sanford Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases is the world’s leading research center in the world for malaria and other infectious diseases. Dr. Sanford Kuvin, a physician and leading researcher in infectious and tropical diseases and founder and chairman of a Hebrew University center in the field that was named for him, died in Florida on Saturday. Kuvin lived both in Jerusalem and in the US with his wife Gabrielle, to whom he was married for 55 years. They had spent several months each year in the capital since 1971. The Sanford Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases is the world’s leading research center in the world for malaria and other infectious diseases. In 2012, the center was designated by the Health Ministry as the country’s national laboratory for leishmaniasis, the debilitating skin disease spread by certain sandflies. He was former vice chairman of the US National Foundation for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, former clinical associate professor at the University of Miami School of Medicine, board member at the University of Miami Department of Public Health, and former clinical associate at the US National Institutes of Health. Kuvin graduated from University of Pennsylvania, Cambridge University and the London School of Tropical Medicine. He was the first to demonstrate the use of indirect fluorescent antibody tests for malaria at the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Kuvin was on the advisory board of the Americans for a Sound HIV/AIDS Policy in Washington and an outspoken advocate for the protection of health care workers and patients with blood borne diseases. Kuvin was also a former member of the national board of the American Friends of the Hebrew University, a recipient of the Torch of Learning Award and an honorary doctorate from university. He left his wife and children Jeanette, Michele, Lisa and Jeffrey and grandchildren. He will be buried in Jerusalem. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Health/Sanford-Kuvin-infectious-disease-expert-dies-392563
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Sunday, March 01, 2015
Sunday, January 25, 2015
New Cosby Accuser Wants LAPD to Investigate
A Las Vegas dancer who says Bill Cosby drugged and did something sexual to her at the Playboy Mansion in 2008, spoke with the Los Angeles police Wednesday, seeking an investigation and possible criminal charges.
Chloe Goins, 24, and her Florida lawyer, Spencer Kuvin, spent two hours at LAPD headquarters making a statement detailing everything she remembered about her alleged encounter with Cosby in August 2008, and the police "assured her they would investigate," Kuvin said.
The LAPD was not so forthcoming: No confirmation, no denial, no comment, according to Drake Madison, one of the public information officers in the police media office.
But she was there, according to Twitter and the local ABC affiliate.
Goins alleges that she was 18 and at the Playboy Mansion where she accepted a drink from Cosby, passed out and woke up naked with Cosby licking her toes and masturbating. When she protested, he pulled up his pants and left, she says.
Was she raped? Not clear. Has the California statute of limitations run out on whatever crime might have been committed? Not clear.
Kuvin, a personal injury lawyer in the Craig Goldenfarb law office in West Palm Beach , would not elaborate, saying police asked Goins to stop talking about her Cosby allegations for now.
"Even if they decide they can't prosecute, they can use her information and use her as a witness if someone else comes forward or if they are currently investigating anyone else's (allegations)," Kuvin said. "The reason she came forward is not only that she wants to see him prosecuted, she wants to support the other women."
The other women now number more than two dozen. They allege they were drugged and some raped by Cosby in decades past. He denies the allegations and has never been charged with a crime.
The allegations have been public for a decade but reemerged in force in November, damaging Cosby's career and philanthropy, leading to lawsuits, and near daily debate in social media and regular media about whether the entertainment icon is a serial rapist.
Kuvin said Goins never reported what happened to her at the time, and only came forward after other accusers went public in recent weeks.
"When this happens to an 18 year old, she's very scared, she's nervous, she wants to forget it, she's embarrassed, and you find that frequently in sex-abuse victims," he said.
Goins is not the first Cosby accuser to file a statement with Los Angeles police. Judy Huth, who asserts she was a teen when Cosby raped her at the Playboy Mansion 40 years ago, filed a civil lawsuit against Cosby last month, and also spoke to the cops about her allegations.
An investigation was opened but prosecutors declined to file any criminal charges against Cosby, possibly because the statute of limitations had long expired. Her civil lawsuit is pending.
Who is Goins? Before being told by police to keep quiet, Goins was talking freely to the media, telling The Daily Mail she works as a lap dancer in Las Vegas. TMZ reported she's also a model and a stripper.
Kuvin refused to discuss her occupation, saying it's irrelevant.
"Even if she has an occupation some might not agree with, it's not OK to be taken advantage of," Kuvin said. "You can't attack a victim for what they do for living."
Meanwhile, the crusade against Cosby moves to Colorado, where Cosby has several performances scheduled this week.
Attorney Gloria Allred , who represents Huth and several other Cosby accusers, says she will be in Buell, Colo., on Saturday to join a protest planned for outside the theater where Cosby is performing. Before the protest, she says, she will host a "Teach In and Speak Out" with yet another Cosby accuser at a local hotel, inviting the public to learn how to "support alleged victims."
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Thursday, January 19, 2012
CNN Confirms Casey Anthony $1 Million Offer
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CNN has reported this morning that Casey Anthony, the Florida woman whose lengthy murder trial quickly became a media offering of bread and circuses, would be receiving $1 million for her first interview since being acquitted of murdering her young daughter, promising updates on where and with whom as soon as that information comes in. ABC affiliate WPBF, meanwhile, is reporting that, according to local Florida attorney Spencer Kuvin, his client “Private Elevator Productions” (a group, he says, of “Hollywood producers who wants to remain anonymous”) has offered Anthony $1 million for an exclusive interview.
Kuvin adds that Anthony agreed to the interview back in July, but that “since then, nothing.” He has followed up with a letter to Anthony’s new lawyer, letting him know that the company still stands by its offer. A quick search for the company brought up a couple of available of domain names for sale.
In addition, the owner of a website called “The Dirty” has offered Anthony $350,000 for an interview, prompting Kuvin to send a letter to the site’s lawyer, asking them to “cease and desist.”
CNN has reported this morning that Casey Anthony, the Florida woman whose lengthy murder trial quickly became a media offering of bread and circuses, would be receiving $1 million for her first interview since being acquitted of murdering her young daughter, promising updates on where and with whom as soon as that information comes in. ABC affiliate WPBF, meanwhile, is reporting that, according to local Florida attorney Spencer Kuvin, his client “Private Elevator Productions” (a group, he says, of “Hollywood producers who wants to remain anonymous”) has offered Anthony $1 million for an exclusive interview.
Kuvin adds that Anthony agreed to the interview back in July, but that “since then, nothing.” He has followed up with a letter to Anthony’s new lawyer, letting him know that the company still stands by its offer. A quick search for the company brought up a couple of available of domain names for sale.
In addition, the owner of a website called “The Dirty” has offered Anthony $350,000 for an interview, prompting Kuvin to send a letter to the site’s lawyer, asking them to “cease and desist.”
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Delray Beach attorney in thick of bidding war for Casey Anthony interview
By Jane Musgrave Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Updated: 5:08 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012
Posted: 5:02 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012
DELRAY BEACH — A bidding war is under way between rival groups seeking to be the first to interview accused and famously acquitted accused child killer Casey Anthony. And a Delray Beach attorney is in the thick of it.
Attorney Spencer Kuvin this week fired off a letter to attorneys representing a celebrity-based web site, telling them to back off. If anyone is going to get the exclusive rights to interview Anthony it's going to be his client, Private Elevator Productions, Kuvin said in a cease-and-desist letter to a California attorney who represents thedirty.com.
Shortly after Anthony in July was acquitted by a jury in Orlando of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, his clients offered her $1 million to do an exclusive interview, Kuvin said. Her then attorney, Jose Baez, agreed although the agreement wasn't put in writing, Kuvin said. "They orally agreed and my client thought the deal was done," he said.
thedirty, which is offering $350,000 to Anthony in exchange for an interview, can't muscle in on Private Elevator Productions' deal, he said.
"One of the selling points of the interview is the exclusivity of it," he said. "They're not paying $1 million for her to sit down and talk to anyone and everyone."
He declined to say who is behind Private Elevator Productions other than to say it is "a consortium of well known Hollywood producers." In the summer, when Kuvin threatened to sue Anthony for welshing on the deal, he said one of the principals in Private Elevator Productions was Al Taylor, of Palm Springs, Calif.
Anthony's new attorney, J. Cheney Mason, of Orlando, wasn't immediately available for comment. In August, Baez denied he and Anthony had made any deal for an interview with Private Elevator Productions.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/delray-beach-attorney-in-thick-of-bidding-war-2109621.html
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Updated: 5:08 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012
Posted: 5:02 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012
DELRAY BEACH — A bidding war is under way between rival groups seeking to be the first to interview accused and famously acquitted accused child killer Casey Anthony. And a Delray Beach attorney is in the thick of it.
Attorney Spencer Kuvin this week fired off a letter to attorneys representing a celebrity-based web site, telling them to back off. If anyone is going to get the exclusive rights to interview Anthony it's going to be his client, Private Elevator Productions, Kuvin said in a cease-and-desist letter to a California attorney who represents thedirty.com.
Shortly after Anthony in July was acquitted by a jury in Orlando of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, his clients offered her $1 million to do an exclusive interview, Kuvin said. Her then attorney, Jose Baez, agreed although the agreement wasn't put in writing, Kuvin said. "They orally agreed and my client thought the deal was done," he said.
thedirty, which is offering $350,000 to Anthony in exchange for an interview, can't muscle in on Private Elevator Productions' deal, he said.
"One of the selling points of the interview is the exclusivity of it," he said. "They're not paying $1 million for her to sit down and talk to anyone and everyone."
He declined to say who is behind Private Elevator Productions other than to say it is "a consortium of well known Hollywood producers." In the summer, when Kuvin threatened to sue Anthony for welshing on the deal, he said one of the principals in Private Elevator Productions was Al Taylor, of Palm Springs, Calif.
Anthony's new attorney, J. Cheney Mason, of Orlando, wasn't immediately available for comment. In August, Baez denied he and Anthony had made any deal for an interview with Private Elevator Productions.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/delray-beach-attorney-in-thick-of-bidding-war-2109621.html
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
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Cohen Kuvin Newsletter - July 2011
Wal-Mart v. Dukes....Mega Businesses Too Big to Sue? On June 20, 2011, the United States Supreme Court issued the eagerly awaited opinion in Wal-Mart v. Dukes, the largest employment class action in U.S. history. Three plaintiffs brought a class action on behalf of 1.5 million female Wal-Mart employees seeking injunctive and declaratory relief, punitive damages, and back pay for the company's alleged discrimination of women in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The named plaintiffs claimed Wal-Mart discriminated against women by denying its female employees pay or promotions equal to its male employees. According to the Court, "The basic theory of [the plaintiffs'] case is that a strong and uniform 'corporate culture' permits bias against women to infect, perhaps subconsciously, the discretionary decision-making of each one of Wal-Mart's thousands of managers-thereby making every woman at the company the victim of one common discriminatory practice." Reversing the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Court held this theory failed to satisfy the commonality prong of the class certification test because it failed to show the class members suffered the same injury, rather than just suffering a violation of the same law.
Based in part on the following language from the opinion, commentators have surmised that the Court's opinion might be an indication that some companies are just too large to sue:
Respondents have not identified a common mode of exercising discretion that pervades the entire company . . . . In a company of Wal-Mart's size and geographical scope, it is quite unbelievable that all managers would exercise their discretion in a common way without some common direction.
Only time will tell how the Wal-Mart v. Dukes decision affects class action litigation on a larger scale, beyond the scope of employee actions.
Consumer News13 Drowning or Near Drowning Incidents in Florida in 2 months July marks the peak of the summer season, a cross-roads at which the endless days of summer are shadowed by the back to school countdown. In the height of the summer fun, Cohen & Kuvin, LLC wants to take a moment to remind families about pool safety. A recent U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) report revealed that 123 drowning or near drowning incidents have been reported since Memorial Day. 13 of these incidents occurred in Florida, a staggering number for a brief two month reporting period.
The CPSC recently launched a national "Pool Safely" Campaign outlining simple life-saving drowning prevention tips. Kathleen Reilly, Pool Safely Campaign Leader best expressed the importance of heeding this message when she stated, "We want to encourage everyone to remember that simple steps save lives. You never know which safety step will save a life...until it does."
An additional concern in Florida are all the foreclosed or abandoned properties that may have unattended dirty pools. If there are abandoned properties in areas where children play, be vigilant to keep them away from those neglected pools which serve as hidden dangers to wandering children. Cohen & Kuvin, LLC encourages everyone to enjoy the water and keep life in the summer fun.
On July 14, 2011, Spencer Kuvin was recognized by the Anti-Defamation League for his service as co-chair of the Glass Leadership Institute.
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Based in part on the following language from the opinion, commentators have surmised that the Court's opinion might be an indication that some companies are just too large to sue:
Respondents have not identified a common mode of exercising discretion that pervades the entire company . . . . In a company of Wal-Mart's size and geographical scope, it is quite unbelievable that all managers would exercise their discretion in a common way without some common direction.
Only time will tell how the Wal-Mart v. Dukes decision affects class action litigation on a larger scale, beyond the scope of employee actions.
Consumer News13 Drowning or Near Drowning Incidents in Florida in 2 months July marks the peak of the summer season, a cross-roads at which the endless days of summer are shadowed by the back to school countdown. In the height of the summer fun, Cohen & Kuvin, LLC wants to take a moment to remind families about pool safety. A recent U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) report revealed that 123 drowning or near drowning incidents have been reported since Memorial Day. 13 of these incidents occurred in Florida, a staggering number for a brief two month reporting period.
The CPSC recently launched a national "Pool Safely" Campaign outlining simple life-saving drowning prevention tips. Kathleen Reilly, Pool Safely Campaign Leader best expressed the importance of heeding this message when she stated, "We want to encourage everyone to remember that simple steps save lives. You never know which safety step will save a life...until it does."
An additional concern in Florida are all the foreclosed or abandoned properties that may have unattended dirty pools. If there are abandoned properties in areas where children play, be vigilant to keep them away from those neglected pools which serve as hidden dangers to wandering children. Cohen & Kuvin, LLC encourages everyone to enjoy the water and keep life in the summer fun.
On July 14, 2011, Spencer Kuvin was recognized by the Anti-Defamation League for his service as co-chair of the Glass Leadership Institute.
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Breaking News Alert - Motorcycle Recalls
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Cohen~Kuvin Partner Named to 2011 Florida Trend Legal Elite
This eighth annual edition of Florida Legal Elite recognizes a prestigious list of esteemed attorneys chosen by their colleagues. The 1,352 lawyers listed exemplify a standard of excellence in their profession and, by virtue of their listing, have received the endorsement from their peers in voting for the 2011 Florida Legal Elite.
Cohen~Kuvin, LLC is a boutique litigation firm with a proven record of fighting injustice and our attorneys have over 100 years of combined litigation experience. Our knowledge and foresight have led to landmark achievements in cases across the country. Cohen & Kuvin’s record of success has earned the firm a national reputation for its innovative litigation strategy and successful trial work. The attorneys at Cohen & Kuvin each bring a level of expertise that enables the firm to excel in a multitude of practice areas, including products liability, managed care/HMO abuse, consumer class actions, catastrophic personal injury, and business and construction litigation.
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