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Seyfarth Synopsis: Yesterday's blog closely analyzed another busy year on the governmental enforcement front, with a key focus on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC").

In the second episode of our three-part podcast series on Cal/OSHA litigation, Karen Tynan and Kevin Bland discuss Cal/OSHA's jurisdiction versus the jurisdiction of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration

The Saucon Valley School Board says that a neutral arbitrator's contact recommendations would cost the district at least $4.3 million more than the last contract.

In this season of family road trips and every parent's favorite question from the back seat—"are we there yet?"—California employers on the road to arbitration recently received some good directions from the Supreme Court.

Safety professionals are often engaged by attorneys to work as expert witnesses to help the attorney make certain technical arguments at trial or understand technical issues in a case.

On March 20th, Bear Stearns Cos. agreed to a $10 million settlement to resolve claims that it breached fiduciary duties under ERISA by offering its common stock as an investment option when it was no longer a prudent investment.

On October 18, 2012, a bill (A3412) was introduced in the New Jersey Assembly to establish a default two-year statute of limitations for most civil actions.

This year we were lucky enough to have Perry Cooper, Senior Legal Editor of Bloomberg BNA, as our special guest at Seyfarth Shaw's "Top Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation" event.

A recent case from a California state appeals court reinforces the importance of having counsel review and revise arbitration agreements early and often.

In his bylined article for The Recorder titled "Is Arbitration Past Its Prime?," San Francisco Associate Anthony E. Guzman discusses the recent trend among employers to move away from arbitration.

The California Supreme Court refused to grant review of the decision, such that it will stand as established case law.

Employers must carefully balance each claim presented and proceed accordingly.

In Owusu-Ansah v. The Coca-Cola Company, the employee challenged the employer’s requirement that he undergo a mental examination as a condition of continued employment.

On February 12, 2014, the Fifth Circuit in Villanueva v. U.S. Department of Labor held that an employee did not engage in protected activity under SOX when he reported alleged violations of Columbian tax laws to U.S. executives at his employer.

In Spanish Peaks Lodge, LLC v. Keybank National Assoc. [pdf], No. 10-453, Senior U.S. District Judge Donetta W. Ambrose denied Keybank's motion for spoliation sanctions holding that defendant Voyager Holdings failed to present any evidence that Voyager instituted a document retention policy for the sole purpose of destroying documents relevant to the litigation.

On May 21, 2012, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled, in W.J.A. v. D.A., that a private party alleging defamation need not proffer evidence of actual damages to survive a motion for summary judgment and reach a jury.

Touchstone had an agreement with actress Nicollette Sheridan that gave it the exclusive option to renew Sheridan's contract on an annual basis for an additional six seasons (after the first season) of the television show "Desperate Housewives."