New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has carried through with his promise to veto the paid sick leave law that the New York City Council passed last month by a 45-3 vote.

On March, 8, 2013, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, unveiled in the Federal Register a revised Employment Eligibility Verification Form, which is better known as a Form I–9.

Secured creditors are increasingly seeking quicker, more cost efficient alternatives to bankruptcy in an effort to better protect collateral and maximize proceeds in the event liquidation of collateral is necessary.

In New York, unlike many other states, the material alteration defense used to be a fairly absolute defense presenting no jury questions at all, based on the leading case Robinson v. Reed-Prentice, 49 N.Y.2d 471 (1980).

The Act will take effect 180 days after the Governor signs it into law.

It is helpful to have this clarification, even if perhaps this is not the news employers have been eagerly awaiting.

The United States Supreme Court has denied certiorari in the case of Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital, in effect leaving in place an Eleventh Circuit ruling ...

In an unpublished ruling last month, Federal Judge Alison Nathan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the request of counsel for a putative class of unpaid interns to use social media to target potential opt-in plaintiffs.

On April 2, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Encino Motorcars v. Navarro, holding that service advisors employed at auto dealerships are exempt from overtime pay ...

A recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit suggests steps that lenders who accept the assets of a borrower’s wholly-owned subsidiary as collateral should consider taking to reduce the likelihood of litigation in the event the lender must pursue the collateral.

For purposes of determining diversity jurisdiction, national banks are "deemed citizens of the States in which they are . . . located."

On April 21, 2017, President Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum directing the U.S. Department of the Treasury to evaluate and make recommendations on the Financial Stability Oversight Council's designation process.

Plaintiff asserted that she is a frequent flyer of United and never had prior issues requesting or receiving supplemental oxygen to treat her anxiety.

The court first dismissed the claims against SANA based on lack of personal jurisdiction, before considering the preemption arguments of SAS and MedAire.

In David v. United Airlines, Inc., the plaintiff, an eighty-six-year-old man, brought claims of negligence and breach of contract against United Airlines...

Standard learning has long held that a minority shareholder of a Pennsylvania corporation who was deprived of his stock by a "cash-out" or "squeeze-out" merger had no remedy after the merger was completed other than to take what the merger gave or demand statutory appraisal and be paid the "fair value" for his shares.

On November 15, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a petition for writ of certiorari to Petitioner Halliburton Company ("Halliburton") in the case entitled Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., f/k/a Archdiocese of Milwaukee Supporting Fund, Inc. Halliburton appeals to the Supreme Court from a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirming the certification of a class in a securities fraud class action and rejecting Halliburton’s attempt to introduce price impa

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently issued a rare opinion addressing the analysis courts should undertake when considering a request to stay a trial court judgment or order pending appeal.

It is no secret that cyberattackers consider law firms to be rich sources of valuable data. Escalating risks and client expectations mandate that midsize and smaller firms, with fewer than 200...

Tamarack argued the plaintiffs' claims were impliedly preempted because the FAA had approved the winglets at issue.