This action arose out of a contractor’s claim for additional compensation for unanticipated work.

In a notice released December 18, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission delayed the effective date of certain implementation rules for participants in the swaps markets.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has recently modified its Enforcement Division’s Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation Initiative in order to encourage as much participation in the program as possible.

In our November 2012 Pepper@Work, we advised New Jersey employers of upcoming notice-posting requirements on pay equality issued by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL); the NJDOL recently released the gender equity notice, English and Spanish versions of which can be found on the Employer Poster Packet page of the Department of Labor Web site.

Recently, the New Jersey legislature passed a bill, A2647, implementing new notice requirements on employers of 50 or more employees.

The OCC has issued a thoroughly updated booklet on Merchant Processing, which forms a part of The Comptroller’s Handbook.

On January 15, 2014, the Federal Circuit issued in "Novartis v. Lee" its anticipated opinion regarding the proper interpretation of 35 U.S.C. § 154, the statute that determines how patent term adjustment is calculated.

A review of "The Angel of Death Row", which is an autobiographical account of Lyon's life and most fascinating cases.

Sunny’s Limousine Services entered into a proposed class action settlement with its drivers who allege they were misclassified as independent contractors.

On August 9, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued regulatory guidance confirming that same-sex married couples are entitled to the same benefits of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) as heterosexual married couples (Trottman/Maher, "U.S. Extends Family Leave to Same-Sex Spouses," Wall Street Journal, 8/9/2013).

The Safer Chemicals/Healthy Families Coalition is urging large retail stores to "wor[k] with suppliers to replace the Hazardous 100+ chemicals with safer alternatives" as part of what it calls the "Mind the Store" Initiative.

Bitcoin, when used as a medium of exchange, rather than as an investment vehicle, shows users many potential benefits.

In Jared, the chapter 7 trustee sought to avoid two mortgages on registered land that (a) were noted on the certificates of title to the land and (b) included proper mailing addresses and parcel numbers, but (c) referenced incorrect lots in the legal description.

One of the rare California Proposition 65 trials began on April 8, 2013 – the Environmental Law Foundation suit in Alameda County, CA Superior Court.

Eighteen months after amending CFTC Regulation 4.5 to narrow the registered investment company exclusion from the definition of commodity pool operator and issuing a companion release proposing to amend certain provisions of Part 4 of its regulations to apply to RICs, on August 13, 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission adopted final rules delineating the harmonization of compliance obligations for RICs that are also required to register as CPOs.

Pepper has a long history of inter-departmental collaboration on investment fund matters, and the formalization of training, marketing and recruiting within the Investment Funds Industry Group should only further enhance the working relationship among attorneys who represent investment funds.

Is there an obligation to sell to the highest bidder in a bankruptcy sale?

In Observation 1.1.1, we discussed the surprise treatment under the new Volcker Rule regulations1 of collateral debt obligations (CDOs) backed by trust preferred securities (TruPS) as "covered funds," which would force banking entities to divest their interests in these securitizations from their portfolios.

On April 17, the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association proposed amending the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act.

Lupyan met with CCI representatives who instructed her to initial the box marked "Family Medical Leave" on her request for leave form.