A trend in Arizona bad faith litigation is for plaintiffs to file suit against not only the insurance company allegedly acting in bad faith, but also against third party administrators ("TPAs") and/or claims adjusters.

In the fourth installment of our 2021 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, Seyfarth attorneys Jesse Coleman, Matt Simmons, and Kevin Green outlined recent legal developments in Texas trade secret and non-compete law and how it is similar to and diverse from other jurisdictions.

Mathis Farms, Simmons Farms Inc., Sizemore Farms Inc., Sweet Life Farms, Ultra Farms and the Florida Strawberry Growers Association. Rarely seen in trade remedy cases, a state-level government agency, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, is also listed as a petitioner.

The Court of Appeal released several interesting and important decisions in March.

On Dec. 31, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a long-awaited decision reversing the ruling of former Judge David Jones of the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, blessing the Serta Simmons Bedding 2020 uptier transaction.

How do you know when an employee has quit her job? It may seem like a simple question, but the answer recently eluded an Ontario employer, who improperly took an employee's apparent resignation at face value.

Recent developments in Alberta suggest the limitation period can begin before the injury has occurred. The Plaintiff brought an action against Homes by Avi, the Defendant, for personal injuries...

Under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, background screening companies are generally prohibited from reporting certain types of derogatory information that the FCRA considers to be too old to be useful, i.e., obsolete.

On May 10, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission released a new publication related to background checks and the Fair Credit Reporting Act...

This year the California Legislature added over a dozen new employment laws, many of which take effect on January 1, 2016.

In Donaldson, the court rejected the plaintiff's argument that filing the proofs of claim mischaracterized the legal status of the debt.

Evaluating candidates with known criminal records in compliance with the California Fair Chance Act1 (CFCA) poses a challenge for covered employers because the CFCA limits the discretion employers...

States, cities and administrative agencies, including the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) continue to focus intently on employer use of criminal records.

An analysis of the pros and cons of each set of rules should be part of any relevant litigation strategy.

Religious Freedom Restoration Act—Challenge to Contraception Rule; Bankruptcy—The "Actual Fraud" Bar; Federal Tort Claims Act—Preclusive Effect of a Prior Judgment

Not all personal jurisdiction cases coming out of Pennsylvania are bad. To be sure, an ED Pa judge's recent embrace of the consent theory to get around Bauman was bad news...

Oklahoma and Louisiana have enacted their own legislation aimed at restricting access by employers to applicants’ and employees’ personal online content.

On Dec. 31, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Serta Simmons and the New York Appellate Division in Mitel each issued decisions concerning the validity of non-pro rata uptier transactions.