The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a 5-1 decision affirming the opinions below, held that the Pennsylvania’s Workers’ Compensation Act does not bar a disclaimer preventing an employee from suing a third-party customer for work-related injuries.

The FDCPA provides that if the consumer "notifies the debt collector in writing . . . that the debt is disputed, the debt collector will obtain verification of the debt".

The world did not end last week, and so it is that time again to reflect on the year behind us and to consider what is on the horizon for the upcoming year.

The Connecticut legislature approved a bill to make that state the first in the nation to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour.

The misclassification of employees as independent contractors has been a focal point of both federal and state labor law enforcement agencies during the Obama Administration.

In Rodriguez v. National City Bank, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit just dealt a significant blow to classwide litigation of fair lending claims based on a bank’s "discretionary pricing policy."

Eleventh Circuit Upholds Defense Contractor Dismissal while Questioning DOHSA Precedent.

The case before the court involved four interlocutory appeals from orders denying motions to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction.

The culture of integrity cannot be sustained by NCAA regulations alone.

ANA's Conditions of Carriage ("COC") required a passenger to present proof to ANA that they purchased a ticket and were entitled to a refund.

The nation's top court will soon decide a key aspect of how employers should handle employee complaints about possible fraud or financial wrongdoing in the company that may violate federal laws.

Recently, a Pennsylvania trial court recognized the distinction between counterfeit checks and altered checks. In doing so, the court followed the lead of other states that have recognized that the depository bank does not violate the Uniform Commercial Code’s presentment warranties when it accepts in good faith a counterfeit check.

It’s no secret that discovery in litigation can be extremely — sometimes prohibitively — expensive. A recent study of electronic discovery costs shows that the total cost of production could range from $17,000 to $27 million, with a median of $1.8 million.

As I looked out my Pittsburgh window on May 12, it was 50°F outside with 16 mph winds, gusting to 28 mph, which resulted in a wind chill of 40°F.

In order to pursue its Congressional mandate to enforce Federal consumer financial laws, the CFPB may compel the production of documents or testimony by issuing a civil investigative demand ...

On Monday, the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs identified 3,500 work sites that the agency intends to audit for compliance with federal non-discrimination ...

The court’s sentence in the Texas "affluenza" case was irrationally disproportionate.

We have written previously on questions relating to mandatory binding arbitration and class action waivers in the workplace.

Other parts of this series have covered the proper affirmative steps to take to prepare for, investigate and respond to charges of sexual harassment.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey ruled that provisions in employment agreements shortening the limitations period for bringing claims under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination are unenforceable.