A federal judge in Texas recently dismissed a consumer's lawsuit against an out-of-state Internet business by enforcing the forum selection clause found in the Terms of Use published on the defendant's Web site.

On December 18, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted supplemental guidance and rule amendments (the "Final Rule")

Green shoots are starting to appear in the private equity deal market as governments begin to lift lockdowns and shift their focus from protecting public health to restarting economic activity

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.

Cornerstone Research recently published a report on the increasing prevalence of opt-outs in securities class action settlements.

Last month, Representative Maxine Waters, Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, introduced a discussion draft of the "Bad Actor Disqualification Act of 2019".

It is standard practice that employment agreements condition payment of severance benefits or other separation compensation on the employee executing a general release of claims against the employer.

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.

141 drivers classified as independent contractors by FedEx Ground will receive $5.8 million in settlement of their misclassification lawsuit.

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

A year and a half ago today, our blog post was titled, "How to Make Sense Out of All Those Alerts About IC Misclassification".

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

New Jersey has now joined the growing list of jurisdictions seeking to regulate the extent to which employers can monitor their workers’ social media presence.

Philadelphia City Council recently passed the LGBT Equality Bill, Bill No. 130224, which Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter signed into law on May 9, 2013.

During a recent 12-month period, more than 7,750 wage and hour lawsuits were filed in federal courts throughout the United States

The misunderstanding targeted by the new FIL stems from three of the FDIC's previous Financial Institution Letters, FILs 127-2008, 3-2012 and 43-2013.

A debtor (First Mortgage), which was the mortgagee of record, foreclosed a mortgage and obtained title to the foreclosed property notwithstanding that it had assigned the note and mortgage to another party several years before the foreclosure sale.

My partner Elizabeth Litten was quoted at length in a recent article in DataGuidance entitled "USA: ‘Unique’ HIPAA violation results in $800,000 settlement".

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently confirmed the absolute right of Commonwealth agencies to withdraw solicitations for contracts, as well as the exclusive jurisdiction of the Board of Claims to hear disputes with the Commonwealth over contracts once they are executed.

In Putnal the debtor proposed to use rents over the objection of an undersecured mortgagee, and as a result, the court was faced with the question of determining what was required to provide adequate protection of the mortgagee's interest in the rents.