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Settling workers' compensation claims is often a method used to resolve difficult cases or those cases where high benefit exposure exists.

California Senate Bill 54 requires oil refiners in California to use a "skilled and trained workforce" when contracting for certain construction work at their refineries...

After a lengthy delay in the commencement of collective bargaining negotiations between the Service Employees International Union, Local 560 and Dartmouth College, following the National Labor Relations Board's certification of the Dartmouth Men's Basketball team as a recognized employee bargaining unit, Local 560 has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the NLRB.

One of the most common debates in employment law is "exempt or not exempt." Human resource professionals are constantly asked to make a determination as to whether an employee is exempt ...

The IEPA also prohibits unequal wages for African-American employees on the same basis.ill

In most states, the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing that is typical in written business contracts does not apply to employment contracts or employment relationships.

Some organizations have already begun to revise their positions to align with these anticipated policy changes.

In a guidance document published on August 14, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provided enforcement deadlines and implementation guidance regarding the long awaited CMS...

Healthcare companies may need to be mindful that the federal government has started investigating and prosecuting referral-based arrangements for private insurance claims under the Travel Act...

Yesterday, USCIS announced that beginning April 2, 2018, USCIS will temporarily suspend premium processing for all FY 2019 cap-subject H-1B Petitions, including Petitions...

In a surprising turn of events, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida recently dismissed a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit brought by relator Clarissa Zafirov...

In Bennett v. Ohio National Life Assur. Corp., 92 Cal.App.5th 723 (June 20, 2023), the California First District Court of Appeal reversed summary judgment...

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals certified the following question to the California Supreme Court regarding the issue of whether a claim for negligent retention, hiring and supervision qualifies as an "occurrence" under CGL policies.

Cleveland, Ohio (May 8, 2020) - This week, in Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Pusser, 2020-Ohio-2778, the Ohio Supreme Court held that an insured's misrepresentation in an auto insurance...

(August 2020) - In SantaFe Braun, Inc. v. Ins. Co. of North America et al., __Cal. App.5th__ (July 13, 2020), the California Court of Appeal followed the reasoning...

In Project Surveillance, Inc. v. Travelers Indemnity Company, No. 4:19-CV-03324, 2020 WL 292247 (S.D. Tex. Jan. 21, 2020), the court held that the professional services exclusion in the insured's commercial general liability policy ...

On February 26, 2020, the Texas Supreme Court will hear an insurer's argument that it should create an exception to Texas' "eight corners rule" in Loya Insurance Company v. Osbaldo Hurtado Avalos et al.

The most significant for most trademark practitioners are the new email and specimen requirements.