ArticleCalifornia Employment Law Notes - July 2012Mary Fitzsimons is an emergency physician and a member of the California Emergency Physicians ("CEP") partnership. United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleOpinion Of Wisconsin District Judge Again Illustrates That Arbitration Is A Creature Of ContractIn deciding a reoccurring issue, Judge James D. Peterson of the Western District of Wisconsin found no valid arbitration agreement existed, because of a disclaimer in a 48-page employee handbook.United StatesEmployment and HRBakerHostetler
ArticleCouncillor to pay developer $205,000 for defamatory comments on community Facebook pageCouncillor's comments were held to be defamatory in nature because they implied that developer was acting in a corrupt manner.AustraliaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationCarroll & O'Dea
ArticleThe Jersey Limited Liability Company: Podcast SeriesWe've produced a series of filmed podcasts about Jersey's new Limited Liability Company (LLC) structure. The Jersey LLC is a familiar vehicle designed for sophisticated investors and modelled on the Delaware and Cayman LLCs. JerseyCorporate/Commercial LawJersey Finance Limited
ArticleCoronavirus (COVID-19) Legal Update - 9 June 2020Pretoria High Court declares lock-down regulations unconstitutional and invalid: However, the state is about to appeal this judgment. In the meantime, here is a commentary on Judge Davis' High Court ruling.South AfricaCoronavirus (COVID-19)ENS
ArticleNew Jersey Supreme Court Adopts Affirmative Defense For Hostile Work Environment Claims, Making Training Even More ImportantIn a significant ruling making it more difficult for employers to be held liable for workplace harassment under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, the New Jersey Supreme Court recently adopted the affirmative defense previously set forth by the United States Supreme Court in two 1998 cases involving claims under federal anti-discrimination law, Burlington Industries v. Ellerth and Faragher v. Boca Raton. United StatesEmployment and HRDay Pitney LLP
ArticleWARN Act Considerations For Private Equity FirmsA recent Delaware court ruling was an eye-opener for private equity firms and other entities owning controlling stakes in faltering businesses.United StatesEmployment and HRDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP
ArticleDental Providers And Labs Allege Antitrust ConspiracyDental and orthodontic practices and dental laboratories around the U.S. are being represented in class actions filed this week in federal courts in Texas and New York.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesDuane Morris LLP
ArticleSecond Circuit Reaches For Affirmance In Child Pornography CaseIn United States v. Clarke, the Second Circuit ventured once more into the thicket of internet crime, tangling with statutory interpretation and discovery issues complicated by their technological setting. United StatesCriminal LawPatterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
Article2015 Proposed Amendments To Fraud Sentencing Guidelines: A Good StartThis month marks the 10-year anniversary of United States v. Booker.United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationPatterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
ArticleFirst Department Rules That Arbitrators Did Not Manifestly Disregard The Law And Confirms Arbitration AwardOn September 27, 2018, in a widely followed arbitration case, a unanimous panel of the Appellate Division, First Department concluded that the New York County, Commercial Division (Ramos, J.) erred when it partially vacated ...United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationPatterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
ArticleFTC Releases Final Guides For "Green" Marketing And Environmental ClaimsAfter years of deliberation, the Federal Trade Commission this week released its final "Green Guides" for environmental benefit claimsUnited StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentPatterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
ArticleA Review of Key Cases and New Laws Affecting Employers (September 2014)California Supreme Court Clarifies the Scope of Franchisor’s Exposure for Employment Claims Brought by its Franchisee’s EmployeesUnited StatesEmployment and HRMayer Brown
ArticleFORM PF: Essential Guide To Form PF - August 2012Some of the largest hedge fund managers will shortly make their initial filing for the Form PF, on August 29, 2012. This guide will recap on the previously announced and finalized Form PF obligations and provide an update on the most recent developments.United StatesFinance and BankingMurray LLP
ArticleCOVID-19 Related Updates To Bankruptcy Courtroom Policies And ProceduresMost bankruptcy courts have altered their practices and procedures in light of COVID-19. United StatesInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringPatterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
ArticleConfronting Zoom Testimony: "Pot Biz" Trial Defendants Petition Supreme Court For Review Of Video Testimony DecisionDuring the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a complex Confrontation Clause issue arose in United States v. Akhavan: In a criminal trial, should the court allow a nonparty witness..United StatesCriminal LawArnold & Porter
ArticleNew York Wage Theft Prevention Act to Take Effect April 12, 2011On December 13, New York Governor David Patterson signed into law the Wage Theft Prevention Act (the Act).United StatesEmployment and HRMorgan Lewis
ArticleSupreme Court Of New Jersey Addresses Equitable Claims And Remedies (While Reinforcing A Potential Palimony Loophole Through The Proverbial "Black Hole")What rights do people have to an equitable distribution of assets stemming from a period prior to the marriage itself? United StatesFamily and MatrimonialFox Rothschild LLP
ArticleFederal Guidance On HRAs, Health FSAs And Other Employer Funding Arrangements Under Health Care ReformOn September 13, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, collectively, issued guidance (the "Health Funding Guidance") on the application of two of the market-based health care reforms under the Affordable Care Act United StatesEmployment and HRPatterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
ArticleThe Day The BPCIA Was Struck DownThe latest Supreme Court challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA), also known as Obamacare, relates to the interpretation of the tax-credit provisions of the Act...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesPatterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP