A federal district court judge in Connecticut recently agreed that an insurer did not owe coverage under a "claims-made" D&O liability insurance policy where the policyholder failed to give timely notice...

While Andrea Melan was employed as an elementary school teacher in the Belle Vernon Area School District, she received an "unsatisfactory" performance rating and was placed on an improvement plan.

The FAST Act establishes a number of mandates for the SEC in order to accelerate the agency's disclosure effectiveness initiative.

On May 4, 2007, City Art, Inc., the policyholder, was sued by DK Art Publishing, Inc., in a wide-ranging complaint alleging 20 causes of action involving thousands of art pieces...

The merger of Hunton & Williams and Andrews Kurth Kenyon in 2018 resulted in an intellectual property (IP) group with a long ...

In last year's issue of our Patent Damages Year in Review, we highlighted three important decisions from the Federal Circuit: VirnetX v. Cisco Systems, Inc., Ericsson, Inc. v. D-Link Systems, Inc. and Apple, Inc. v. Motorola, Inc.

By now, the employer community is well aware of the wide-ranging implications of Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc. , —a decision that dramatically expanded the definition of "joint employer" under the NLRA.

The SEC Divisions of Investment Management and Corporation Finance released guidance to investment advisers and proxy advisory firms in the form of 13 Q&As.

It was announced recently that Per Hellström, a senior EU Commission official in DG Competition, would be leaving to join Apple, Inc. as senior director for competition and government affairs.

On November 9, 2018, Serbia's National Assembly enacted a new data protection law.

Chair Mary Jo White of the Securities and Exchange Commission recently delivered a speech at the Twentieth Annual Stanford Directors' College.

On August 25, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted final rules to facilitate nomina-tions of directors by shareholders, including so-called "proxy access" rules.

On October 9, 2007, in Opinion 8/2007 and Opinion 9/2007 respectively, the Article 29 Working Party assessed the adequacy of data protection law in Jersey and in the Faroe Islands in light of the criteria set out in its document on the transfer of personal data.

The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 affects virtually every level of the consumer product commerce stream — including manufacturers, importers, distributors, private labelers and retailers — and imposes stringent testing standards and certification requirements.

A federal district court in New Jersey has held that both back pay and front pay paid as part of a settlement award to a former employee were wages, and, thus, subject to federal employment tax withholding. The court also rejected the former employee’s argument that the employer must pay the taxes by “grossing up” the settlement, because she had entered into the settlement voluntarily and was stuck with its tax consequences.

US law firms are benefiting from Iberian infrastructure and capital markets investment in both North America and Latin America...

When it comes to providing opportunities for law firms, Latin America seems to offer something for everyone.

Insurance companies and policyholders in Canada are facing new risks and challenges, as they always have. Risk resulting from cyber losses and climate change, however, are not merely incremental changes in the insurance world.