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Sixth Circuit Declines Deference to DOL and Enforces Venue Selection Clause

The court recently found that most courts faced with the issue of DOL venue selection clauses in EIRSA-governed pension plan cases found they were enforceable and explained that if Congress wanted to prohibit such clauses, it could have done so.

Fifth Circuit Hands Down Mixed Ruling on Validity of Later-Added Arbitration Clause

When arbitration clauses are added to employment contracts after the fact, employers should keep in mind a recent Fifth Circuit case, in which the court had to determine whether the clause added to one contract could be harmonized with other contracts that defined the employment relationship.

Profanity In The Workplace

Writing in their firm’s blog “California Peculiarities,” Seyfarth Shaw attorneys Nick Geannacopulos and Emily Barker look at what could be […]

Backdoor Security Risk: Abandoned Sub-Domains

Neglect is an opening for a takeover, with nefarious results that begin with setting up a fake website.

LSAT Test Takers On Pace For 15-Year Lows

For the fifth straight year, the number of prospective lawyers taking the LSAT is falling. The number of test-takers in […]

Federal Caseload Bogged Down By Patent Litigation, Survey Finds

Patent cases and multidistrict litigation were two primary contributors to the federal district courts with the heaviest caseloads from June […]

Heather Mallard Joins Concord Hospitality Enterprises As First GC

Concord Hospitality Enterprises has announced the appointment of Heather Mallard as the company’s first senior vice president/general counsel. Most recently, […]

Four New Associates For Merchant & Gould Minneapolis

Merchant & Gould has hired four associates in its Minneapolis office. Brad Kuxhausen is a graduate of William Mitchell College […]

Merchant & Gould Adds Jonathan D. Saadeh As Associate

Merchant & Gould has announced today that Jonathan D. Saadeh joined the firm’s Denver office as an associate. Saadeh, a […]

Accidental Lawyering On The Internet

An ABA ethics committee is proposing changes to the Rules of Professional Conduct that would clarify when a lawyer’s online […]

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