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Climate Change Insurance: A Product Whose Time Has Come

New kinds of risk management, in the form of insurance and securitization, as a plausible and necessary response.

California Appeal Court Allows Summary Judgment For Employer In Off-The-Clock Claim

A California First District Court of Appeal decision clarifies the conditions that must obtain before an employer can be liable for an off-the-clock employment claim.

Cyber-Coverage: Clarity or Confusion

With cyber breaches looming as a major concern for businesses, courts are split as to whether those damages are covered under traditional commercial general liability policies.

New York’s Court of Appeals Makes it Easier to Plead Whistleblower Law Claims

A decision by New York’s highest court may make it easier for whistleblower claims to reach the time-consuming and expensive discovery stage.

Social Media Misuse in the Workplace Rising, Companies Take Action and Implement Policies

More employers are taking disciplinary action and implementing social media policies to protect themselves against specific risks of social media misuse, according to a new survey by law firm Proskauer Rose.

Wage And Hour Lawsuits Pose An Ongoing Threat

More than 8,000 lawsuits were filed under FLSA in the last year, continuing an upward trajectory with no end in sight, and no industry is immune.

LSAT Firm Agrees To Pay Test-Takers $7.73M For ADA Violations

The LSAT organization “engaged in widespread and systemic discrimination” against test-takers with disabilities, the Justice Department said in announcing a […]

Contractor Gets Away With Trade Secrets

A Massachusetts court has ruled that a contractor that did not sign – and was not asked to sign – […]

Flexible Work Schedules Still Limited To Select Few

According to recent statistics, the productivity of U.S. workers is at an all-time high, but fear that it won’t continue […]

Decision Time: Patton Boggs Partners Mull Merger With Squire Sanders

Casey Sullivan, law firm reporter at Thomson Reuters, talks with Lee Pacchia about the firm’s most recent effort to partner up with Squire Sanders.

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