Litigation

Is The Need For Tort Reform Overblown?

March 3, 2015

It’s widely believed that medical malpractice lawsuits and the ease with which plaintiffs can garner lavish payouts are a major […]

State Bar Authority Clipped By SCOTUS Decision

March 2, 2015

In a case that is likely to have repercussions for state bar associations, the Supreme Court has ruled that state […]

Fortune: Chief Justice Will Save Obamacare, Again

March 2, 2015

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, “with his sensitivity to preserving the Court’s limited reservoir of credibility,” is unlikely to […]

EEOC Clobbered In Ban-The-Box Case, But More Cases Loom

March 2, 2015

Summary Judgment in favor of the employer in a matter involving the employer’s use of criminal background and credit checks […]

New Yorker: SCOTUS Health Care Case Is Life Or Death

March 2, 2015

In King v. Burwell, the Affordable Health Care Act lawsuit soon to be heard before the Supreme Court, the claim […]

Shareholder Lawsuits After M&A: The Cornerstone Study

March 2, 2015

Last year the overwhelming majority – 93 percent – of M&A deals valued at more than $100 million were followed […]

Cutting Employee Hours To Dodge Obamacare – Or Not?

February 27, 2015

Employees have accused Staples Inc. of purposefully keeping some employees at under 30 hours in order to avoid making them […]

Disclosure Leeway Affirmed In 1st Circuit Case

February 26, 2015

Cooley LLP partner Lyle Roberts, writing in his blog The 10b-5 Daily, looks at a case that clarifies the extent […]

SCOTUS Sympathetic To Hijab-Wearing Woman In Discrimination Case

February 26, 2015

The Supreme Court Justices all but openly mocked the argument from Abercrombie & Fitch’s lawyers that the company could not […]

“Too Black” Waitress Can File A Title VII Claim

February 25, 2015

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that discrimination on the basis of “color” can be the foundation of […]

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