Litigation

NLRB Is Redefining “Joint Employer”

Franchisors, and businesses that use contractors, staffing agencies or even companies that just outsource cleaning or security, could be deemed joint employers.

Study: Patent Trolls Are Still Cleaning Up In Court

Companies that produce no goods and profit by filing copyright suits, often referred to as trolls, took home three times […]

Insurer Not Off The Hook In $3.5 Million Computer-Hack Case

After hackers managed to route $3.5 million from a customer’s Philadelphia bank account to recipients in Russia and Belarus, the […]

SCOTUS Considers Worker Pay For Theft-Screening Time

The Supreme Court heard arguments this week in a case that will determine whether low-wage workers should be paid for […]

Former GC Sues Firm For Breach of Contract

The former general counsel for Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Daniel Schulte, is now suing the firm for allegedly stiffing […]

College Athlete Advocates Target Sports TV With Class Action

Ten former college athletes have filed a class action lawsuit against ESPN, CBS, Fox and NBC, asking that the networks […]

Twitter Sues Gov’t Over Public Disclosures

Twitter filed a lawsuit this week saying that restrictions on how often it can inform its users of government requests […]

Is The SEC Encouraging Lawyers To Betray Clients?

Names of whistleblowers who provide information to the SEC normally are not made public, but in a recent case involving […]

The Snare Of Section 16 Reporting Requirements

As an indirect way of sniffing out potential insider trading, the SEC has taken a new interest in reporting requirements […]

Fourth Circuit Places Burden on Defendants to Disprove Loss Causation in Fiduciary Breach Cases

A case concerning a change in 401(k)benefits after Nabisco’s parent company split may make it to the Supreme Court, to determine whether the defendant bears the burden of proof for the element of causation under ERISA, and ask what standard to apply to evaluate whether a fiduciary is liable for damages under the act.

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