Every blog post featured in this week’s line-up is a fantastic example of blogging done right. We have bloggers providing us with timely information—Sheppard Mullin offering a great blog post on President Biden’s newest Executive Order—and bloggers taking the time to…
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Please find below our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for…
Continue Reading COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (April 12 – April 16, 2021)Prejudgment Interest Legislative Developments in Illinois: The Prejudgment Interest Ball is Back in Governor Pritzker’s Court
On March 25, 2021, Illinois Governor Pritzker vetoed House Bill 3360 (H.B. 3360) regarding prejudgment interest on personal injury and wrongful death cases. The Legislature, however, was quick to amend…
Continue Reading Prejudgment Interest Legislative Developments in Illinois: The Prejudgment Interest Ball is Back in Governor Pritzker’s CourtOne of the most often asked questions about equitable distribution of marital assets is how a retirement asset is divided between spouses. The answer depends largely on the type of…
Continue Reading Dividing Retirement Benefits in a DivorceGenerally speaking, there has been a stark split between the First and Second Departments over the standard for a Judiciary Law § 487 claim. In the First Department there was…
Continue Reading Uncertainty in the First DepartmentU.S. Supreme Court Latest Pronouncement on Personal Jurisdiction Over Out-of-State Defendants In a Products Liability Case
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The United States Supreme Court recently issued a notable decision in the case of Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, No. 19-368…
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ALROSE STEINWAY, LLC v. JASPAN SCHLESINGER, LLP, 2021 NY Slip Op 30620 – NY Co: Supreme Court March…
Continue Reading CONSEQUENCE OF NOT SEEKING PROTECTIVE ORDER PROMPTLYCorporate & Commercial
Check out the provision above. It was put on Twitter by Aiden Durham, who said, “There’s gotta be a better way?!” Filthy McNasty tagged me in the ensuing thread, so…
Continue Reading Step-Down Provisions Are TrashIn an increasingly virtual world, law and regulation act as a vital safety net for businesses. The nature of that safety net varies, depending on the particular legal jurisdiction where…
Continue Reading Shearman & Sterling Discusses How UK Banking Is Affecting Global FinTechRecently, workers at Amazon dealt what has been called a “decisive” and “crushing” blow to organized labor,[1] with their proposed union receiving less than 30 percent of the…
Continue Reading Why Unions Lose ElectionsMaker of Electronic Vehicles Gets Sued for Selling Cars Online
As our world becomes increasingly digital, we’ve been able to buy more and more things online, and that trend has only increased since everyone has been stuck at home due…
Continue Reading Maker of Electronic Vehicles Gets Sued for Selling Cars OnlineTracking Two Emerging Securities Litigation Trends: SPACs and Supply Chain Disruption
Electric vehicle battery company Romeo Power, which became a publicly traded company through a December 2020 merger with a SPAC, has been hit with a securities class action lawsuit following…
Continue Reading Tracking Two Emerging Securities Litigation Trends: SPACs and Supply Chain DisruptionPerhaps the most vexing threshold issue faced by any company considering a capital raise is which securities exemption to pursue. The chosen exemption largely depends on the targeted amount of…
Continue Reading Issuers May “Test-the-Waters” Before Choosing a Securities ExemptionEmployment & Labor
Seventh Circuit Goes Off-Script to Express “Grave … Concerns” About Continuation of 1972 Consent Decree
In Shakman v. Clerk of Cook Cnty., No. 20-1828 (7th Cir. Apr. 16, 2021), while affirming the district court’s denial of a motion to vacate a consent decree over…
Continue Reading Seventh Circuit Goes Off-Script to Express “Grave … Concerns” About Continuation of 1972 Consent DecreeIn the words of a mediator in a recent case, “at least you get a discount for not being an @ssh%le.”
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Continue Reading Doing the Right Thing Versus Proving You Did the Right ThingThis year is off to a fast start and plan sponsors might find their heads spinning as they try to keep track of rapidly developing employee benefits legislation and guidance. …
Continue Reading In Case You Missed It – Key 2021 Employee Benefits TopicsThe Governor has signed Senate Bill 93, which would require that covered employers offer employees laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic available positions based on a preference system.
Continue Reading Statewide Right of Recall Bill Signed by Governor Newsom“Fomite” is a medical term that refers to inanimate objections that can carry infectious agents to a new host. The concept of a fomite in the medical context is a…
Continue Reading Fomites in the workplace1. Decide whether you want to hire a worker in Canada or someone else located internationally The world is your …
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