In the case of Gibbons v. Mid-Century Insurance Company, No. 20-3381 (E.D. Pa. Sept. 24, 2020 Kenney, J.), the Court granted a Motion to Remand a motor vehicle accident…

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Here is a LINK to the October 26, 2020 edition of the Auto Insurance Report, a national newsletter put out weekly by Risk Information, Inc., a company that provides…

In this case, it was the landlord’s action of applying the security deposit to rent after the warrant that resulted in this decision.

636 Apt. Assocs. JV v. Mayo, NYLJ …

You may revoke a transfer on death deed at any time. You may also change the beneficiary on a transfer on death deed at any time. 

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When the news circulated in February that the Equifax data breach securities lawsuit had settled for $149 million, I wondered whether the sizeable settlement might further encourage plaintiffs’ lawyers…

Applying Illinois law, a federal district court has held that an insurer did not have a duty to defend or indemnify for a lawsuit that was filed and dismissed prior…

On January 27, 2020, Deputy Associate Attorney General, Stephan Cox, provided key note remarks at the 2020 Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement. In his remarks, Mr.

On September 30, 2020, the Third Circuit reversed a decision by the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ordering AbbieVie, Inc. (“AbbieVie”) and Besins Healthcare Inc. (“Besins”) to pay $448 million in…

The Supreme Court recently granted three petitions for certiorari challenging the Federal Circuit’s holding in Arthrex v. Smith & Nephew that administrative patent judges of the Patent Trial and Appeal…

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The US federal election could have sweeping regulatory and legislative impacts across virtually every major sector of the…

On September 30, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill (“AB”) 1947 into law.  Effective January 1, 2021, AB 1947 will, among other things, authorize courts to award attorneys&rsquo…

A Washington appellate court upheld a jury’s verdict that an employer’s drug testing protocol requiring direct observation of urine collections did not invade an employee’s privacy and did not constitute…

The Internal Revenue Service recently announced its cost-of-living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations on benefits and contributions for retirement plans generally effective for Tax Year 2021 (see IRS Notice 2020-79)…

In Alfredo Sanchez v. Miguel Martinez, the Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, held that although an employee who is not authorized and permitted to take a paid 10-minute…

On September 30, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia granted an employer’s motion to dismiss a Dodd-Frank whistleblower claim on the ground that the alleged…

Healthcare providers continue to be targeted by ransomware attackers. According to reports, a healthcare provider in Finland was hacked and the attackers demanded 40 bitcoins (or about $525,000) on…