Moving forward after a mesothelioma diagnosis is a tremendous act of courage.

Since she was first diagnosed in 2006, Julie Gundlach has fought for every day of her life. Nearing

Who knows? As reported earlier (https://jmpattorney.blogspot.com/2019/08/new-workplace-protections-signed-into.html), New York law prohibits mandatory arbitration to resolve cases of discrimination and sexual harassment.

However, on June 26, in Mahmoud Latif v. Morgan Stanley

In the case of Clark v. Beers, No. 2019-GN-1484 (C.P. Blair Co. Aug. 13, 2019 Bernard, P.J.), the court granted a Defendant’s Preliminary Objections seeking the dismissal of allegations

Matter of Means v Miller, 2019 NY Slip Op 06088, Decided on August 7, 2019, Appellate Division, Second Department

“On March 4, 2010, the Family Court issued an order (hereinafter

In the case of Davis v. Volkswagen, No. 1405 EDA 2018 (Pa. Super. July 19, 2019 Bowes, J., McLaughlin, J., Stabile, J.) (Op. by McLaughlin, J.)(Stabile, J., Concurring), the

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed the Pennsylvania Superior Court’s decision and ruled in the case of Feleccia v. Lackawanna College, 75 MAP 2017 (Pa. Aug. 20, 2019)(Op. by Dougherty,

In a development that some may find more than a little bit ironic, U.K.-based litigation finance firm Burford Capital has been hit with a securities class action lawsuit following a

The Competition authorities of the G7 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S.) and the European Commission have reached a common agreement on the opportunities and

In May of 2019, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) added Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (“Huawei”) and sixty-eight of its affiliated companies

In today’s protectionist environment, importers are facing heightened legal risks and a potential False Claims Act (FCA) violation when providing information to Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). In June, the

A recent alert by Lynda Bennett and Jason Meyers in Lowenstein’s Insurance Recovery Group discusses the Delaware Superior Court’s recent opinion that a “Securities Claim” in a D&O policy includes

As we first reported in April, the New York Attorney General has been locked in a complicated dispute with a virtual currency exchange operator over the authority of the Attorney

Communications Decency Act, PLAN Act

While Congress remains in recess, Rep. Ed Case (D-HI) sent a letter to colleagues this week seeking support for draft legislation aimed at reforming Section

On August 9, 2019, Governor Pritzker signed into law Public Act 101-0221 (the “Act”), which enhances protections against workplace sexual harassment and discrimination.  The Act creates new laws and amends

Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) announced that it had proposed three rules aimed at protecting employee free choice on questions concerning representation. These rules address the NLRB’s

Many employers have contacted us over the years asking whether they may offer an “employer–payment plan” rather than offer a traditional group health insurance plan.  An employer-payment plan is a

Employers often wish to enter new or updated employment agreements with existing employees. The driving force is typically that circumstances have changed, but it can also be that the employer

Lots has been said recently in the press about enterprise agreement making and the approval process by the Fair Work Commission (FWC). In short, the numbers of agreements being made