You remember the first “real” week of the pandemic, right? The NBA shut down. Then the schools. And then we were all shopping for toilet paper. Things were moving at light speed.
Yesterday brought back a lot of those memories and…
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Following are this week’s summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario…
Continue Reading COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (MAY 10-14, 2021)You just realized an asset wasn’t included in the settlement agreement. Now what?
The custody schedule, support provisions, the sale of the marital home, and the agreement has been signed.
Continue Reading Steps to Take When an Issue in a Divorce Settlement Is OverlookedThere is an old (very old) tension between doctors and attorneys that we believe stems from antediluvian times. Lawyers frequently prosecute claims against doctors and (reportedly) doctors loathe attorneys. Whether…
Continue Reading Legal Malpractice and the OPMCDefense Verdict Secured by Cummins Law in Lackawanna County Rear End Accident Case
Pleased to report that I secured a defense verdict in a rear end auto accident case yesterday in Lackawanna County.
Negligence was admitted, causation was disputed. The details follow:
Cholewka …
Estate of Pagliaro, NYLJ April 16, 2021, Date filed: 2021-03-18, Court: Surrogate’s Court, Suffolk, Judge: Surrogate Theresa Whelan, Case Number: 2019-4706/A:
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The following facts are not materially in dispute.
Continue Reading WHO CAN SELL THIS HOUSE: A TALE OF ADVERSE POSSESSIONIssues of Material Fact Exist On Whether Plaintiff Properly Reported Uninsured Motorist Accident to Police
In the case of Calestini v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., No. 3:19-CV-01995 (M.D. Pa. April 13, 2021 Saporito, M.J.), the court addressed a Motion for Summary Judgment…
Continue Reading Issues of Material Fact Exist On Whether Plaintiff Properly Reported Uninsured Motorist Accident to PoliceCorporate & Commercial
Global Law and Business Podcast – Eduardo Diaz Rivera (Finance in Latin America)
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Continue Reading Global Law and Business Podcast – Eduardo Diaz Rivera (Finance in Latin America)A New Era of Export Controls Begins in the EU: The Revised EU Dual-Use Export Controls to Promote Human Rights
On May 10, 2021, the EU adopted its new, revised version of Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 (the “Regulation”). It is widely acknowledged to be the first major reform to the…
Continue Reading A New Era of Export Controls Begins in the EU: The Revised EU Dual-Use Export Controls to Promote Human RightsIn this issue:
• Market Actors Continue to Integrate Cryptocurrency into Payment Systems
• US Firms Launch Bitcoin Investment Products and Enhance Crypto Offerings
• Auction Houses Continue with NFT…
Continue Reading Market Actors Integrate Cryptocurrency into Payment and Investment Products, More NFTs Launched, SEC Staff Issues Crypto Statement, DeFi Hacked for $14MLast week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced that it will be conducting research in conjunction with a new rule they plan to roll out. The FDA update…
Continue Reading The FDA Makes Plans to Update the definition of “Healthy”On January 25, 2021, President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order entitled “Ensuring the Future is Made in America by All of America’s Workers,” which directs a broad review and…
Continue Reading Seeking to Stop Deceptive ‘MADE IN USA’ Claims, the FTC Takes Action Against BrandnexIn August 2020, we wrote a blog post about the adoption by the European Commission (“Commission”) of a White Paper on Foreign Subsidies. On 5 May 2021, the Commission adopted…
Continue Reading The European Commission Adopts a Proposal for a Regulation on Foreign Subsidies Distorting the Internal MarketEmployment & Labor
In my experience, many bus drivers suffer from upper extremity work injury and occupational disease. There are many reasons for these types of workplace injury and industrial illness. In fact…
Continue Reading Work Injury for Bus Drivers: L&I Issues a New WarningOn May 6, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a District court’s dismissal of a complaint filed by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer’s Association (HJTA)…
Continue Reading Ninth Circuit Holds CalSavers Is Not Preempted By ERISA. . . 6/30 Deadline ApproachingFifth Circuit Holds that Employee’s Possession of Trade Secrets Does Not Establish that the New Employer Acquired Trade Secrets
The case of Six Dimensions, Inc. v. Perficient, Inc., 969 F.3d 219 (5th Cir. 2020), dealt with the application of non-compete provisions in employee contracts after certain employees left…
Continue Reading Fifth Circuit Holds that Employee’s Possession of Trade Secrets Does Not Establish that the New Employer Acquired Trade SecretsUnemployment Insurance Update. Late last week, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report showing that the nonfarm economy added only 266,000 jobs in April…
Continue Reading Beltway Buzz, May 14, 2021Unemployment Insurance System Update, Part II: States Opting Out of Federal Unemployment Benefits
Since the beginning of May 2021, multiple states have announced their intent to opt out of enhanced federal unemployment benefits. To cease participation in enhanced federal unemployment benefit programs, a…
Continue Reading Unemployment Insurance System Update, Part II: States Opting Out of Federal Unemployment BenefitsAppellate Court Finds Officers’ Force & Tactics During the Stockton Bank of the West Robbery Justified Under A.B. 392
For the first time since Assembly Bill 392 amended Penal Code section 835a in 2019, an appellate opinion has interpreted the new use of deadly force standards in California. The…
Continue Reading Appellate Court Finds Officers’ Force & Tactics During the Stockton Bank of the West Robbery Justified Under A.B. 392