Following the UK General Election the Conservative Party has won a majority of at least 76 seats in the House of Commons, its biggest election victory since 1987. With one constituency left to declare at the time of writing, the Conservatives have 364 seats, Labour 203, the SNP 48, the Liberal Democrats 11, the DUP 8, Sinn Fein 7, Plaid Cymru 4, the SDLP 2, the Green Party 1, the Alliance Party 1, and the Brexit Party 0.
With a significant majority the new Conservative Government appears to be on…
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Civil Litigation
The below article of mine recently appeared in the November/December, 2014 edition of the Pennsylvania Lawyer Magazine and is republished here with permission. Hope you enjoy it:‘Tis the Season…
Continue ReadingEffective within 60 days, subdivision (c) of section 609 of the Limited Liability Company Law shall be amended. According to the Senate bill “Limited Liability Company Law § 609 imposes…
Continue ReadingJudge Furman: Interlocutory Appeals More Appropriate In MDL Context, Where Cases Are More Commonly Settled, Precluding Ordinary Appellate Review
In an opinion today, Judge Furman certified for interlocutory appeal a question about calculating economic losses in the GM ignition switch litigation (covered here). One reason for doing so…
Continue ReadingA HOLIDAY GIFT FROM TORT TALK: Complimentary Copy of the Tort Talk 2019 Civil Litigation Update Booklet
Here is a LINK to a complimentary copy of the 138 page Tort Talk 2019 Civil Litigation Update booklet that I created for use at the recent Luzerne Bench Bar Conference as well…
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Litigation can be costly in a divorce when the income/asset spouse unnecessarily and aggressively prolongs the litigation.
Klein v Klein, 2019 NY Slip Op 08836, Decided on December 11, 2019…
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Corporate & Commercial
USTR to Expand List of EU Imports Subject to Tariffs Awarded in WTO Aircraft Dispute
On December 12, 2019, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced in a Federal Register notice that they are reviewing the action taken as a result of…
Continue ReadingOn December 12, 2019, the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) issued another round of product exclusions pertaining to the 25% Section 301 List 3 Tariffs. The new list of exclusions…
Continue ReadingSEC Open Meeting Now to Address Resource Extraction Payments and Accredited Investor Definition
The upcoming Securities and Exchange Commission open meeting for December 18, 2019 will now address additional rulemaking.
The SEC will consider whether to propose Rule 13q-1 and an amendment to…
Continue ReadingNYDFS Proposes a Streamlined Approval Process for Services in New Virtual Currencies
Building upon its BitLicense regime instituted in 2015, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has proposed two mechanisms by which entities that hold BitLicenses…
Continue ReadingU.S. and China Reach “Phase One” Agreement to Resolve Trade War
After a long period of negotiation, Vice Minister Wang Shouwen of China’s Commerce Ministry announced on December 13, 2019 that the U.S. and China have agreed to “phase one” of…
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Genetic Mutation Is Not A Disability under the ADA, Says Ohio Federal Court (US)
In Darby v. Childvine, a recent decision from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, the Court considered whether a genetic mutation can constitute a…
Continue ReadingAdjusting To The “New Normal” With AB 5 – A World Without Independent Contractors
On January 1, 2020, California’s new worker classification law known as Assembly Bill 5 (“AB 5”), goes into effect. AB 5 codifies the three-factor “ABC” test adopted by the California…
Continue ReadingChristmas Comes Early for Employers at the NLRB — New Election Procedures That Give Employers a Greater Opportunity to Mount Legal Challenges to Election Petitions and to Effectively Campaign Against Unionization
On the eve of the holidays, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) delivered an early Christmas present to employers with its issuance of new regulations governing the NLRB election process. …
Continue ReadingNLRB Delivers A “Holiday Gift” To Employers: New Union Election Timelines
On December 13, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a final rule revising the Obama-era union election…
Continue ReadingThe Pennsylvania Supreme Court Finally Kills The Fluctuating Workweek Doctrine in Pennsylvania, Ruling That The “Half-Time” Method Violates The Minimum Wage Act
By Jacob Oslick
Seyfarth Synopsis: Does Pennsylvania law permit the fluctuating workweek (“FWW”) method of paying overtime? The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has answered that question with a resounding “No, but…”…
Continue ReadingIn the first two posts in this series, I looked at the law around workplace attitudes which might stem from some form of disability. But what if your employee is…
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