Judge Sweet passed away yesterday at the age of 96, reports Law360.

Our posts relating to Judge Sweet can be viewed here.

UPDATE:  The New York Times has

We all know the high cost of litigation.

In a recent case, BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, ETC., Appellant, v. ALICE J. DIEUDONNE, Respondent, ET AL., Defendants. 2017-08956, Index No.

The arrests in the college admissions bribery scandal may have ushered in a new era of scrutiny by federal law enforcement.  Perkins Coie attorneys anticipate questions that prosecutors, civil litigants

In the following guest post, Francis Kean, Executive Director FINEX Willis Towers Watson, take a look at an interesting and arguably surprising recent U.K. judicial decision in which a supermarket

The U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari filed by Spirit Airlines Inc. in Spirit Airlines Inc. v. Steven Maizes et al., which sought review of

Family businesses constitute an estimated 70 percent of the annual global GDP and around one-third of the S&P 500 companies in the U.S. Despite this influential presence, it appears that

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) gives California residents new rights and imposes new obligations on companies doing business in California, effective January 1, 2020. Keller and Heckman

In recent years, in part in response to decisions like Corwin that have raised the pleading standard for stockholder plaintiffs, the Delaware courts have encouraged stockholders to seek books and

A second federal appellate circuit has ruled that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (the ADEA) does not apply to job applicants’ claims that a policy or practice has a

This Special Bulletin was authored by David Urban.

Today, OFCCP issued its first Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) of 2019, providing advance notification of compliance reviews, including CMCEs, Section 503 Focused Reviews and compliance checks. True to expectations, the

House

Oversight Committee Seeks Purdue OxyContin Documents

On March 21, House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) sent a letter to Purdue Pharma requesting documents

Short Answer: Currently, no. But first, some background.

Generally, employers with 100 or more employees, and certain federal contractors and subcontractors, are required to file an Employer Information Report EEO-1

When does evidence of malingering justify denial of a long term disability claim?  It depends. A physician’s subjective opinion regarding malingering may have less weight than objective neuropsychological testing.