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What You Should Know about Employment Litigation in Switzerland

By David Whincup on August 23, 2019

In recent months we have been privileged to have sitting with us in our Labour & Employment team Anela Lucic, Employment attorney at leading Swiss commercial lawyers Vischer. After an eye-opening glimpse into English employment law and practice, here is Anela’s brief summary of the Swiss position.…

Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes Blog

STOLI Mackerel – Life Insurance Policy Void Ab Initio

By Larry P. Schiffer on August 22, 2019

Life insurance used to be simple. You took out a policy on your own life to protect your family. Then along came a life insurance product where investors funded the purchase of a policy on your life even though they had no insurable interest in your life. These stranger-owned life insurance policies (“STOLI”) have been controversial. Recently, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals had to determine whether a STOLI policy violated public policy under New…

Brexit Legal

How Will Plans to End Free Movement Affect Your Current and Future EU Workforce?

By Squire Patton Boggs on August 22, 2019

The Home Office has recently issued a factsheet indicating that freedom of movement as it currently stands will end on 31 October 2019 and that arrangements for people coming to the UK for longer periods for work or study will change. Annabel Mace looks at what this means in practice and how employers should prepare. Read the full article on our website.…

Compensation and Benefits Global Insights

Turkey and tinsel… and setting objectives for your investment consultants

By Philip Sutton & Claire Dimmock on August 22, 2019

The Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued its final order in relation to its investigation into the investment consultancy and fiduciary management market. The order comes into effect in two parts. Most provisions are effective from 10 December 2019, giving trustees and managers time to prepare for the changes. The monitoring and compliance provisions (more on these later) came into effect on the date of the order (10 June 2019). The government has reacted…

Employment Law Worldview

NLRB Issues First Decision Addressing Mandatory Arbitration Agreements Since Epic Systems (US)

By Daniel Pasternak on August 21, 2019

If you’ve been following our blog, you already know that the topic of employer-mandated arbitration agreements has been a hot issue in recent years for government agencies and in the state and federal courts. Most notably, in May of last year, the United States Supreme Court issued its highly-anticipated decision in Epic Systems v. Lewis, in which it confirmed that employers may require employees to enter into mandatory arbitration agreements as a condition of…

Employment Law Worldview

Whistleblowing in the workplace: learning points for HR, Part 3 (UK)

By Clare McNicholas on August 21, 2019

Learning point 3: do not be afraid to manage workers who have raised whistleblowing concerns…

Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes Blog

Forum Selection Clause in Excess Policy Overrides Appraisal Clause in Primary Policy

By Larry P. Schiffer on August 21, 2019

When primary and excess polices cover the same property many assume that the excess policy will follow the form of the primary policy. That is not always the case, which is a good reason why reading the actual terms of both policies is important. In a recent case involving hurricane damage to a Florida development, the policyholder sought to invoke the primary policy’s appraisal provisions against the excess insurer over a dispute about the value…

Employment Law Worldview

Colorado Ban-the-Box Law Goes into Effect on September 1, 2019 (US)

By Matthew Cooper on August 20, 2019

The date is rapidly approaching when Colorado will join the growing list of states choosing to “ban the box” on criminal history inquiries by employers.…

Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes Blog

Assigning Insurance Policies Can Get Tricky

By Larry P. Schiffer on August 20, 2019

Insurance disputes sometimes arise out of transactions. Those of you who are involved in transactions, including transactions arising out of insolvencies, might be interested in a cautionary tale from a recent Illinois appellate court case addressing the assignment of insurance policies as part of an asset purchase agreement. This drafting lesson may help avoid future litigation.…

Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog

Sixth Circuit: Bank Fraud Requires … a Bank

By Thomas Zeno & Benjamin Beaton on August 19, 2019

A divided Sixth Circuit panel overturned the convictions of two alleged fraudsters because the government failed to prove that they intended to obtain property from a bank (technically, a “financial institution,” under 18 U.S.C. §1344). Back in the heady 2000s, the defendant homebuilders in the companion cases of U.S. v. Banyan and U.S. v. Puckett used straw purchasers and fraudulent applications to induce mortgage companies to finance purchase of multiple luxury homes, to the tune…

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What You Should Know about Employment Litigation in Switzerland

STOLI Mackerel – Life Insurance Policy Void Ab Initio

How Will Plans to End Free Movement Affect Your Current and Future EU Workforce?

Turkey and tinsel… and setting objectives for your investment consultants

NLRB Issues First Decision Addressing Mandatory Arbitration Agreements Since Epic Systems (US)

Whistleblowing in the workplace: learning points for HR, Part 3 (UK)

Forum Selection Clause in Excess Policy Overrides Appraisal Clause in Primary Policy

Colorado Ban-the-Box Law Goes into Effect on September 1, 2019 (US)

Assigning Insurance Policies Can Get Tricky

Sixth Circuit: Bank Fraud Requires … a Bank

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