By Jeremy J. Gray of Zuber & Taillieu LLP
In a 9-0 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has resolved a split among Circuit courts and has held that an ERISA claimant need not be the “prevailing party” in a lawsuit to receive an award of attorneys fees under 29 U.S.C. section 1132(g)(1). In Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance… More...
August 27, 2010
The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals joined the Fifth and Seventh Circuits in holding that a completed application filed with the U.S. Copyright Office suffices for “registration” for litigation… More...
August 24, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court recently expanded the range of circumstances in which disparate impact cases can be filed, finding that an employment practice that has a disparate impact can be… More...
August 3, 2010
In a sharply divided 6-5 en banc opinion, the Ninth Circuit certified what many are calling the biggest class action, in the biggest employment discrimination case in U.S. history, with… More...
September 2, 2010
McDermott Will & Emery LLP, lead counsel for Mr. Simran Preet Singh Lamba, has succeeded in its efforts to secure for Mr. Lamba the right to maintain his religiously-mandated turban,… More...
September 2, 2010
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has issued the Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations (“IFSR”) to implement subsections 104(c) and 104(d) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability,… More...
September 1, 2010
The Copyright Royalty Judges (“CRJ.” Or “Judges”) has published final regulations setting the rates for the satellite carrier statutory license of the Copyright Act for the… More...
August 31, 2010
As a result of troubling testimony heard in a recent field hearing regarding the explosion of Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine, the U.S. Department of… More...
Copyright Law | Employment Law | Patent Law | Securities Law | Tax Law | Trademark Law
September 1, 2010
The California State Assembly and Senate have passed AB 819, a legislation that imposes double fines for copyright and trademark infringement. More...
August 31, 2010
Rep. Frank Wolf (VA-10) has introduced legislation to develop a strategy to bring jobs back to America from overseas. More...
August 30, 2010
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) has censured and fined Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. $800,000 for failing to make public disclosures required by FINRA's rules… More...
August 27, 2010
Consistent with a Financial Management Service initiative announced in April of this year, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has issued proposed regulations to significantly increase the… More...
August 26, 2010
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC,” or “Commission”) has charged the former chief financial officer of a Seattle-area skin care retailer with fraudulently boosting earnings by… More...
August 24, 2010
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC,” or “Commission”) has charged two major tobacco companies, Universal Corporation, Inc. and Alliance One International, Inc., with violating, among… More...
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A self-deprecating look at life in and after BigLaw
September 2, 2010
Dell Walks Away From 3Par Bidding After HP’s $33-a-Share Offer – Bloomberg – It was… More…
September 2, 2010
Roy Den Hollander (pictured) is being written about all over the place lately because he… More…
The U.S. Supreme Court has resolved the issue of how to determine the “principal place… More...
On October 30, 2009, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), together with other federal regulatory… More...
