In This Issue: - Washington Federal Court Denies Motion To Hold Defendants In Contempt Of Consent Judgment For Trademark Infringement: A federal judge in Seattle has denied a franchisor’s motion for a contempt order to enforce a consent...
A federal judge recently reversed a hospital system’s acquisition of a physician practice under antitrust laws. Judge B. Lynn Winmill of the United States District Court for Idaho ruled that St. Luke’s Health System, Ltd. (“St. Luke’s”) and Saltzer...
Anyone can become a victim of identity theft, and it can happen anywhere. Michael Stores, Neiman Marcus and Target are simply the latest merchants to report that customer information was stolen. While being a victim of identity theft has many costs,...
In an official press release issued on February 3, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo stated that 2013 was “the largest single year of recoveries of taxpayer dollars in the history of the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG).” New...
On a snowy Sixth Avenue this week, thousands of people packed the New York Hilton Midtown for the sensory overload that is LegalTech New York (#LTNY), the annual E-Discovery, privacy, and information governance bash....
A senior manager alleging claims against his former employer arising out of the early termination of an incentive plan will have to take his case abroad. In Wolf v. TBG Limited, C.A. No. 13-3315 (Jan. 28, 2014), the United States District Court for...
Executive summary: On February 5, 2014, members of the Tennessee Senate voted down an amendment that would have created a specific employment protection for gun owners. The amendment sought to add a provision to the controversial "guns in trunks"...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued proposed rules and regulations which, if adopted, will dramatically change the process for representation case petitions and pre-election procedures. Referred to by critics as the “ambush election...
When you are buying raw land to build homes, you need to know what you are buying. A 100-acre tract of farmland may look pristine to the untrained eye, but an environmental professional may discover a leaking underground storage tank, illegal...
On January 29, the OCC announced that Molly Scherf will serve as Deputy Comptroller for Large Bank Supervision with responsibility for overseeing the Large Bank lead experts, shared national credit, data analytics, and systems teams....
