In November 2013, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court shifted from prior precedent and held in Tooey et al. v. AK Steel Corp. that former employees may bring lawsuits against their former employers based upon certain late manifesting occupational...
Five marijuana stores opened in Washington state on Tuesday, including Cannabis City, where Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes was the fourth person in line. Holmes bought two two-gram bags of OG pearl, report Q13Fox, HeraldNet and the Seattle Times.
The shooting violence in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend is all too familiar for a Chicago Sun-Times columnist and a 16-year-old girl whose cousin was among those killed.
Criminal defendants in the nation’s geographically largest county are increasingly pleading guilty because they don’t want to make trips to a courthouse that is located up 200-plus miles away, according to local lawyers.
In data 24 giugno 2014, è stato pubblicato in Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 144, il decreto legge 24 giugno 2014 n. 91 (il "Decreto Crescita") che introduce: (i) misure a favore delle emissioni di obbligazioni societarie; (ii) misure a favore del...
If they made the poor Plan decisions, they may take offense on your criticism. They will take offense. Two years ago, I had the worst call with a prospective client in the 14 years I have been an ERISA attorney...
A number of the government’s FOFA reforms commenced on 1 July 2014 by way of the Corporations Amendment (Streamlining Future of Financial Advice) Regulation. These changes include: - Removal of ‘opt-in’ requirements - Removal of the catch-all...
On June 25, New York Attorney General (AG) Eric Schneiderman announced the filing of a civil suit against a large international bank alleging that, from 2011 to the present, the bank violated the Martin Act by making false statements to clients and...
Our reports on the oral arguments of the May term of the Illinois Supreme Court conclude this morning with Consiglio v. Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Consiglio involves a constitutional challenge to amendments the General...
In December, we wrote about New Jersey’s proposed “ban the box” measure, known as the Opportunity to Compete Act, making its way through the legislature – a law that would prohibit employers from inquiring about job candidates’ criminal histories...
