For two decades, during the 1620s and 1630s, Europe fell into the grip of “tulip mania.” At its peak in 1637, tulip bulbs were sold for more than 10 times the average worker’s annual income—enough to buy a house. Within weeks of its peak, the...
The Consumer Advisory Board will host a meeting on February 26-27, 2014 to discuss strategies for improving consumer access to credit, information and financial resources. Agenda topics include trends and themes in the field and discussion of the...
A company arguing that the Venezuelan government is preventing it from claiming US$400 million from the Lehman Brothers’ estate has seen its case thrown out by a New York court on grounds of lack of jurisdiction. The Southern District Court of New...
While the 2008 amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) made it easier for employees to state a claim that he or she was “regarded as” having a disability, a recent decision from a federal court highlights that even under the amended...
Yesterday, in his weekly video address, Attorney General Eric Holder urged Congress to create a national data breach notification standard requiring companies to quickly notify consumers of a breach of their personal or financial information. In the...
In last week’s post on the topic of the recently issued final regulations under the Affordable Care Act’s employer shared responsibility (a/k/a “pay-or-play”) rules, we suggested that the final regulations broke little new ground. Instead, we claimed...
Employers in all industries are well aware of the complexities of the Affordable Care Act, and the seemingly constant barrage of guidance that interprets the health care reform requirements that apply to them. We have a recent perfect example. A...
If you were granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (“DACA”) status by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement prior to August 15, 2012, or if you are a DACA recipient...... By: Fowler White Boggs P.A.
A teenager charged as an adult with a sexual battery he didn't commit finally realized when he was shown charging documents in court, weeks later, that he had been mistaken for another student at his Florida high school with his same first and last name.
Recently, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found that a mortgage company proved that it properly classified an employee as an outside sales person under the Fair Labor Standards Act and therefore was not required...
