Last month, a federal judge in Mobile, Alabama denied an employer’s request for a preliminary injunction seeking to stop that employer’s former employee from working for an alleged competitor. See Dawson v. Ameritox, Ltd., Case No. 13-0614-KD-M,...
On February 12, New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky released excerpts of remarks he delivered to the New York Bankers Association, which focused on the “troubling trend” of “the rapid and dramatic...
A New York federal district court affirmed an arbitration award in favor of R&Q Reinsurance Company as against its cedent, Utica Mutual, in a reinsurance dispute arising from certificates issued by R&Q reinsuring certain umbrella coverage Utica had...
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently announced that it will be hosting a two-day workshop in Washington, DC on March 20-21 to examine competition issues related to current developments in the U.S. health care industry. According to the...
Over the past five years, we have spilled a lot of black digital ink discussing trademark ownership of single colors. Color continues to be an important aspect of branding and differentiation in a variety of markets, including many you’d expect, and...
A city administrator-turned-elected city council member believed his retirement benefits would be based on his highest salary multiplied by all his years of service, including his years on the city council; however CalPERS calculated his benefits...
Just as I was working on my latest entreVIEW post trying to avoid any “legal topic,” I felt compelled to provide an additional update on the Minnesota Angel Tax Credit. I know that, in his cold weather musings only earlier this week, fellow entreVIEW...
Another example of the Commission’s new and evolving ad hoc admissions policy emerged from the settlement of an administrative proceeding with Credit Suisse Group AG. In the Matter of Credit Suisse Group AG, File No. 3-15763 (Feb. 21, 2014). To...
The Mayor of San Francisco recently signed an ordinance that prohibits private employers and city contractors and subcontractors (collectively "contractors") from asking job applicants about their criminal histories until after the first interview....
I am pleased to have been invited to deliver the keynote address at the upcoming MPF 2014 Leadership Conference, to be held in Atlanta on May 8. My remarks will focus less on the challenges posed by the economic and structural disruptions facing the...
