EEOC Stats on Enforcement and Litigation, Plus BOL Reports on Union Numbers - Why it matters: What was the most common type of discrimination charge filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in fiscal year 2013? According to the...
The trial of Victor Dahdaleh in London has collapsed due to the absence of key prosecution witnesses. The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) recently dropped its case against Victor Dahdaleh, the British-Canadian billionaire accused of paying more...
A California federal court in Enki Corporation v. Freedman held that a former employee’s access of the employer’s computer systems through his log-in credentials did not amount to unlawful hacking under either the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act...
On February 13, 2014, in Bostic v. Rainey, Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that any Virginia laws banning same-sex marriage or prohibiting recognition of same-sex marriages –...
I have been a receiver for quite some time and know how the system works. I have a case without much money currently in it. Instead of hiring counsel, can I file pleadings in the bankruptcy court or the district court, on behalf of the receivership...
A loan transaction is generally not thought of as resulting in a taxable event. But it can if the borrower is a U.S. corporation (U.S. Co.) with a foreign subsidiary (FS). More specifically, a loan transaction can trigger a deemed dividend from the...
Since the early 1990s, patent practice has gradually migrated away from the use of means-plus-function language[1] in patent claims due to case law that restricted the scope of means-plus-function claim limitations[2]. Applicants now often use...
The 2013 legislative session began with high hopes that California’s landmark environmental law – the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) – would be reformed. Developers, builders, and public agencies across the state encouraged the...
Risk avoidance provisions in employment contracts are a growing trend in the workplace, especially in executive employment agreements in the sports and entertainment world. Often referred to as a “morality clause,” this type of contractual provision...
