The Seventh Circuit recently decided that a former employee's travel with her terminally ill mother to Las Vegas could be considered protected "family care" leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). In Ballard v. Chicago Park District,...
On November 4, 2013, the Arizona Corporation Commission opened a docket entitled "Inquiry into potential impacts to the current utility model resulting from innovation and technological developments in generation and delivery of energy." (ACC Docket...
The Appeal decision in Simser v. Aviva (Appeal P13-00004) was recently released by the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) on January 9, 2014. The appeal concerned clause 3(7)(e) of the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule — Effective...
The Appeal decision in Simser v. Aviva (Appeal P13-00004) was recently released by the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) on January 9, 2014. The appeal concerned clause 3(7)(e) of the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule — Effective...
An open government watchdog group has sued the city attorney for San Diego, in an effort to prevent him from using a private email account for communications related to his work.
A great deal of attention has been paid to BitCoin by the media, including the financial press. Among the reasons offered for using BitCoin is privacy and anonymity. However, a subtext in the rationale is that because of the anonymity the user can...
A 19-year-old identity thief targeted America's rich and famous -- ranging from Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner to the head of the FBI -- but, not surprisingly, was ultimately caught by law enforcement. Luis Flores Jr.
DELAWARE’S LEADING ROLE IN BUSINESS AND BUSINESS LITIGATION - Delaware has long been known as the corporate capital of the world. It is the state of incorporation for 64 percent of the Fortune 500 and more than half of all companies whose...
Effective September 2013, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) amended Rule 506 of Regulation D to (1) permit, in certain circumstances, an issuer to engage in general solicitation and general advertising in connection with Rule 506...
Advertising Week’s Adfreak blog is giving an A to Georgia personal-injury lawyer Jamie Casino for his local Super Bowl ad, dubbing it “completely nuts and completely entertaining.’ The “insane ad” explaining Casino's transformation from a criminal-defense to personal-injury lawyer is a “two-minut
