On February 27, the Fed provided an additional 30 days to comment on an advance notice of proposed rulemaking regarding physical commodity activities conducted by financial holding companies. Public comment period is extended to April 16, 2014....
A new decision in Ash v. North American Title Co. holds that (1) contract damages based upon a bankruptcy were not foreseeable, and (2) an escrow holder was entitled to a jury instruction as to intervening or superceding causes (i.e., the...
A father in the United Kingdom seeking the return of his daughter from the United States has lost his U.S. Supreme Court bid to delay a one-year deadline.
On January 29, 2014, the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey signed into law an ordinance that requires private employers to provide paid sick time to employees. With this new law, Newark joins Jersey City, which enacted an ordinance mandating paid sick...
A young entrepreneur named Ludwick Marishane has invented the world's first waterless bath. It's called DryBath and apparently it is a fairly cheap alternative. For many people in the world who have limited access to clean water for bathing, let...
The world is changing, shifting like quicksand under our feet. Lifelong employment is gone, job security too. There will be a day, very soon possibly, when we all are independent contractors… When we all are entrepreneurs....
Adults who enter into contracts with minors may be wondering if it's legal to do so. In general, minors don't have the legal capacity to enter into a contract unless a court approves the contract or a state's statute allows it.
Your Permanent Resident Card (or “Green Card”) is proof of your permanent resident status in the U.S. It also serves as an identification document and proof that you are eligible to live and work in the U.S. Although some Green Cards, contain no...
A recent federal appellate court decision illustrates how employees may limit their rights by affirmatively choosing to designate time-off as vacation time rather than as leave protected by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). In the recent case,...
Dorsey & Whitney immigration professionals would like to remind you that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) will begin accepting H-1B petitions that are subject to the FY 2015 numerical limitation (the “cap”) on April 1, 2014,...
