By Shayna Balch is a partner at Fisher & Phillips LLP, handling employers in employment and labor litigation matters before federal and state courts as well as before administrative agencies. This article was published by the Phoenix Business Journal on May 13, 2014. What you do and say outside of your place of employment […]
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Reuters correspondent Alison Frankel writes about the judgment of US District Court McMahon and her references to incentive fees – they are a “bugaboo for McMahon,” she writes. U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon of Manhattan included a highly unusual warning in her recent opinion approving the $15 million settlement of a securities class action against
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued a quite surprising decision against Google which has significant implications for global companies. On May 13, 2014 the ECJ issued a ruling which did not follow the rational eor the conclusions of its Advocate General, but instead sided with the Spanish data protection authority (DPA) and found that:
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Cheryl Garcia, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, Office of Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations (“USDOL-OIG”), and Peter M. Rivera, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Labor
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Inhouse counsel may occasionally have the appearance of having life easy, particularly compared to the Big Law jobs that sap energy and soak up every second of the day with world-beating deals and mind-twisting litigation. So what is the perspective on making yourself a top lawyer so that you not only enjoy your job but
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Comedian Russel Brand landed a good punch line when he obtained substantial damages from the Sun on Sunday, who claimed he had cheated on girlfriend Jemima Khan. The newspaper published an apology and paid his legal costs. Brand was not at London’s high court for the settlement of his action against News Group Newspapers over
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LawFuel.com – Kirby McInerney LLP is investigating potential claims against the Board of Directors of Pinnacle Foods Inc. (“Pinnacle” or the “Company”) PF +13.20% concerning the proposed acquisition of the Company by The Hillshire Brands Company (“Hillshire”) HSH -3.22% . Under the terms of the definitive merger agreement, Pinnacle stockholders will receive $18.00 in cash
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The American Lawyer’s annual law firm rankings show some of the biggest are using a Swiss legal partnership to keep country profits separate. All of the firms have set up “vereins”—a Swiss legal partnership that lets the law firms maintain separate national or regional profit pools under a single brand. The AmLaw rankings also
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Bruce Foucart, Special Agent-in-Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (“ICE”) Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”) Boston Office, announced today that a painting by Serge Poliakoff called “Composition abstraite [Abstract composition]” (the “Poliakoff”) was returned to Brazil at a repatriation ceremony
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It has been an extraordinary move in a marathon legal battle between oil giant Chevron and the DC law and lobbying firm Patton Boggs. The latter, representing Ecudorian rain forest residents and having vowed to ensure a judgment against Chevron would be enforced have suddenly withdrawn and agreed to pay Chevron $15 million. The case
