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Latest articles
Another taxpayer bites the dust, this time for being one day too late
McKirdy & Riskin PA
A Tax Court judge dismissed a complaint that arrived by regular mail one day past the statutory filing deadline.
Whistleblower claims $1.6 billion in unclaimed property lawsuit against two leading US life carriers
Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
In January 2011, Total Asset Recovery Services, LLC, a company describing itself as “an investigative group of professionals tasked with locating lost or unrecoverable assets on behalf of rightful owners and creditors,” filed a lawsuit under seal against two leading life insurers in Illinois state court.
Notice of appeal filed before Rule 54(b) certification is nevertheless timely
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
James Piggee runs the organization Giving Education Meaningful Substance.
ERISA preemption of Michigan Paid Claims Assessment Act
Faegre Baker Daniels
We previously posted regarding Michigan’s Paid Claims Assessment Act (the “Act”) which assesses carriers a 1% surcharge on paid health claims.
"100% healed" policy is not a per se ADA violation
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
USF Holland is a large regional trucking company.
Cloud computing and privacy issues: implications for businesses
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Due to cloud computing’s borderless and infinite storage potential, vast amount of information can be collected and stored.
Seventh Circuit clarifies class certification standards on Daubert challenges to expert testimony and predominance requirement
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
In the context of antitrust litigation, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that courts must subject expert testimony critical to a class certification ruling to a Daubert analysis if the testimony is challenged and that requiring common answers to common questions imposes a degree of uniformity not demanded by Rule 23(b)(3)’s predominance inquiry.
Oracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc.
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Plaintiff owner of copyright in “Java,” a software platform, brought suit against defendant owner of Android, a competing software platform designed for mobile computing devices, claiming infringement of its patents and copyrighted works related to incremental improvements to the efficiency and security of the Java system.
Compliance corner - state immigration law update: South Carolina
Ogletree Deakins
While comprehensive immigration reform remains stalled at the federal level, individual states continue to implement measures relating to immigration.
Delaware Court of Chancery decision enforces "no-action" clause under New York law
Herrick Feinstein LLP
On December 6, 2011, the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed claims brought by the holder of 15% of the auction rate notes issued under an indenture of trust as being barred by the "no-action" clause of the indenture and not subject to exception.