Marianna Wharry

February 27, 2023 | Law.com

An Oregon woman's challenge to a lawsuit from the state's Department of Health and Human Services failed Thursday after the state Court of Appeals…

By Marianna Wharry

4 minute read

February 23, 2023 | Law.com

"This is a significant victory for tribal sovereignty," Attorney General Bob Ferguson said in a press release from his office. "Washington law strikes the right balance by permitting sports betting and confining it to tribal casinos, where tribes have experience carefully regulating gambling where individuals must be physically present."

By Marianna Wharry

4 minute read

February 22, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune

A trial court's financial orders following a judgment to dissolve a couple's marriage abused its discretion with an excessive award of alimony because pandemic unemployment assistance appeared to bolster his income, the Connecticut Appellate Court held.

By Marianna Wharry

3 minute read

February 17, 2023 | Law.com

"We do not deny Yakima School District all action to ensure the safety of its students," Judge George Fearing wrote for the Washington State Court of Appeals panel. "The school district may petition for an extended expulsion based on safety concerns. Nevertheless, the school district did not follow these procedures. Instead, it extended M.G.'s long-term suspension for an indefinite period of time in violation of RCW 28A.600.015(1)."

By Marianna Wharry

5 minute read

February 16, 2023 | Law.com

"Though workers in restaurants and grocery stores face risks while providing a similarly essential service of making food available to customers, it is reasonable for the City to view the work of food delivery network drivers as serving a different, additional purpose of minimizing person-to-person contact in otherwise highly trafficked areas; it is likewise reasonable for the [c]ity to choose to incentivize that work by requiring premium pay," Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis wrote in the lead opinion.

By Marianna Wharry

6 minute read

February 10, 2023 | Law.com

"Leggo is evidently upset that he has not been able to work the full extent as other M.C. Dean employees because by refusing to disclose his vaccination status, he has been deemed unvaccinated," Brinkema wrote. "[H]owever, the pleadings filed by plaintiff make clear that M.C. Dean's COVID-19 policy was a response to the vaccination and testing requirements of its customers given the ongoing pandemic, and his claims that M.C. Dean discriminated or retaliated against him on a perceived disability are therefore implausible and conclusory."

By Marianna Wharry

4 minute read

February 09, 2023 | Law.com

The Washington State Supreme Court explored the meaning of "counsel" as opposed to "effective counsel" for the first time when it considered if an…

By Marianna Wharry

4 minute read

February 08, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

"Unionization is hitting where millennials are working, as a generalization," said Matt Austin, an employer-side attorney at Austin Legal in Columbus, Ohio.

By Marianna Wharry

6 minute read

February 07, 2023 | Law.com

"Relative to the first alleged breach, and as explained in more detail in the factual background, Shaw's and Nagel's communications with Nixer Comp were efforts to promote and pitch the PayGo software as the best solution to meet Nixer Comp's needs. They did not divulge, let alone transfer, confidential or proprietary information of the PayGo software or of PayGo, LLC during the April 2020 meeting or in other communications with Nixer Comp or MIS," Cabell wrote.

By Marianna Wharry

3 minute read

February 02, 2023 | Law.com

On Tuesday, actor Alec Baldwin was officially charged with involuntary manslaughter connected to the shooting and death of "Rust" cinematographer…

By Marianna Wharry

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