Mary Swanton

January 05, 2007 | Inside Counsel

Eli Lilly agreed Jan. 4 to settle most of the remaining lawsuits alleging that it failed to adequately warn patients that the anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa increases the risk of diabetes. In agreeing to settle approximately 18,000 suits filed by 14 plaintiffs' firms, the company announced that it will take a...

By Mary Swanton

3 minute read

December 31, 2006 | Inside Counsel

Democrats' clean sweep in the midterm elections puts tort reform on hold.

By Mary Swanton

6 minute read

December 31, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

Stuart Edward Payne worked as a mechanic for the Fairfax County, Va., Department of Vehicle Services in 2001 when a doctor diagnosed him with panic disorder, irritable bowel syndrome and Epstein-Barr disease. In October 2001, he began taking intermittent leave under the FMLA. He exhausted all 480 hours of his...

By Mary Swanton

14 minute read

December 31, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

Democrats' clean sweep in the midterm elections puts tort reform on hold.

By Mary Swanton

6 minute read

December 31, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

Employee demands for religious accommodations land companies in court.

By Mary Swanton

21 minute read

December 31, 2006 | Inside Counsel

Employee demands for religious accommodations land companies in court.

By Mary Swanton

21 minute read

December 15, 2006 | Inside Counsel

The SEC voted Dec. 13 to allow companies to distribute proxy materials to shareholders using the Internet. The amendments to the commission's proxy rules provide that a company may, but is not required to, furnish proxy materials through a "notice and access" model. A company following the model must post...

By Mary Swanton

3 minute read

December 08, 2006 | Inside Counsel

Hundreds of Wall Street firms and their officers won a major victory Dec. 5 in litigation over alleged price fixing of IPOs during the dot-com boom when the 2nd Circuit rejected class action status in Miles v. Merrill Lynch. The appeals court panel found that a lower court judge had...

By Mary Swanton

4 minute read

December 01, 2006 | Inside Counsel

The Labor Department announced Nov. 30 that is reviewing regulations governing the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Labor and employment attorneys have complained for years that the existing regulations contain many ambiguities and fail to address issues that have arisen since the law passed in 1993. Employers are especially...

By Mary Swanton

2 minute read

November 30, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

Employers get tripped up on laws protecting the mentally ill.

By Mary Swanton

19 minute read