By Riley Brennan | May 16, 2024
Grainger was granted recoupment against its former vice president of total rewards, Scott Witz, for $1.38 million in incentive awards and $292,692 in cash incentive payments, for compensation awarded during a period he used his company-issued laptop to allegedly possess child pornography, according to the opinion.
By Jimmy Hoover | May 16, 2024
"When a federal court finds that a dispute is subject to arbitration, and a party has requested a stay of the court proceeding pending arbitration, the court does not have discretion to dismiss the suit on the basis that all the claims are subject to arbitration," Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote.
By Richard J. Schager, Jr. | May 16, 2024
Procedures for obtaining a Preliminary Conference Order have been amended to permit lawyers to avoid the conference altogether if they meet certain criteria. Attorney Richard Schager, chair of the working groups at NYCBA and NYSBA that developed the amendments to §202.12, discusses the changes, including what prompted the proposal and what changes were made to the initial proposal in order to accommodate public comments.
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By Riley Brennan | May 15, 2024
"If someone is at the height of a mental health crisis and truly in need of commitment and wants to have voluntary commitment, it just seems so preposterous to me that they would be expected, in connection with that, to fill out an application," Chief Justice Debra Todd said Tuesday.
By Mason Lawlor | May 15, 2024
Insiders of Fang Holdings ultimately forced the company to spend around $130 million in order to acquire a 35.8% minority interest in a subsidiary, China Index Holdings, despite owning it outright just a few years earlier, according to the lawsuit.
By Charles Toutant | May 15, 2024
It's unclear why all the lights in the area were out, but it's possible that a prior accident caused a short circuit, said plaintiffs lawyer Guillermo Gonzalez.
By Riley Brennan | May 14, 2024
"Regardless of the type of business at issue, if a company holds itself out to a jurisdiction's business and does regular commerce there, it has fair warning that it could be subject to suit in that location," Judge Jane B. Stranch wrote.
By Riley Brennan | May 14, 2024
"Regardless of the type of business at issue, if a company holds itself out to a jurisdiction's business and does regular commerce there, it has fair warning that it could be subject to suit in that location," Stranch concluded.
By Ira Brad Matetsky | May 14, 2024
A discussion of two recent Court of Appeals decisions interpreting the COVID-19 executive orders that tolled statutes of limitations.
By Riley Brennan | May 13, 2024
"Here, the communications between Ms. Carter and Wake Forest are more aptly characterized as isolated or attenuated, and are insufficient to give rise to jurisdiction," Justice Cleo E. Powell said in the May 9 opinion.
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