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National Law Journal

Anthem Won't Pay Breakup Fee, Uber Clashes With Regulators (Again), and the Cool Richard Cordray

Anthem Inc. is dropping its bid to acquire rival health insurer Cigna Corp., and the company's stepping up the conflict in refusing to pay a $1.85 billion breakup fee. Uber Technologies and San Francisco tax authorities are fighting over public access to driver names and addresses—the latest confrontation between the ride-hailing company and regulators. And the clock expired on a Republican-led bid, through the Congressional Review Act, to void the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's prepaid card rule. This is a roundup of regulatory action.
28 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

School Dist. of Phila. v. Commonwealth Ass'n of School Adm'r, PICS Case No. 17-0712 (Pa. Commw. April 25, 2017) Brobson, J.(22 pages).

Trial court erred in vacating arbitrator's award reinstating terminated school principal because the court erred in using the statutory definition of "cause" to overturn the arbitrators' interpretation of "cause" in the CBA, erred in holding that the arbitrator did not have the authority to modify the discipline imposed by the school district and erred in finding that the decision to reinstate the principal violated an established public policy. Reversed.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cruz-Ortiz v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Bd. (McFarland Landscape Serv.), PICS Case No. 17-0698 (Pa. Commw. April 27, 2017) Pellegrini, J. (10 pages).

Prior counsel not entitled to contingent fee on settlement offer "on the table" at the time of discharge, where offer was withdrawn by subsequent counsel and a substantially different offer was then negotiated by subsequent counsel. Order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board affirmed.
7 minute read

ThinkAdvisor

Killing Fiduciary Rule Seen as New DOL Chief's Top Priority

Labor Secretary R. Alexander Acosta has made halting the fiduciary rule's June 9 compliance date as a top priority, with published reports saying…
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

In Re N.J.A.C. 12:17-2.1

Regulatory Definition of "Simple Misconduct" by Employees Overturned for Conflating Concepts
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Employers Face 'Unprecedented' Uncertainty, Littler Survey Finds

Uncertainty is a common theme among employers this year thanks, in part, to new technologies, an unpredictable Trump administration and a web of new compliance standards on every government level, according to an annual survey from the law firm Littler Mendelson.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Employers Face 'Unprecedented' Uncertainty, Littler Survey Finds

Uncertainty is a common theme among employers this year thanks, in part, to new technologies, an unpredictable Trump administration and a web of new compliance standards on every government level, according to an annual survey from the law firm Littler Mendelson.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Appeals Court Backs Workers' Compensation Rate Hike

Rejecting arguments that Florida's Sunshine Law was violated, an appeals court upheld a 14.5 percent increase in workers' compensation insurance rates that began to hit businesses in December.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

US Supreme Court to Look at Corporate Liability Over Mosquito Bites

Mosquitoes now are at the center of a liability question the U.S. Supreme Court could consider for the first time Thursday: Should the Union Pacific railroad company have protected employee William Nami and other workers from the mosquitoes? In a 5-1 ruling, the Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the rail company. But courts are split on the issue.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

US Supreme Court to Look at Corporate Liability Over Mosquito Bites

Mosquitoes now are at the center of a liability question the U.S. Supreme Court could consider for the first time Thursday: Should the Union Pacific railroad company have protected employee William Nami and other workers from the mosquitoes? In a 5-1 ruling, the Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the rail company. But courts are split on the issue.
15 minute read

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