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New Jersey Law Journal

Increased Cap on Workers' Comp Attorneys' Fees Benefits All New Jerseyans

"Contrary to what opponents of the fee increase would lead you to believe, all New Jerseyans ... stand to benefit from the increased cap," writes Michael Ralph Lombardi.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

As Strikes Soar, In-House Counsel Seek Strategies for Handling Labor Chaos

"They're just angry. Their brains are on fire. It's how well you can manage those brains on fire," said Deb Smolensky, senior vice president at the consulting firm NFP.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices Will Consider Straight Woman's Reverse Discrimination Case Against Ohio

Marlean Ames alleges her boss, a gay woman, passed over her for a key promotion that ultimately went to another gay woman unqualified for the position.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Developments in the Laws Governing Noncompete Agreements

"Employers should review their noncompete agreements and assess whether they are necessary to protect legitimate business interests, such as confidential information or goodwill," write Nicholas J. Pappas and Krista Bolles.
9 minute read

The Recorder

FTC Rule Banning Noncompetes Set Aside on Nationwide Basis by Federal Court

"The court also determined that the Final Rule was overbroad," write Ryan Glasgow, Christopher Pardo and Katherine Sandberg of Hunton Andrews Kurth.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Legal Tech Firm Takes on NLRB—and Wins

A legal tech company's refusal to enter collective bargaining had merit, the Fifth Circuit said, because a class of supervisors were improperly included in the bargaining unit. The decision went against the National Labor Relations Board.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Approves $433K in Attorney Fees for Servers in Restaurant Chain Wage Dispute

"Here, although KRG contends that plaintiffs' rates are unjustified because this case has been simple, the case's history contradicts their position. This case was not simple—it had been pending for three years before trial and involved both FLSA and class certification," U.S. District Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand of the Western District of Pennsylvania said.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Third Circuit Rules Temporary Back Injury Can Be Deemed Disability Under ADAAA

The hope was that many of the problems in having to prove an actual disability would go away following the amendments to the ADA in 2008 with the advent of the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA).
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Positional Conflicts Under ABA and New York Rule 1.7

"Positional conflicts can be a major barrier to firms participation in pro bono work involving direct delivery of services, but the barrier is one rooted more in perception rather than legal analysis of ethics rules," write Samuel Estreicher and Samuel Ball.
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

Labor Law §240(1): What is a Permanent Staircase?

When an injury occurs on or as a result of a permanent staircase, there is a marked split in the case law of the First and Second Appellate Departments, who have reached starkly different conclusions on the issue of whether a permanent stairway is an elevated work platform or safety device protected under §240(1).
7 minute read

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