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Marshall Dennehey, Ex-Associate Settle Claustrophobia Claims

The associate claimed she suffered severe anxiety from working on the 24th floor and alleged that the firm failed to accommodate her condition.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

'King of Coal' Don Blankenship Loses Supreme Court Appeal

Donald Blankenship, the former chief executive of coal giant Massey Energy Co., was convicted at trial on a misdemeanor charge and sentenced to a year in jail.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

CSX Vows to Appeal Verdict Over Death on Allman Movie Set

A Savannah jury returned a verdict of $11.2 million late Monday after a six-day trial stemming from a fatal train accident on the set of "Midnight Rider"—of which CSX Railroad is required to pay $3.9 million, according to the jury's apportionment, though it has promised to appeal.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Trump Administration Focus on Opioids Reflected in DOJs Largest Ever Health Care Fraud Action

In what the U.S. Department of Justice called on Thursday the largest health care fraud enforcement action in the agency's history, more than 400 defendants nationwide have been charged with defrauding taxpayers of $1.3 billion.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Littler Mendelson's William Emanuel, Trump Pick for NLRB, Discloses Clients, Compensation

Littler Mendelson's William Emanuel, one of President Donald Trump's nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, identified 49 former clients in a financial disclosure and said he would recuse himself, for up to a year, if any of the companies appear before the agency. Emanuel and fellow NLRB nominee Marvin Kaplan are set for confirmation hearings Thursday.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Littler Mendelson's William Emanuel, Trump Pick for NLRB, Discloses Clients, Compensation

Uber, one of the Los Angeles shareholder's clients, has clashed with the labor board.Littler Mendelson's William Emanuel, one of President…
5 minute read

National Law Journal

What Labor Lawyers Are Saying About Marvin Kaplan, Trump's First NLRB Pick

Long-time public sector attorney Marvin Kaplan was tapped Monday by President Donald Trump for a vacancy on the National Labor Relations Board, moving the agency tasked with ruling on major disputes between businesses and unions one step closer to a Republican majority for the first time in nearly a decade.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Mental Illness Becomes Major Issue in Legal Community

The death by suicide of prominent Miami trial attorney Ervin Gonzalez has brought into focus the issue of mental illness in the legal community.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Renninger v. A&R Machine Shop, PICS Case No. 17-0650 (Pa. Super. April 11, 2017) Stabile, J. (29 pages).

By | April 28, 2017
If trial court erred in admitting evidence of employer's conduct in injured employee's strict products liability action against designer, manufacturer and supplier of caster that injured employee, that error was harmless because the jury was instructed that employer's conduct was relevant only if the jury deemed it a superseding cause of the accident and the jury found that the caster was not defective. Affirmed.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Guantanamo Defense Attorneys Sue Over Work Conditions

The attorneys, which include civilian and JAG lawyers, say they are forced to work in conditions that expose them to carcinogens while defending a client from the death penalty.
10 minute read

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