Civil Remedies, Business Organization, Election & Politics Law

New Justice Department's FIRREA Cases Against Banks: Holding The Victim Responsible

by Robert J. Anello | Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C.... on 5/16/2013

The government’s ever-evolving response to the United States financial crisis has come full circle, as civil Justice Department Attorneys seek to rely on legislation enacted to protect financial institutions from fraud to sue...more

Does The Victims Of Corporate Fraud Compensation Fund Deny Due Process?

by Keith Paul Bishop | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 12/19/2012

In notorious defiance of the California Constitution, the legislature in 2002 established the Victims of Corporate Fraud Compensation Fund. See Victims of Corporate Fraud. The purpose of the fund is to provide ”restitution to...more

Eighth Circuit Questions Minnesota Reporting Requirements for Independent Expenditures

by Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 9/10/2012

In a split decision, the full Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a Minnesota District Court’s denial of a motion for a preliminary injunction, noting that the appellants, Minnesota business entities, are likely to...more

Some Important Bills To Watch Tomorrow

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 7/2/2012

Tomorrow, the Assembly Judiciary Committee will hear several important bills that passed out of the Senate: - SB 323 (Vargas) - This bill would enact the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act to...more

ALEC Puts the Screws to Asbestos Victims

by Lawyers.com on 5/24/2012

Craig Grigonis, a third generation insulation installer in Michigan, watched his father die in 1987 of mesothelioma, a deadly form of cancer with one known cause: exposure to asbestos. Before he died, his father James,...more

Groups Sponsoring Electioneering Communications Must Disclose All Donors Pending Appeal of District Court Order

by Venable LLP on 5/22/2012

Advocacy groups and trade associations that fund political advertisements may be compelled to make heightened donor disclosures as a result of recent litigation. The expanded disclosure requirements apply to “electioneering...more

The New NRLB Rules: What is the Current Status?

by Davis Brown Law Firm on 5/18/2012

On May 15, 2012, the Federal District Court in Washington, D.C. enjoined effect of the new NLRB election rules, noting in the opinion that the the National Labor Relations Board did not have a legal quorum voting when the...more

Federal Court Invalidates NLRB’s ‘Ambush Election’ Rule

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/17/2012

Finding that no quorum existed to allow the National Labor Relations Board to take administrative action, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., has struck down the NLRB’s attempt to change the way it handled elections in the...more

Federal Court Enjoins NLRB’s "Ambush Election" Rule on Procedural Grounds; Reprieve for Employers May Prove Short-Lived

by Saul Ewing LLP on 5/17/2012

On Monday, May 14, 2012 a federal court in Washington, D.C. issued an Order invalidating the NLRB's controversial "ambush election" rules which took effect on April 30, 2012, on grounds that the rules were not properly...more

Judge Blocks NLRB's Union Election Rules

by Pierce Atwood LLP on 5/17/2012

On Monday, a federal judge in Washington, D.C. blocked the National Labor Relations Board’s controversial new rules concerning the union representation election process that had gone into effect at the end of April 2012. The...more

Act Now Advisory: Court Strikes Down NLRB "Quickie Election" Rules .

by Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. on 5/17/2012

In a sharp setback for the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”), a federal district court in Washington, D.C. (the “Court”), struck down the Board’s election rules, which took effect on April 30, 2012, on technical...more

NLRB Notice Posting Requirement and New Representation Election Rules

by Miller Canfield on 5/17/2012

On August 25, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a rule requiring essentially all private employers to post a notice informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (the Act). ...more

Judge Rules NLRB's Fast-Track Election Rule Invalid

by Bracewell & Giuliani LLP on 5/16/2012

On May 14, 2012, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, a 2011 Obama appointee to the Washington, D.C. District Court, found invalid the National Labor Relations Board's recent rule that would speed up union elections, because...more

The Case Of The Board Member Who Didn’t Show Up – Or Did She?

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 5/16/2012

Consider a board with a total of five authorized members but with only three members in office. The board is facing a various contentious decision on whether to engage in a transaction. Two of the board members favor...more

There’s Something About Section 800 And ISS Adds Panelist

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 1/24/2012

California Corporations Code Section 800 governs derivative lawsuits. Yesterday, I wrote about the fact that the California legislature has made Section 800 expressly applicable to foreign corporations (as defined in Section...more

Flags on Condominium Property

by Heenan Blaikie LLP on 10/11/2011

John Carmichael, Member of Parliament for Don Valley West recently introduced a private member's bill that prohibits any person to prevent the displaying of the national flag of Canada so long as the flag is displayed in a...more

Update on Redevelopment Law: Litigation Proceeds - Uncertainty Continues

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/5/2011

True to their promise, the California Redevelopment Association, or CRA, and the California League of Cities, or CLC, petitioned the California Supreme Court on July 15, 2011 for a writ of mandate challenging the...more

Proponents of Extracting Slavery Reparations From Private Interests Must Contend with Equity's Maxims

by Charles E. Rounds, Jr. on 8/3/2011

Charles E. Rounds, Jr., Proponents of Extracting Slavery Reparations From Private Interests Must Contend with Equity’s Maxims, 42 U. Tol. L. Rev. 673 (2011): That the national conversation on slavery reparations has been, and...more

Damages for negligent misstatement - McKie v Swindon College

by PHILIP HENSON on 5/2/2011

HR practitioners and lawyers will be familiar with the UK case of Spring v Guardian Assurance [1995] 2 AC 296, that an employee may make such a claim following a reference negligently prepared by an employer. Regular readers...more

Delaware Chancery Court Enjoins Stockholder Vote For Lack Of Adequate Disclosures In Proxy Statement

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/22/2010

In Maric Capital Master Fund, Ltd. v. PLATO Learning, Inc., C.A. No. 5402-VCS (Del. Ch. May 13, 2010), the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware granted plaintiff Maric Capital Master Fund’s (“Maric”) motion for a...more

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