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Goodwill Industries and OFCCP Settle Reverse Sex Discrimination Findings

by Matt Nusbaum | Proskauer - Government Contractor Compliance... on 5/23/2013

The Department of Labor announced that Goodwill Industries, best known for their donation centers and retail stores, has agreed to settle allegations of systemic discrimination stemming from Goodwill’s selection practices....more

EEOC Settles Sex Harassment and Retaliation Suit Against Grace Church and Episcopal Diocese of L.I.

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/23/2013

Suit Charged That Interim Rector Subjected Women to Groping and Sexual Remarks - NEW YORK - Grace Episcopal Church of Whitestone, Inc., a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, will pay $192,500 to settle a...more

Incentive Awards Corrupted Class Action Settlement By Undermining Adequacy Of Class Representatives And Counsel

by June D. Coleman, Danielle Teeters | Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 5/23/2013

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently considered “the issue of whether class representatives and class counsel are adequate where the settlement agreement conditions payment of incentive awards on...more

Ninth Circuit Reverses Class Action Coupon Settlement Because Attorneys Were Awarded Fees Based on Hours Worked Rather Than Coupon...

by Mira Serrill-Robins | Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 5/23/2013

On May 15 a Ninth Circuit panel reversed the district court’s approval of a class action settlement, holding that attorney’s fees awarded in connection with a coupon for the class members must be tied to actual redemption of...more

Bill on Bankruptcy: The Market's Unquenchable Thirst for Junk [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 5/22/2013

May 22 (Bloomberg) -- AMF Bowling Worldwide Inc. and Ahern Rentals Inc. are prime examples of the frothy market where junk-bond investors are fearless in the face of risk, as Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia and Bloomberg News...more

HHS Reaches $400,000 Settlement Of Alleged HIPAA Security Rule Violations For Disabling Firewall Protections

by Theodore Kobus III | BakerHostetler on 5/22/2013

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reported a $400,000 settlement with Idaho State University (ISU) for alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)...more

Hire A Lawyer With Fiscal Knowledge

by Bryan L. Salamone and Associates P.C. on 5/22/2013

Divorces often require complicated financial calculations. Finance isn’t part of any law school curriculum. It’s become a huge problem....more

CLS Bank Int'l v. Alice Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2013) (en banc) -- Chief Judge Rader's Concurrence-in-part and Dissent-in-part

by Michael Borella | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 5/21/2013

A previous post presented the background of this case, as well as Judge Lourie's plurality concurrence. As noted in that post, Alice's claimed inventions involved the reduction of settlement risk using a third-party...more

ERISA Litigation Alert: Check Your Plan Subrogation and Reimbursement Language to Eliminate “Contractual Gaps”

by Richard Birmingham | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/21/2013

In U.S. Airways v. McCutchen, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the ability of U.S. Airways’ health plan to recover medical expenses that it previously paid to the injured party from a third party settlement, but remanded the...more

Managing Peer Review Hearings and Litigation

by Michael Callahan, James Hutchison | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 5/21/2013

In this presentation: - Overview and recommendations regarding hearing procedures. - Ways to maximize confidentiality and immunity protections under state law, HCQIA and the Patient Safety Act. -...more

“ABT Settlement Agreement” For Asylum Applicants

by William Flynn | Fowler White Boggs P.A. on 5/21/2013

Under the Settlement Agreement in B.H., et al. v. USCIS, et al., No. CV11-2108-RAJ (W.D. Wash.) (also referred to as “ABT Settlement Agreement”), certain individuals who seek to file an asylum application or have already...more

Settlement Reached in Riverside County Solar Power Plant Policy Lawsuit - Settlement Pending Board of Supervisors’ Approval of...

by Sophie Akins, Robert Hargreaves | Best Best & Krieger LLP on 5/20/2013

Riverside County and the solar developers who challenged the county’s solar power plant ordinance in court came to a tentative settlement agreement, approved by a Riverside judge last week. Before the solar developers drop...more

Playing With Ralph Lauren: A Fair Settlement?

by Michael Volkov on 5/20/2013

The FCPA Paparazzi has been at it again – it is fascinating to watch the reaction of practitioners and commentators in the FCPA arena. ...more

Court Overturns $6.5M Verdict In First Actos Trial

by Sylvia Hsieh | Lawyers.com on 5/17/2013

Soon after a jury awarded $6.5 million to a California man who claimed the diabetes drug Actos caused him to develop bladder cancer, a court erased the verdict....more

Egg Giant National Food to Pay $650,000 To Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/17/2013

Employer Failed to Stop Supervisor's Sexual Demands, Retaliated Against Workers Who Spoke Out, Federal Agency Charged - SEATTLE - National Food Corporation, a major supplier of eggs to the Pacific Northwestern and...more

Demystifying European Antitrust Law

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 5/17/2013

In the first of a series of WSGR Alerts, the firm's Brussels attorneys outline the European Commission's proposed changes to the antitrust rules on licensing patents, software, know-how, and other intellectual property....more

Federal Rule 68 and FLSA Collective Actions

by Eric Holshouser, Katie Kelly | Fowler White Boggs P.A. on 5/17/2013

In Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk, 133 S. Ct. 1523 (2013), the Supreme Court of the United States last month ruled that an offer of judgment, which the parties agreed was sufficiently generous to satisfy the sole...more

Hepatitis B-infected Health Care Professionals Gain Stronger Protection Under Recent DOJ Settlement

by Chelsea Trotter | Nossaman LLP on 5/16/2013

In March 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) settled the first lawsuit of its kind with a New Jersey medical school over claims that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) by excluding two Hepatitis...more

FTC Approves Order Settling Data Breach Charges

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/15/2013

On May 3, the FTC approved a final order settling charges against a California-based cord blood bank firm alleged to have violated the FTC Act by failing to use reasonable and appropriate procedures for handling customers’...more

EEOC Has Settled its First Lawsuit Filed Alleging Genetic Discrimination

by Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 5/15/2013

On May 7, 2013, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it has settled its first lawsuit filed alleging that an employer violated the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)....more

"Ranbaxy Resolves Criminal and Civil Charges Through Record Settlement"

by John T. Bentivoglio, Jennifer L. Bragg, Maya Florence, Michael K. Loucks, Gregory M. Luce | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/15/2013

Executive Summary - On May 13, 2013, generic drug manufacturer Ranbaxy USA Inc. (Ranbaxy), a subsidiary of Indian generic drug manufacturer Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, pled guilty to seven felony charges as part of a...more

City of Harrisburg Settles With SEC on Rule 10b-5 Violations

by Michael G. Bailey, David Y. Bannard, Laura L. Bilas, Heidi H. Jeffery | Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/15/2013

Recently, the SEC settled with the City of Harrisburg (City) over violations of Rule 10b-5 in connection with material misstatements and omissions made by the City in its public statements and financial information, during a...more

Labor & Employment E-Note - May 14, 2013

by Amy Jordan, Bryance Metheny, John Paul Nefflen, Thomas Potter, III | Burr & Forman on 5/15/2013

In This Issue: - Court Rules NLRB's Workplace Union Notices Violated Law - NLRB Urges Regional Directors to Maintain High Settlement Rate - EEOC Seeing Rising Number of Age Discrimination Complaints - OSHA...more

State high court to hear settlement offer fee-shifting arguments

by Gary Watt | Archer Norris PLC on 5/15/2013

If a plaintiff makes a reasonable settlement offer, and it expires by operation of law, and then makes a second offer, does the latter extinguish the first for purpose of cost shifting provisions of section 998 sub-divison?...more

Assured and UBS Agree to Settle RMBS Litigation for $358 Million

by Orrick - Structured Finance Group on 5/14/2013

On May 6, monoline insurer Assured Guaranty Ltd. announced a $358 million settlement with UBS and its affiliates stemming from losses on residential mortgage-backed securities that were issued, sponsored or underwriten by...more

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Goodwill Industries and OFCCP Settle Reverse Sex Discrimination Findings

EEOC Settles Sex Harassment and Retaliation Suit Against Grace Church and Episcopal Diocese of L.I.

Incentive Awards Corrupted Class Action Settlement By Undermining Adequacy Of Class Representatives And Counsel

Ninth Circuit Reverses Class Action Coupon Settlement Because Attorneys Were Awarded Fees Based on Hours Worked Rather Than Coupon...

Bill on Bankruptcy: The Market's Unquenchable Thirst for Junk [Video]

HHS Reaches $400,000 Settlement Of Alleged HIPAA Security Rule Violations For Disabling Firewall Protections

Hire A Lawyer With Fiscal Knowledge

CLS Bank Int'l v. Alice Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2013) (en banc) -- Chief Judge Rader's Concurrence-in-part and Dissent-in-part

ERISA Litigation Alert: Check Your Plan Subrogation and Reimbursement Language to Eliminate “Contractual Gaps”

Managing Peer Review Hearings and Litigation

“ABT Settlement Agreement” For Asylum Applicants

Settlement Reached in Riverside County Solar Power Plant Policy Lawsuit - Settlement Pending Board of Supervisors’ Approval of...

Playing With Ralph Lauren: A Fair Settlement?

Court Overturns $6.5M Verdict In First Actos Trial

Egg Giant National Food to Pay $650,000 To Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Demystifying European Antitrust Law

Federal Rule 68 and FLSA Collective Actions

Hepatitis B-infected Health Care Professionals Gain Stronger Protection Under Recent DOJ Settlement

FTC Approves Order Settling Data Breach Charges

EEOC Has Settled its First Lawsuit Filed Alleging Genetic Discrimination

"Ranbaxy Resolves Criminal and Civil Charges Through Record Settlement"

City of Harrisburg Settles With SEC on Rule 10b-5 Violations

Labor & Employment E-Note - May 14, 2013

State high court to hear settlement offer fee-shifting arguments

Assured and UBS Agree to Settle RMBS Litigation for $358 Million

Bill on Bankruptcy: The Market's Unquenchable Thirst for Junk [Video]

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