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Laner Muchin, Ltd.

What’s In Your COBRA Notice? The Answer May Lead To A Class Action Lawsuit

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As previously reported in the Fast Laner, a number of large employers were hit by a wave of class action lawsuits in 2016 involving claims related to deficient COBRA notices. In the case involving Wal-Mart, a federal judge in...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Check your COBRA Notice!

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Just when you thought it was “safe to go back in the water,” a new flurry of class action claims based on asserted deficient COBRA notices is drawing the interest of class action plaintiff law firms....more

Perkins Coie

Avoiding COBRA’s Bite: Measures to Counter COBRA Class Actions

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With the filing of a class action complaint in late 2016 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. became the latest large company accused of failing to provide adequate notices as...more

Troutman Pepper

No Smoking = No Vaping?

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The days of lighting up at the office are making a comeback in some workplaces, thanks to the growing popularity of electronic cigarettes. According to the Centers for Disease Control, in 2013, one in five adult smokers...more

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