In order to present an argument on appeal, a party must have raised the same argument—that is, an argument based on the same facts and the same legal rule—in the District Court. Merely having raised an issue in the District Court that encompasses the...
Two unidentified Connecticut teenagers have been criminally charged, accused of allowing a 17-year-old Glastonbury High School student they knew to be "highly intoxicated" to operate a sport-utility vehicle.
f you are a federal contractor or subcontractor that has, or should have, an existing affirmative action plan (AAP), you need to be aware of the upcoming Office of Federal Contract Compliance’s (OFCCP) final rules that take effect March 24, 2014. The...
First you have the problem and then you have the litigation. This more-or-less iron rule of American life will be honored once again in the aftermath of the “roll out” of Obamacare. The design and operational failures of the federal insurance...
The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance published “Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations” (CDIs) on Wednesday, December 4, 2013, that provide important clarification regarding the scope of the “bad...
After years of fitful progress and failure, Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) and Germany (collectively the “P5+1”) reached a tentative,...
The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010, signed by President Obama in January 2011, sets aside $4.2 billion for the World Trade Center Health Program to test and treat workers, volunteers and other survivors of the attacks on...
In the early morning hours of November 22, 2009, Kylie Asam’s life changed forever. A fiery accident with a semi truck killed three members of Kylie’s family. In October of this year, a jury awarded Kylie $150 million in damages in a wrongful death...
In This Issue: *U.S. SUPREME COURT: - Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., No. 13-317 (U.S. Nov. 15, 2013) Lawson v. FMR LLC, No. 12-3 (U.S. Nov. 12, 2013) - Chadbourne & Parke LLP v. Troice, No. 12-79, Willis of Colorado Inc. v....
