Preston Hollow Capital LLC v. Nuveen LLC, C.A. No. 2019-0169-SG (Del. Ch. Aug. 13, 2019). The Court of Chancery in several recent decisions has addressed the limited circumstances in which it may have jurisdiction to enjoin future speech....
In a departure from the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other state anti-discrimination laws, the Washington Supreme Court (7-2) recently ruled that obesity “always” qualifies as an impairment under the Washington Law Against...
On August 20, 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an amendment to the New York Human Rights Law which grants additional employment protections to victims of domestic violence, similar to those already provided by the New York City Human Rights Law....
On Aug. 29, 2019, the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) issued Bulletin 19-14. The purpose of the bulletin is to inform insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, managed care organizations, managed general...
Avande Inc. v. Evans, C.A. No. 2018-0203-AGB (Del. Ch. Aug. 13, 2019). A director of a Delaware corporation who stands on both sides of a challenged transaction must prove the entire fairness of the transaction....
DHS has proposed a fee of $10 per H-1B petition. The agency considers this to be an “appropriate, nominal fee” to recover some costs involved. In January 2019, DHS published the rule establishing an H-1B electronic registration system. At that time,...
In a New York Times opinion article from Sunday, September 1st, written by Geeta Anand, she notes that the number of assisted living facilities have nearly tripled in the past 20 years and are creating a lucrative return to its investors — nearly 15...
On August 27, 2019, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) issued a Federal Notice stating its intent to issue new regulations for its marijuana growers program for scientific and medical research. The adjustments to its policies and practices...
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board recently affirmed the refusal to register a trademark application for BIG SIX for wine on the ground that the term is generic or descriptive of wines. In re Plata Wine Partners, LLC, Serial No. 87292254 (August...
Most courts apply a "primary " or "predominant" purpose standard when assessing privilege protection for communications serving both business and legal purposes. While on the D.C. Circuit, Judge Kavanaugh articulated a much more favorable standard –...
