Faced with a question not yet addressed by the Third Circuit, a federal judge in Pennsylvania found an employer, as well as individual managers, may be held liable for an employee’s claim of a hostile work environment based on conduct by a...
After their living room ceiling collapsed, Heather and David Hutchinson submitted a claim for approximately $25,000 in damages to State Farm Fire & Casualty Company under their homeowners' policy. State Farm denied the claim and the Hutchinsons sued...
A Resolution has been propsed to the House for consideration that would recognize the Federal Government’s duty “to create a Green New Deal.” It sets forth a very ambitious 10-year program to mobilize and transform every aspect of American life to...
Virginia’s General Assembly recently approved a bill amending the Statute of Conveyances to remove the requirement that the conveyance of an estate in land for a term of more than five years must be in the form of a deed and to validate all existing...
Prior to the government shutdown, it seemed that the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act might pass as an amendment to the spending package with strong bipartisan support. But that was not to be. Now members of the U.S. House and Senate, led by...
Data rights > data ownership? That’s the position taken by Privacy International in its response to the recent editorial by artist wil.i.am in The Economist which called for tech giants to pay individuals for their data:...
The TCPA: Who Will Dictate Its Reach – the FCC or the Courts? Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation has hit the federal courts in a tidal wave of class action claims with almost unlimited financial exposure. More than 4,000 separate...
Despite the military service of their husbands and wives, military spouses who are in the country illegally may be deported and might need help to adjust their statuses. One does not need to be U.S. citizens to join the U.S. Armed Forces, but they do...
Following up on its recently-elected governor’s campaign pledge, the Illinois legislature has fast-tracked the “Lifting Up Illinois Working Families Act,” under which the state’s minimum wage will increase to $15.00 per hour over the next six years....
