In einer lang ersehnten Entscheidung hat das Bundesarbeitsgericht (Urteil vom 10. Dezember 2013 – 9 AZR 51/13) gestern zu der Frage Stellung genommen, ob eine dauerhafte Arbeitnehmerüberlassung automatisch zu einer Festanstellung beim Entleiher...
In This Issue - Main Article: ..World Class: The International Proliferation of Class Actions Noted With Interest: ..Inequitable Conduct After Therasense: Calling a Knave a Knave Practice Area Notes: ..Securities Litigation Update...
In This Issue: Regulatory Updates - SEC Continues to Look at a Uniform Fiduciary Standard for Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers; SEC Grants Unusual Exemptive Relief from Pay-to-Play “Time-Out” Provision; Fund Names Are No Place for...
The CFPB's Ombudsman’s released its second annual report detailing its activities from October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013. The report noted that the Ombudsman had received more than 1,400 inquiries in the past year—nearly twice as many as in...
A 16-year-old driver has been sentenced to 10 years of probation by a Texas juvenile court judge after pleading guilty last week to drunken driving and intoxication manslaughter concerning a June chain-reaction accident he caused that killed four people.
Mike Tyson's criminal past is catching up to him, as the former heavyweight champion was barred from entering Britain due to his prior rape conviction. The 47-year-old former athlete was scheduled to arrive in the U.K.
In light of custody-related deficiencies identified by the Massachusetts Securities Division in recent examinations of Massachusetts-registered investment advisers, the Division released a Policy Statement on November 14, 2013 concerning compliance...
The federal courts have been divided regarding how to handle motions to enforce contractual forum selection provisions. Some courts have held that the plaintiff’s choice of a forum other than the one provided by contract makes venue improper in the...
Wow—You need to know what happened last week in the Sixth Circuit: Disgorgement of profits as a remedy in an ERISA long term disability case? Rochow v. LINA, __ F.3d __, 2013 WL 6333440 (6th Cir. December 6, 2013)(In a 2-1 decision, Court...
