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Latest articles
The top five employee benefits and executive compensation traps in M&A transactions
McDermott Will & Emery
In M&A transactions, many lawyers (and clients) assume that employee benefits issues are tangential to the overall business deal and will "work themselves out" after the deal closes.
Proposed revisions to the notice of privacy practices under HITECH: do we have to give our NPP to every patient again?
Baird Holm LLP
We have heard from many of you that the AHA and others are disseminating information that suggests that health care providers will be required to hand out its revised Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) again (and obtain another acknowledgement) once changes are made to the NPP as required by the proposed rules implementing the HITECH Act.
No "BAA-n" on flying this August bank holiday
MacRoberts LLP
As you will be aware, it was recently reported that airport workers employed by BAA had voted three to one in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay.
Eighth Circuit rules on diversity jurisdiction for federal actions to compel arbitration
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge
A decision of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, Northport Health Services of Arkansas, LLC v. Rutherford, No. 09-2433 (8th Cir. 2010), recently held that diversity of citizenship jurisdiction in the context of a motion to compel arbitration under § 4 of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) can be determined by looking at the citizenship of the parties named in the proceedings before the district court, plus any indispensible parties who must be joined.
Public consultation on radio electric spectrum
Baker & McKenzie
The Spanish Ministry for Industry has launched a public consultation on the reallocation of the radio electric spectrum in the 900MHz, 1800MHz and 2.6GHz frequency bands as well as the 800MHz frequency band (also known as the digital dividend).
"Officer-Shareholder" exclusion in crime policy bars coverage for embezzlement scheme
Wiley Rein LLP
A U.S. District Court in Missouri, applying Missouri law, has held that an exclusion in a crime policy, barring coverage for any claim relating to the wrongful acts of an “Officer-Shareholder, whether acting alone or in collusion with others,” applied to a claim alleging that an employee assisted and independently profited from the insureds’ former president’s embezzlement scheme.
"Officer-Shareholder" exclusion in crime policy bars coverage for embezzlement scheme
Wiley Rein LLP
A U.S. District Court in Missouri, applying Missouri law, has held that an exclusion in a crime policy, barring coverage for any claim relating to the wrongful acts of an “Officer-Shareholder, whether acting alone or in collusion with others,” applied to a claim alleging that an employee assisted and independently profited from the insureds’ former president’s embezzlement scheme.
U.S. Justice Department's new ADA regulations and accessibility guidelines for places of public accommodation and public entities
Duane Morris LLP
On July 23, 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released new regulations, under title II and title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), on accessibility for public entities and places of public accommodation.
Madoff and charities: some due diligence on the investment adviser for Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Ivy Asset Management LLC - Installment 34
Fox Rothschild LLP
This is the thirty-fourth in a series of Installments on this blog that discusses issues that arose in the aftermath of the Bernard L. Madoff (“Madoff”) scandal.
Supremacy clause and Federal Arbitration Act supersedes Michigan statute prohibiting out-of-state arbitrations
Goldberg Segalla LLP
In a dispute between a franchisor and the franchisee regarding a series of business issues involving the agreement between the parties, the franchisee sought to arbitrate this dispute.