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Beware: partial releases and waiver of claims are enforceable, but can be waived

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2013

In the construction industry, the payment application process usually requires contractors and subcontractors to complete a great deal of paperwork

D.C. Circuit court vacates the NLRB's notice posting rule

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

On May 7, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held in National Association of Manufacturers, et al. V. National

Federal Appeals Court deals blow to Florida’s so-called “Cuba amendment”

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • Cuba, USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

The case involves a Florida law, known as the "Cuba Amendment," 2002 Fla. Laws 196, 2, that broadly prohibits any company that does business in

Back to the future for damages in California, future damages must relate back to past paid (not billed) medical charges

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

In Corenbaum v. Lampkin, --- Cal.Rptr.3d ----, 2013 WL 1801996 (Cal.App. 2 Dist.), the court made it clear that when calculating damages in a

Worker's firings over Facebook complaints were improper: NLRB

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 8 2013

In the case Design Tech. Grp. LLC dba Bettie Page Clothing, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that employees of a clothing

District Court clarifies distinction between burdens of proof on stay relief and adequate protection in American Airlines bankruptcy

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 3 2013

In AMR Corporation, et al., Debtors, Case No. 12-3967, 2013 WL 1339123 (S.D.N.Y. April 3, 2013), the United States District Court for the Southern

DOJ using WWII-era Act to extend statutes of limitations

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 3 2013

According to the Wall Street Journal, the Justice Department has invoked the 1948 Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act (the "WSLA") in an effort to

Low bidder’s prevailing wage violation gives second-low bidder right to sue

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 2 2013

There may not be a law like it anywhere else in the country. But in Rhode Island, by statute, the second-low bidder can pursue a claim for damages if

Second Circuit establishes relevant time period for center of main interests determination under chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • British Virgin Islands, USA
  • -
  • April 29 2013

In Morning Mist Holdings Limited v. Krys (In re Fairfield Sentry Limited), Case No. 11-4376, 2013 WL 1593348 (2d Cir. April 16, 2013), the United

Can federal judges play any role in plea negotiations? The rules say “no”, but what should the remedy be if the rule is broken?

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 22 2013

Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1) is clear. It states that federal judges "must not participate" in plea discussions between a defendant