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Effort to reverse arbitration award fails

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 14 2013

In a recent Risk Management Update, we described the "arbitration from hell" in which the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and vacated an

The arbitration from hell

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 6 2013

Supporters of arbitration as a form of dispute resolution point to its many advantages. These include quicker resolution, finality and use of an

California employment law: anatomy of a Court of Appeal case

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 5 2013

Employment law changes through two primary methods: legislation and appellate court decisions. However, reading and interpreting either a new law or

Reasonable accommodations for employees with multiple sclerosis - what does the law require?

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

With an estimated 400,000 people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis ("MS") in the United States, it is not surprising that legal issues have flared up

Lessons for secured creditors in recent decision

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 2 2013

A recent Seventh Circuit decision authored by Judge Posner offers several lessons for secured creditors competing over the same collateral

Forum selection clause enforces "home court" advantage

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 16 2013

As playoff season approaches in professional football, basketball and other sports, teams will compete for "home court" advantage. Most teams will

FLSA: buyer of assets beware or you might get teed off

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 8 2013

The purchaser of a company's assets has been held liable for the company's alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act by virtue of the

California arbitration agreements can allow for emergency court orders

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 22 2013

In Baltazar v. Forever 21, Inc., No. B237173 (Cal. App. Dec. 20, 2012), California's Second District Court of Appeal enforced an employer's

Dissolved companies receive certainty on post-dissolution lawsuits

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 22 2013

The Illinois Supreme Court recently provided certainty to dissolving corporations with respect to the risk of facing a lawsuit even after it has long

Without a license, distributor not franchisee, says New Jersey Federal Court

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 19 2013

One of the banes of a commercial lawyer is the distinction between an ordinary distributorship and a "franchise" under state law. Most states have