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

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

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

Statute of limitation's discovery rule not applicable to cases involving conversion of negotiable instruments where victim is not in a place to discover injury

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
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  • USA
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  • November 12 2012

The Fifth District of the Illinois Appellate Court recently affirmed a trial court's refusal to apply the discovery rule to toll the statute of limitations and the entry of summary judgment in an action for conversion of negotiable instruments

In California, a settling defendant may not be truly out of the case

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
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  • USA
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  • October 4 2012

The California Supreme Court recently ruled that in cases where the trial judge has not certified that a settlement was reached in good faith, the non-settling defendants may later sue the settling defendant if the jury apportions additional fault to the settling defendant

Dissolved companies receive certainty on post-dissolution lawsuits

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
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  • 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

Risks and rewards of sales requirements in distributor and sales representative agreements

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
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  • USA
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  • March 8 2013

Suppliers, when appointing a distributor or a sales representative, will often want to include minimum sales requirements. These requirements both

Termination for being too attractive not sex discrimination

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 7 2013

On December 21, 2012, the Iowa Supreme Court dismissed a case filed by Melissa Nelson, whom the Court described as an "irresistibly attractive" dental

Protecting your ownership of employee-created intellectual property

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
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  • USA
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  • July 23 2010

Most employers assume that any intellectual property ("IP") created by an employee in connection with the employee's job duties will automatically become the exclusive property of the employer

California arbitration agreements can allow for emergency court orders

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
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  • 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

Seventh Circuit gives green light to carriers' indemnity claims against purchaser

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
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  • USA
  • -
  • November 12 2012

A purchaser whose employees personally intervene in negotiations between shipping intermediaries can be bound by the terms of the bill of lading