This edition of the Quarterly State Compliance Review looks at some legislation of interest to corporate lawyers that went into effect between May 1 and July 1, 2012, as well as some recent cases of interest. It includes two rulings from Delaware's courts, and decisions from California and New York on whether corporate officers may sue for wrongful termination.
With the proper tools, support from corporate management, a motivated audit team and a few guidelines, a privacy audit can be conducted using primarily internal resources and with little or no business disruption.
In a major victory for secured creditors, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that a Chapter 11 plan involving a sale of secured property free and clear of a creditor's lien must afford the secured creditor the right to credit bid for the property under section 363(k) of title 11 of the United States Code.
Pharmaceutical companies scored a major victory on June 18 when a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that the industry's sales representatives are not eligible for overtime pay.
Legislation to allow online gambling in New Jersey continues to make progress, despite concerns over its constitutionality.
Google Inc. took home a defense verdict on May 23 in its smartphone fight with Oracle Corp. after a jury rejected all claims of patent infringement.
As an update to our article in the June 2011 issue, this article highlights important case developments and new legal trends that have emerged with respect to the collection of state sales taxes by online retailers, as well as a general overview of online sales taxes and the constitutionality of click-through affiliate relationships.
For a class of older television writers suing studios, networks and talent agencies for age discrimination, a $70 million settlement reached in 2010 was a happy ending. For the writers' lawyers, though, it was only the opening act in a story line that might seem clich' to some of their clients ' a fight over money.
Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.
In the light of Keane,a first step to successfully arguing that business income should be excluded from consideration for maintenance is to demonstrate that the business value includes some intangible component.
