Commercial Law

  • Are Americans taking to heart the talk of politicians and some private-sector observers that the long-punishing economic and financial crisis that has put businesses into scrapbooks and people on the street is on the wane? The Census Bureau said recently that preliminary estimated U.S. retail e-commerce sales shot up 4% from the second quarter, tallying $41.5 billion.

    December 28, 2010Michael Lear-Olimpi
  • Little was virtual beyond a typical conversational reference to this holiday season's once-again record-setting Cyber Monday and other online-holiday shopping excursions. The retail-industry dubbed day for online shopping and incentives for consumers to cybershop hit the jackpot with an echoing boom Nov. 29, racking up the biggest day of online shopping in history and breaking the billion-dollar mark

    December 28, 2010Michael Lear-Olimpi
  • As early as 2004, there was recognition that efforts to advance patient safety were not moving forward comprehensively enough to be responsive to the problem. Where do we stand now?

    December 23, 2010John Ratkowitz
  • It is all too common for people to reveal on their social networking pages many intimate details of their lives. The use of such evidence in matrimonial matters is quickly on the rise, often providing a "smoking gun" moment for litigators.

    December 22, 2010Laurence J. Cutler And Robert A. Epstein
  • With college expenses going through the roof, divorcing parties are finding it harder to pay for them in the current economy. Statutory and case law throughout the nation should be reviewed to try to solve particular problems because this issue is going to be heavily litigated.

    December 22, 2010Paul L. Feinstein
  • The year 2010 was another challenging one for the legal services community nationwide, though there have been some signs of stabilization.

    December 22, 2010Kimberly Alford Rice
  • The Second Circuit recently held that pharmaceutical sales reps do not fall under any of the exemptions to overtime payment requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). The court's decision significantly impacts the classification of pharmaceutical sales reps in the industry.

    December 21, 2010Neil V. McKittrick And Rachel Reingold Mandel
  • The new government in the UK has announced its intention to abolish the UK default retirement age of 65, effective as of October 2011, and is currently consulting about the impact that this will have on UK employers.

    December 21, 2010Stephen Brown, John Shyer And Kathryn Donovan
  • On Sept. 15, 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published new final regulations in the Federal Register under Title II and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), on accessibility for state and local governmental entities and places of public accommodation.

    December 21, 2010George J. Kroculick, Andrea M. Kirshenbaum And Jennifer Perry