Courts of appeal historically affirm more than 85% of all trial court Daubert decisions. Trial courts will get it right the first time if you follow this tried-and-true checklist.
January 27, 2010John D. Sear
The Supreme Court has held that, where an employer adopts a pension plan that includes age as a factor, and the employer then treats employees differently based on pension status, an employer will only be liable for disparate treatment under the ADEA if the plaintiff can adduce sufficient evidence to show that the differential treatment was actually motivated by age and not pension status.
January 27, 2010Karla GrossenbacherNew challenges spring from the excess, for the time being, of supply over demand for legal services. Smart firms are using this as an opportunity to reshape their model and to attract and retain lawyers
January 27, 2010David Barnard and Mark ShapiroWhat is work? When does the workday begin and end? These seemingly easy questions are not so easy anymore. Here's why.
January 27, 2010Christopher A. Parlo and Michael J. PumaIn the midst of the ongoing health care reform debate, Congress was able to unanimously agree on retroactively extending the Federal 65% COBRA health care premium subsidy for workers involuntarily separated.
January 27, 2010Stuart SirkinIndividuals who live above their means generally pay off their marital debt with a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the marital home. But what happens when the client and his or her spouse have been living above their means by failing to file their federal and state income taxes?
January 27, 2010Laurence J. Cutler and Erin D. DeGeorgeDivorce lawyers have found a new smoking gun to wave around in court: text messages. The unfaithful, in particular, are paying a high price for their salacious messages.
January 27, 2010Tresa BaldasWho's doing what; who's going where.
January 26, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Employers now must balance the duty to maintain a safe workplace with employees' right to bear arms under the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, their rights under state constitutions, and laws allowing guns at work ' which is a new and growing trend in employment legislation.
January 26, 2010Rosanna Sattler and Nancy J. Puleo