William C. Martucci
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Kristen A. Page
Pre-employment testing has always been risky business, but a recent high-dollar jury verdict has sharpened the focus on such testing. In the latter months of 2006, the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals considered and affirmed a $3.4 million verdict in favor of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a case involving an employer's efforts to reduce workplace injuries through pre-employment testing.
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Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.
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Christopher M. Hanes
Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.
Susan P. Kezios
The Federal Trade Commission ('FTC') labored a dozen years to revise its Franchise Rule ' only to give birth to a mouse.
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William P. Johnson
While franchise lawyers, both domestically and in foreign jurisdictions, tend to focus their primary attention on matters of importance that are specific to franchise relationships, most are keenly aware that franchising is essentially just a form of distribution. Therefore, laws and regulations of broader impact can often be of critical importance. While distribution systems may often escape the applicability of franchise laws, franchise relationships nevertheless often have to deal with those affecting distribution generally.
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In a recent development in the ongoing reinterpretation of the accounting standard for commercial leases by the International Accounting Standards Board ('IASB') and the Financial Accounting Standards Board ('FASB'), The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association ('ELFA') has announced that six equipment finance representative associations from around the world have signed a joint communication seeking to have them play an instrumental and constructive role in the process. The joint communication by the ELFA, the UK Finance and Leasing Association, Leaseurope, the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association, the Australian Finance Conference, and the Canadian Finance & Leasing Association set forth 11 key principles that should be addressed as the IASB and FASB proceed with deliberations toward a single, efficient global leasing standard.
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Highlights of the latest equipment leasing news from around the country.
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Who's doing what; who's going where.
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Information you need to know.
Debra Sydnor
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Natalie S. Whiteman
In today's litigious environment, physicians consistently struggle with rising malpractice premiums. For those inclined to stop reading here, this article will not attempt to rehash the contentious debate over why malpractice premiums continue to rise. Rather, we want to discuss a fairly new and rapidly growing problem for physicians: personal liability for excess verdicts.
