The U.S. Supreme Court on June 4 refused to block same-sex marriages in Oregon pending an appeal of a federal court decision striking down that state's ban.
- June 05, 2014Marcia Coyle
Analysis of a case out of Nevada.
June 02, 2014ljnstaff | Law Journal Newsletters |In-depth analysis of a recent ruling in New Jersey.
June 02, 2014ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Although pension plans are thought of primarily as a source of cash income for the elderly, they typically serve other functions as well. For example, they usually contain early retirement features and often provide pensions to workers who lose their jobs because of disability. The high proportion of pension plans with disability retirement features is dramatized in data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' annual survey -- none of these programs had provisions to make up employee contributions and employer matches where the employee becomes disabled during their employment years.
June 02, 2014Lawrence L. BellCriticized from the right and the left, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler last month tried to chart a middle path on net neutrality ' and pleased no one.
June 02, 2014Jenna GreeneThe tax issues discussed in this article can be of particular importance during a divorce, and have meaningful impacts on the estate and tax liabilities of the parties.
June 02, 2014Aaron WeemsThe variety of potential uses for the building can make an industrial lease extremely complex. Under-negotiation of the lease by either landlord or tenant can result in unexpected costs and issues.
June 02, 2014Amy M. Mitchell and Lara KirkhamThe President recently directed the DOL to propose revisions to modernize and streamline existing overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Employers and employment law practitioners are now analyzing what changes are likely to be proposed, and evaluating how those changes might impact the workplace and employment litigation.
June 02, 2014Joseph G. SchmittIn a challenge to the Federal Trade Commission's power to go after companies for data security breaches, lawyers for medical-testing company LabMD Inc. called the government's allegations against it "far-reaching and ludicrous."
June 02, 2014Jenna Greene

