In a move that has surprised many, Chicago-area NLRB Regional Director Peter Sung Ohr has determined that Northwestern University football players who receive grant-in-aid are employees of the University and an appropriate bargaining unit.
- May 02, 2014Ellen Shadur Gross and Marc Antonetti
Parties in large non-consumer transactions with no connection whatsoever to New York often choose its law to govern their transactions, and New York statutes permit them to do so. What most people do not know is that the New York Uniform Commercial Code is outdated.
May 02, 2014Barbara M. GoodsteinUntil the Supreme Court's recent decision in Lexmark International v. Static Control Components, Inc., courts were divided regarding the proper test to determine whether a plaintiff has standing to bring a false advertising claim under 15 U.S.C. '1125(a). The Supreme Court resolved the circuit split by rejecting the previously applied standards, and created a new, uniform "zone of interests" test.
May 02, 2014Tiffany R. BrownDiscussion of a case in which a landlord was not entitled to recover fees.
May 02, 2014ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Medical malpractice litigation is often complex, in-depth, and issue-heavy. Mass tort litigation is the same. What happens when those two areas of practice converge during the course of a case?
May 02, 2014Jonathan B. AcklenAside from preemption, it is quite possible that no legal doctrine has caused more angst to both sides of the pharmaceutical product liability bar, and in turn, the courts, than the interplay of negligence versus strict liability and the viability of a design defect claim against manufacturers of FDA-approved prescription drugs.
May 02, 2014Andrew K. Solow, Evan Anziska and Daniel MeyersFollowing their recent meetings in March, the FASB and IASB remain at odds on the key issue of how lessees should account for all leases once they are recognized on a balance sheet.
May 02, 2014William BoscoInsurance companies are often required to decide whether to pay benefits under the policy before sufficient information is known about the claim to determine whether there will ultimately be coverage. So, what happens if it is later discovered that payments were made for non-covered claims?
May 02, 2014Shaundra M. SchudmakSome commentators think the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has already signaled its approval, albeit indirectly, of Google Inc.'s effort to digitize the world's books. After seven years of crusading against Google's book project, the Authors Guild has tapped a new legal team and asked the court for a straight answer.
May 02, 2014Jan WolfeCopyright Infringement Damages Not Dischargeable in Bankruptcy
Verbal Partnership May Have Existed to Develop MSNBC's The Ed ShowMay 02, 2014Stan Soocher

