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Wage and Hour Class Actions Rising
February 26, 2014
A look at the 2014 edition of Seyfarth Shaw's Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report.
New Developments in Social Media Discovery in Employment Cases
February 26, 2014
This article focuses on recent developments in the discovery of social media content in employment discrimination cases.
The Death Benefit Only Program
February 26, 2014
The DBO program' can be used by employers without regard to corporate and qualified plan limitations and may be provided by employers on a permissibly discriminatory basis.
New Online Whistleblower Complaint Form
February 26, 2014
OSHA recently unveiled a new online whistleblower complaint form. This is significant for employers because whistleblower complaints (and the litigation headaches that accompany them) are now literally only "a few clicks" away.
Bid to Topple Patent Law Doctrine Fails
January 31, 2014
Palo Alto Networks' unusual bid to drive its patent battle with rival Juniper Networks into state court has fallen short.
When Is It Legal to Fire?
January 31, 2014
Tongue-in-cheek look at real instances when it is legal to terminate an employee.
Swimming in the Wake of Windsor
January 30, 2014
All the benefits from the same-sex marriage ruling that can and will affect family law.
How to Succeed in a Relocation Case
January 30, 2014
It can be a difficult task to persuade a court that it should permit the relocation of a child. Here's what the courts say.
Class Action Waivers Validated in NLRB Loss
January 29, 2014
A decision handed down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans in December upheld the use of class or collective action waivers in arbitration agreements.
Can Using Facebook Be a Firing Offense?
January 29, 2014
Do employers have carte blanche to discipline employees for their social media use? An in-depth discussion.

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  • Private Equity Valuation: A Significant Decision
    Insiders (and others) in the private equity business are accustomed to seeing a good deal of discussion ' academic and trade ' on the question of the appropriate methods of valuing private equity positions and securities which are otherwise illiquid. An interesting recent decision in the Southern District has been brought to our attention. The case is <i>In Re Allied Capital Corp.</i>, CCH Fed. SEC L. Rep. 92411 (US DC, S.D.N.Y., Apr. 25, 2003). Judge Lynch's decision is well written, the Judge reviewing a motion to dismiss by a business development company, Allied Capital, against a strike suit claiming that Allied's method of valuing its portfolio failed adequately to account for i) conditions at the companies themselves and ii) market conditions. The complaint appears to be, as is often the case, slap dash, content to point out that Allied revalued some of its positions, marking them down for a variety of reasons, and the stock price went down - all this, in the view of plaintiff's counsel, amounting to violations of Rule 10b-5.
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