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Eleventh Circuit Nixes Sex Harassment Claims
February 25, 2010
Late last year, the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion that the lawyer for the plaintiffs in the case says virtually eliminates sexual harassment claims in the federal courts for Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
Employer's Failure to Give Notice of Claim Bars Insurance Coverage
February 25, 2010
An increasing number of employers have begun purchasing insurance, sometimes referred to as "employment practices liability insurance" (EPLI), or as a rider to a directors and officers liability policy, to cover any employment claims that arise in the workplace.
Managing the Compensable Workday in a New Electronic World
February 24, 2010
What is work? When does the workday begin and end? These seemingly easy questions are not so easy anymore. Here's why.
Verdicts
January 26, 2010
Recent rulings of interest.
Movers & Shakers
January 26, 2010
Who's doing what; who's going where.
A Right to Bear Arms in the Office?
January 26, 2010
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.
Managing the Compensable Workday in a New Electronic World
January 26, 2010
What is work? When does the workday begin and end? These seemingly easy questions are not so easy anymore. Here's why.
Class Litigation of Meal and Rest Period Claims
January 26, 2010
In <i>Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court</i>, California's Fourth District Court of Appeal substantively altered the wage and hour landscape through its conclusion that California meal and rest period regulations only impose a passive obligation on employers to make breaks available.
Verdicts
December 18, 2009
Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.
Movers & Shakers
December 18, 2009
Who's doing what; who's going where.

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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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