Why It Matters -
Businesses should begin to address these issues now so that when COVID-19 vaccines are ready for distribution, they will be too....more
12/16/2020
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
OSHA ,
Popular ,
Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) ,
Title VII ,
Vaccinations
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently held, for the first time, that a mere procedural violation of a statute does not present the material risk of harm that a plaintiff must allege to establish Article III...more
3/14/2019
/ Appeals ,
Article III ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Protection ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
FACTA ,
Identity Theft ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
J Crew ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Retailers ,
Standing ,
Statutory Violations
Agreements among companies to not hire each other’s workers are more risky than ever. The DOJ’s Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, Makan Delrahim, stated on January 19 that the division has criminal cases...more
4/5/2018
/ Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
Franchise Agreements ,
Franchises ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Venture ,
Legislative Agendas ,
No-Poaching ,
Proposed Legislation
A recent case in Pennsylvania reminds companies to think carefully about sharing their attorney-client communications with third parties, such as public relations firms. On March 13, a unanimous three-judge panel of the...more
4/13/2017
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Confidential Communications ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Defamation ,
Discovery ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Internal Investigations ,
Opinion Letter ,
Peer Review ,
Physicians ,
Work-Product Doctrine
In a recent clash between contract principles and the mootness doctrine, contract principles won. Relying on traditional contract principles, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6–3 decision on January 20, holding that an...more