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Marshall Dennehey

Waiver of Civil Remedy Notice Defenses: Florida Court Rules Against Insurer in Bad Faith Case.

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Darryl Vachon v. The Travelers Home & Marine Ins. Co., Fla. 2d DCA, No. 2D2023-2674, February 14, 2025 - The insured was injured in 2011 when he was rear-ended by a driver who had a $10,000.00 insurance policy. The insurance...more

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Legislature Takes Steps to Ensure Texas Remains the Most Business-Friendly State in the Union

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On February 27, 2025, Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Tyler) filed Senate Bill 29 (S.B. 29), proposing several corporate reforms designed to ensure that Texas remains the premier business-friendly jurisdiction in the nation. If...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Machine Unlearning – A Potential Option for Remedy

Machine unlearning (MU) is a concept that is likely more interesting to lawyers than to data scientists, as the latter typically focus on collecting, maintaining, and mining as much data as possible—whether in the context of...more

A&O Shearman

Disputes 101 – What can’t you agree to do in your contract?

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Beware of a penalty shoot-out - The rule against penalties is rooted in public policy, aiming to prevent contractual provisions that punish the breaching party rather than protecting the interests of the innocent party. The...more

Epstein Becker & Green

What Does the Phrase “Resulting From” Mean? Circuit Courts Split on Standard for Determining When an AKS Violation Is a False...

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Dating back to the 19th century, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that when construing a statute, the courts are to “give effect, if possible, to every clause and word of a statute, avoiding, if it may be, any construction...more

Conn Maciel Carey LLP

California Employment Law in Practice: Notice Posting Obligations for Employers

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As readers may know from our recent California Employment Law Update in 2025 webinar, California enacted a number of bills updating employment related postings in the workplace. In addition to California, other states and...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Travel Industry Exposed to Independent Contractor Misclassification Claims: February 2025 IC Legal News Update

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Few industries are immune from class actions alleging IC misclassification of workers paid on a 1099 basis. One industry that has not yet been besieged by these types of lawsuits is travel, but that may be changing. ...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Amicus Brief Filed Urging Georgia Supreme Court to Uphold Wrongful Death Award Statutory Cap

On behalf of two of the state’s largest healthcare associations — the Georgia Hospital Association (“GHA”) and the Medical Association of Georgia (“MAG”) — AGG Healthcare attorneys Jason Bring, Jerad Rissler, and Lisa Churvis...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Section 230 Survives the Grindr (Again)

Social media safety is very much in the news these days, with policymakers unleashing a torrent of legislation to protect children online, such as age verification measures, parental consent mandates, data privacy...more

Fisher Phillips

SCOTUS Makes It Harder for Plaintiffs to Recover Attorney’s Fees: How a Driver’s License Case Could Impact Employers

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A recent Supreme Court ruling could impact your business by limiting when you must pay fees in employment litigation or when you may recover fees after challenging state regulations in court. In the Lackey v. Stinnie decision...more

Cozen O'Connor

Walgreens Settles With 50 AGs and U.S. DOJ Over Allegedly Billing for Uncollected Prescriptions

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A bipartisan coalition of 50 AGs settled with Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. and Walgreen Co. (collectively, “Walgreens”) to resolve allegations that they billed federal and state government health care programs for...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Litigation Updates — March 2025

The Trump administration’s SEC has begun the process of undoing the mandatory climate disclosure rule promulgated by the SEC under the Biden administration. Specifically, the SEC has now asked the Eighth Circuit — where the...more

McCarter & English Blog: Government Contracts...

Pay Me What You Owe Me, Don’t Act Like You Forgot!

As much we all love Rihanna, it’s a real shame how many contractors have called me in the last few days with issues that remind me of her well-known “Pay Me What You Owe Me” lyrics. They’re brought to mind because contractors...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Key Updates to the Employment Rights Bill

As part of the UK Government's efforts to boost living standards and following weeks of consultation with business groups and trade unions, the Government has announced a series of proposed changes that the Employment Rights...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

New York Senate Passes First-in-the-Nation Bill Requiring Mandatory Review and Revocation Period for All Severance Agreements

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Under current law, New York employers are statutorily required to provide a 21-day review and seven-day revocation periods in employment separation agreements in two scenarios: (1) if the employee is 40 or older and the...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Cannabis Debts, Collections, and Lawsuits

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Cannabis companies of all sizes have likely come across the issue of having to pursue badly behaved accounts receivable. What was once a time of prosperity has now turned into a business climate of pessimism and regret where...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

New York State Amends 2024 Bed Bug Disclosure Law

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New York’s bed bug disclosure law, Real Property Law § 235-j, has been amended to provide landlords and lessors additional time to comply with the law’s disclosure requirements and to limit the tenants and lessees entitled to...more

A&O Shearman

Antitrust authorities on high alert for merger control violations

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Sanctions for procedural merger control infringements in 2024 did not meet the lofty heights of previous years. But merging parties should not be complacent. The number of infringement decisions increased. The U.S. and China...more

Goldberg Segalla

Third Circuit Affirms Home Health Care Aides Must Be Paid for Travel Between Clients

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Having to compensate employees for time spent not working can be counterintuitive, but under certain circumstances, it is an employer’s obligation. Recently, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a District Court...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Provider and Beneficiaries Conspired to Defraud Louisiana’s Medicaid Program

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Healthcare fraud is prevalent within state Medicaid programs due to the massive amounts of money flowing through the system. In Louisiana, the Estate of Yolanda Burnom and her former company, Community Healthcare Solutions,...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

The First Circuit Requires But-For Causation in False Claims Act Cases Predicated on Violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute,...

On February 18, 2025, in United States v. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, the First Circuit held that to establish civil liability under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) premised on violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”), the...more

Offit Kurman

Facing the Scam: What to Do If You've Fallen Victim to a NYC Apartment Rental Scheme

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There is a horrific scam that preys on the vulnerability of renters in New York City, and it happens more often than you might think. The process of securing an apartment in the city is already difficult enough. It involves...more

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass

Only the Defendant’s Profits Are Recoverable: Supreme Court Vacates Nearly $43 Million Trademark Infringement Award that...

Key Takeaways - A plaintiff prevailing in a trademark infringement suit is often entitled to an award of the “defendant’s profits.” 15 U.S.C. §1117(a)....more

Goodwin

Supreme Court Curtails Disgorgement in Trademark Infringement Case

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On February 26, 2025, the US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision limiting the scope of an award of the “defendant’s profits” in trademark infringement suits under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1117(a), to only those...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Data Breach Class Action Settlement Approval Affirmed by Ninth Circuit with Attorneys’ Fee Award Reversed and Remanded

Some data breach class actions settle quickly, with one of two settlement structures: (1) a “claims made” structure, in which the total amount paid to class members who submit valid claims is not capped, and attorneys’ fees...more

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