Maven Advantage, Inc. and Square One Storm Restoration, LLC are competing roofing businesses. Maven alleged that two employees (Couch and Daniels) stole Maven’s trade secrets (customer lists) and then quit to work for Square…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law
A Durham County class action asks whether “My Chart,” a widely used portal that medical providers use to communicate with patients about test results, conditions, and treatments should more aptly be labeled “Our Chart.”…
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/ Business Torts, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection, Health, Privacy
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit’s recent opinion in PNC Bank, N.A. v. AXIS Ins. Co. has made clear that courts will not apply relaxed interpretations to insurance policy exclusions for prior wrongful acts of newly…
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/ Finance & Banking, Insurance, Mergers & Acquisitions
Turmoil continues to roil the highest ranks of the Internal Revenue Service, as the President has replaced the acting IRS Commissioner that he appointed just last week. As we previously wrote, on Tax Day, the President named a…
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/ Administrative Law, Elections & Politics, Taxation
Now that Pennsylvania recognizes directed trusts, corporate fiduciaries should be aware that sharing trust responsibilities could create both legal liability and administrative burdens. The law, which went into effect late last…
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/ Business Organizations, Taxation, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
In a significant ruling for employers, the California Court of Appeal has validated the use of “prospective” meal period waivers, allowing workers to voluntarily waive their meal breaks in advance, under certain conditions. The…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Today is Day 1 of Franchise Times Dealmakers Week. The webinar series is serving up a week of can’t-miss conversations with top franchise leaders who are building platforms, scaling brands, and reshaping the future of…
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/ Business Organizations, Franchise Law, Mergers & Acquisitions
The federal procurement landscape continues to shift and transform.
Two recent executive orders push the government contracting community further towards the plan for a comprehensive update of the Federal Acquisition…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Government Contracting
On April 17th, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an FCC penalty violates the Seventh Amendment based on the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in SEC v. Jarkesy.
The Seventh Amendment provides for the…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, Constitutional Law
Following a wave of “session replay” wiretapping lawsuits in the United States, France’s Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) has launched a consultation on tools for recording and replaying browsing…
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/ Communications & Media Law, International Law & Trade, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On Tax Day, President Trump publicly advocated for revoking Harvard University's tax-exempt status because Harvard rejected an “agreement in principle” the Trump administration proposed to settle disagreements over the school's…
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/ Administrative Law, Education Law, Nonprofit Law, Taxation
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently reached a $4.6 million civil False Claims Act (FCA) settlement with MORSECORP, Inc. (MORSE) arising out of allegations that the company failed to comply with Department of Defense (DOD)…
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/ Government Contracting, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
In October, we broke down the required off-cycle Medicare revalidation of all Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) in an Alert and related blog post. We were happy to announce in November that CMS extended the deadline for SNFs to…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Health
The practice of family law is difficult. I have read that divorce ranks just below the death of a parent or child in terms of grief. The cases are often emotionally charged. This sometimes causes people to take bad positions,…
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/ Civil Procedure, Family Law
Washington’s legislators have less than two weeks to reconcile the budget and avoid a special session. Here is a quick overview of some of the major tax proposals we’re monitoring this legislative session and a reminder for…
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/ Administrative Law, Real Estate - Residential, Taxation
