Civil Litigation - Page 89
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Civil Litigation
Civil Litigation Articles
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A recent Circuit Court of Appeals case holds that paid union organizers are permitted to lie on their employment applications about their status as "Salts" and about facts that might raise suspicion that they are union organizers. -
Bankruptcy Rule 9011 requires an attorney for a represented party to sign every paper filed in a bankruptcy case "except a list, schedule, or statement, or amendments thereto." Bankruptcy Rule 9011(a). The exception has led some courts to question whether the rule applies to a debtor's counsel when misrepresentations are made in the debtor's schedules and statement of affairs. -
Fuller-Austin Company, a defendant in the asbestos litigation, filed suit seeking a declaration of its insurance coverage for tens of thousands of asbestos claims. In connection with its bankruptcy proceedings, a court-approved asbestos settlement trust was created to pay all pending and future asbestos claims. -
Perhaps the most valuable business asset today is a company's intellectual property (IP), which includes patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. It is essential that you quickly take steps to obtain IP rights for the following reasons. -
Willfulness opinions are legal opinions that a particular product does not infringe, or that a patent is invalid or unenforceable. The need for willfulness opinions arises from substantive patent law, which establishes treble damages for willful infringement and makes the existence of a legal opinion relevant in defending against a claim of willful infringement. -
When a federal grand jury was convened to investigate the possibility of filing federal murder charges against Houstonian Robert Angleton, the city braced itself for another media frenzy. In 1998, Robert Angleton had been acquitted in state court of murdering his wife, socialite Doris Angleton, who was found shot to death on April 16, 1997, in her River Oaks home. -
As mandated in Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the SEC adopted rules and amendments requiring each Securities and Exchange Commission reporting company to disclose whether it has at least one "audit committee financial expert" serving on its audit committee and, if so, the name of the expert and whether the expert is independent of management. -
The United States Supreme Court recently overturned the dismissal of a case brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), which was dismissed by the lower court on the basis that the plaintiff had sought and obtained Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits, claiming that she was unable to work due to effects of a stroke. -
The United States Supreme Court recently handed down three opinions narrowing the scope of protection afforded under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Supreme Court held that whether an individual is "disabled" within the meaning of the ADA is determined by taking into account medical or artificial aides available to minimize the effects of impairment (for example, high blood pressure medication or contact lenses). -
Last month the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion further clarifying the rules courts must use in deciding employment discrimination cases. The Court's decision, Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc., also underscores the need for employers to adopt anti-discrimination policies and to ensure, through training, that they are understood and followed.