Texas Justices Consider ABA Accreditation Requirement Repeal
The Texas Supreme Court is seeking input on potentially ending a 42-year requirement that all lawyers admitted in the state ...
NY Ban on 'Independence' in Party Names Can Proceed, for Now
The New York State Board of Elections can ban former Gibson Dunn partner Jim Walden from running for New York City mayor ...
Justices Reject T-Mobile Bid to Thwart 'Prepaid' Trademark Suit
T-Mobile US Inc. won’t get to argue before the US Supreme Court that common law trademark rights require “continuous use,” ...
Case: Discrimination/Retaliation (S.D.N.Y.)
Dismissal isn’t proper on the Title VII, California FEHA, and New York state and city law retaliation counterclaims of a Carta, Inc. chief technology officer, where his participation in mediation ...
Case: Individual Employment Rights/Defamation (M.D. Fla.)
The former mayor-commissioner of Haines City is denied summary judgment on the defamation claim of a terminated city clerk alleging the mayor made a comment at a public committee meeting insinuating ...
Nursing Home Disability Policy Isn't an ERISA-Exempt Church Plan
A Notre Dame Health Care Center Inc. worker must sue under federal law to seek disability benefits, because the Massachusetts assisted living facility’s disability policy isn’t an ERISA-exempt church ...