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Wage-and-Hour Lawsuits Surge in New York Federal Courts
May 14, 2013
The number of wage-and-hour lawsuits has skyrocketed in New York federal courts, exceeding already-accelerating national trends. The lawsuits, brought by workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act, generally claim employers did not pay sufficient wages or overtime, often contending they misclassified workers as exempt from overtime payments. Among New York's four federal district courts, the largest increases are found in Southern and Eastern districts, according to Federal Judicial Center...
May 14, 2013
The number of wage-and-hour lawsuits has skyrocketed in New York federal courts, exceeding already-accelerating national trends. The lawsuits, brought by workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act, generally claim employers did not pay sufficient wages or overtime, often contending they misclassified workers as exempt from overtime payments. Among New York's four federal district courts, the largest increases are found in Southern and Eastern districts, according to Federal Judicial Center...
Added Pressure on SEC to Eliminate Mandatory Securities Arbitration
May 14, 2013
In the wake of a FINRA disciplinary hearing panel decision not to enforce its own rules against broker-dealer Charles Schwab barring class action waivers in customer-broker account agreements because of the Federal Arbitration Act (see my previous blog posts about that decision here and here), investor rights advocates have stepped up their efforts to press the Securities and Exchange Commission to exercise its powers under Dodd-Frank to ban mandatory arbitration. First, a few weeks ago, SEC...
May 14, 2013
In the wake of a FINRA disciplinary hearing panel decision not to enforce its own rules against broker-dealer Charles Schwab barring class action waivers in customer-broker account agreements because of the Federal Arbitration Act (see my previous blog posts about that decision here and here), investor rights advocates have stepped up their efforts to press the Securities and Exchange Commission to exercise its powers under Dodd-Frank to ban mandatory arbitration. First, a few weeks ago, SEC...
Part Three: Determining the Current Use of ADR by Fortune 1,000 Corporate Counsel
May 14, 2013
Below are the questions asked of corporate counsel by the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution at Cornell University, the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law and the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR). The survey was performed in 2011 by phone, by mail, and online. Q: Has the emphasis on ADR increased or decreased since 1997? How will corporate conflict resolution policies have changed, if at all? Q: Why do companies...
May 14, 2013
Below are the questions asked of corporate counsel by the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution at Cornell University, the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law and the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR). The survey was performed in 2011 by phone, by mail, and online. Q: Has the emphasis on ADR increased or decreased since 1997? How will corporate conflict resolution policies have changed, if at all? Q: Why do companies...
Law Big Data startup Lex Machina raises $4.8M
May 14, 2013
Lex Machina, the Big Data startup that hatched out of a Stanford Law project, said on Wednesday it raised $4.8 million in a Series...
May 14, 2013
Lex Machina, the Big Data startup that hatched out of a Stanford Law project, said on Wednesday it raised $4.8 million in a Series...
ADR on Top Five List of What Needs More Attention From Legal Academy
May 13, 2013
In a poll conducted by Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports, Alternative Dispute Resolution ranked fourth in terms of what areas of law need more attention from the legal academy in terms of more full-time faculty doing research in the area . The full poll results can be found here. So, blog readers, what do you think? More writing? More hiring? Interesting food for thought….. (Hat tip to Nancy Welsh for sending this along).
May 13, 2013
In a poll conducted by Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports, Alternative Dispute Resolution ranked fourth in terms of what areas of law need more attention from the legal academy in terms of more full-time faculty doing research in the area . The full poll results can be found here. So, blog readers, what do you think? More writing? More hiring? Interesting food for thought….. (Hat tip to Nancy Welsh for sending this along).
How The Am Law 100 Makes Its Money
May 13, 2013
How did The Am Law 100 make all that money? By maneuvering through a complex and churning market for big-firm legal services...
May 13, 2013
How did The Am Law 100 make all that money? By maneuvering through a complex and churning market for big-firm legal services...
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Arbitral Award in Video Game Dispute
May 13, 2013
The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s order vacating an arbitral award in a dispute between a video game publisher and developer. In Timegate Studios, Inc. v. Southpeak Interactive, L.L.C., No. 12-20256 (5th Cir. Apr. 9, 2013), a video game developer, Timegate Studios, Inc. (“Timegate”), entered into an agreement with a video game publisher, Gamecock Media Group (“Gamecock”) to create a high quality, futuristic military game named “Section...
May 13, 2013
The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s order vacating an arbitral award in a dispute between a video game publisher and developer. In Timegate Studios, Inc. v. Southpeak Interactive, L.L.C., No. 12-20256 (5th Cir. Apr. 9, 2013), a video game developer, Timegate Studios, Inc. (“Timegate”), entered into an agreement with a video game publisher, Gamecock Media Group (“Gamecock”) to create a high quality, futuristic military game named “Section...
Tech Geeks Gather to ReInvent the Law
May 13, 2013
They gathered without ties or adherence to a century-old model for legal services. Instead, those in the crowd of tech geeks...
May 13, 2013
They gathered without ties or adherence to a century-old model for legal services. Instead, those in the crowd of tech geeks...
Reflections on the Deformation of Federal Procedure
May 13, 2013
When the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were promulgated in 1938, they reflected a policy of citizen access for civil disputes and sought to promote their resolution on the merits rather than on the basis of the technicalities that characterized earlier procedural systems.The federal courts applied that philosophy of procedure for many years. However, the last quarter century has seen a dramatic contrary shift in the way the federal courts, especially the U.S. Supreme Court, have interpreted...
May 13, 2013
When the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were promulgated in 1938, they reflected a policy of citizen access for civil disputes and sought to promote their resolution on the merits rather than on the basis of the technicalities that characterized earlier procedural systems.The federal courts applied that philosophy of procedure for many years. However, the last quarter century has seen a dramatic contrary shift in the way the federal courts, especially the U.S. Supreme Court, have interpreted...
App Offers A Better Way to Ingest Business Cards
May 12, 2013
Business cards can be a blessing and a curse. The blessing is that they provide an easy way to exchange contact information....
May 12, 2013
Business cards can be a blessing and a curse. The blessing is that they provide an easy way to exchange contact information....
