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Document(s) published by this organization: 29
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Stephen C. Baker, Timothy J. O'Driscoll; Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 18, 2012, previously published on May 17, 2012 We write today about an action filed by John DeLollis, Tom Holsman, Douglas McCarron and Frank Spencer in their capacity as trustees of the Empire State Carpenters Annuity Fund (“Empire Annuity Fund”) and the Empire State Carpenters Pension Fund (“Empire Pension Fund”)...
| | What You Don't Know Can Hurt You: A Primer on the False Claims Act
Michael P. Daly, Matthew A. Luber, Gregory P. Miller; Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 Right now, without your knowledge, your company could be a defendant in a lawsuit seeking tens of millions of dollars in penalties. The case could have been filed years ago, over conduct that could have happened years before that, by someone who could have continued to work for - and gather...
| | The Final 408(b)(2) Regulation: Impact on Investment Managers
Gary D. Ammon, Bruce L. Ashton, Bradford P. Campbell, Joan M. Neri, Fred Reish; Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 14, 2012, previously published on May 10, 2012 This bulletin discusses the impact of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) final 408(b)(2) disclosure regulation on discretionary investment managers - that is, investment advisers with the authority to manage the assets of ERISA-governed retirement plans. The final regulation requires...
| | Your Imported Aluminum Parts May Be Subject to Over 400% Duty
Drinker Biddle Reath LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 14, 2012, previously published on May 2012 Due to the breadth of the antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CVD) duty orders on aluminum extrusions from China, many importers, although they initially imported their aluminum parts without AD and CVD cash deposits, are finding that their aluminum parts are being subjected to AD and CVD cash...
| | How the "Ambush" Election Process Will Work: NLRB's Acting General Counsel Issues Guidance on New Procedures
Mark D. Nelson, K. Bruce Stickler; Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 2, 2012, previously published on May 2012 The talk of the employer community lately has been the National Labor Relations Board's highly controversial final rule that severely and substantially modifies certain procedures in representation cases. The Board claimed that the final rule, approved December 22, 2011, was designed to reduce...
| | Executive Life Insurance Company of New York (ELNY): Now What?
Michael J. Miller, Timothy O'Driscoll; Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 2, 2012, previously published on May 2012 On April 16, 2012, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Nassau County, entered an Order of Liquidation and Approval of the ELNY Restructuring Agreement (Order) and accompanying memorandum decision. The Order was entered over the objections of a number of ELNY payees, and followed an 11 day...
| | $100 Million Pattern-or-Practice Gender Discrimination Suit Doomed By Company’s Arbitration Agreement
Lawrence J. Del Rossi, John A. Ridley; Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 2, 2012, previously published on April 2012 A federal district court in Massachusetts effectively gutted a prominent plaintiff’s class action firm’s attempt to avoid arbitration agreements and litigate on a class-wide basis in federal court in Boston. This ruling comes on the heels of a series of class and collective actions...
| | Move over Humans, 21st Century Document Review Has Arrived
Lawrence J. Del Rossi, William V. Essig; Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 2, 2012, previously published on May 2012 Beyond highlighting the evolving standards and complexities of establishing a comprehensive e-discovery plan at the early stages of a case, recent decisions in Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe (S.D.N.Y.), which approved a defendant’s use of predictive coding, could potentially have a...
| | EEOC Issues New Guidance on Use of Arrest and Conviction Records Under Title VII
Drinker Biddle Reath LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 2, 2012, previously published on April 2012 On April 25, 2012, the EEOC issued its first update in 20 years of its position on employers’ use of arrest and convictions records in making employment decisions.
| | ICI and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Challenge Amended CFTC Rule 4.5
Drinker Biddle Reath LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 24, 2012, previously published on April 19, 2012 On April 17, the Investment Company Institute (ICI) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (the Chamber, and together with the ICI, the Organizations) filed suit against the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) challenging the legality of newly amended CFTC Rule 4.5 (the Rule). The Rule,...
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