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Show: results per page Sort by:  | Utah Enacts the Internet Employment Privacy Act: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Scott Sweeney; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2013, previously published on May 13, 2013 Joining Maryland (SB 433), Illinois (HB 3782), California (AB 1844), Michigan (PA 478) and New Mexico (SB 371), Utah has enacted legislation limiting an employer’s right to request that an employee or a job applicant provide his or her social media login information, including their username...
| | Florida Enacts Law to Protect Design Professionals
Alan Fiedel, Rodney Janis, Sean M. McDonough, Anthony P. Strasius; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 16, 2013, previously published on May 10, 2013 On April 24, 2013, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed into law Senate Bill 286, which provides the conditions under which a design professional (i.e., an architect, engineer, interior designer, landscape architect, surveyor, or geologist) may not be held individually liable for damages resulting...
| | Navigators & Agents and Brokers: How They Fit into the Health Insurance Exchange Formula
Douglas S. Clark, Stacey B. Rowland, Sandy M. Smith; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 10, 2013, previously published on May 6, 2013 The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires Health Insurance Exchanges (Exchanges) to establish a Navigator Program. In general terms, Navigators are the “public face” of the Exchange - they are charged with educating the public concerning the existence of the Exchange and facilitating the...
| | Florida Poised to Scrap Frye and become a Daubert Jurisdiction
Christopher D. Brown, Rodney Janis, Sean M. McDonough; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 10, 2013, previously published on May 9, 2013 In cases involving scientific or novel evidence, defendants have long been at a disadvantage in Florida due to its very liberal application of the Frye standard. It appears this is about to change.
|  | California Appellate Court Confirms Cap on Past Medical Expenses Applies to Medicare Payments and Should Be Imposed before Further Reductions for Contributory Negligence
John R. Clifford, Edward P. Garson, Laura P. Kelly, Ian A. Stewart; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 1, 2013, previously published on April 25, 2013 In Luttrell v. Island Pacific Supermarkets, Inc. (April 8, 2013, A134089), California’s First District Court of Appeal held that Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions, Inc. (2011) 52 Cal.4th 541 specifically applies to limit a plaintiff’s recovery of past medical expenses to the...
| | Affordable Care Act: Shared Responsibility for Applicable Large Employers
Sandy M. Smith; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 1, 2013, previously published on April 29, 2013 An employer who employed an average of 50 or more full-time employees during the previous calendar year is an “Applicable Large Employer” under the Shared Responsibility provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Shared Responsibility provisions, outlined below, become effective...
| | Affordable Care Act: Health Insurance Exchanges and Other Issues for Small Employers
Sandy M. Smith; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 1, 2013, previously published on April 29, 2013 The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has a variety of implications for small employers and their employees. Under the Qualified Health Plan and Health Insurance Exchange provisions of the ACA, the term “small employer” is defined as one that employed an average of at least one but not more...
| | Second Circuit Upholds Arbitration Agreement Blocking Title VII Class Claims
Rachel A. Cartwright, Celena R. Mayo; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 24, 2013, previously published on April 2013 In a victory for employers, the Second Circuit issued a decision enforcing an arbitration agreement and denying plaintiff’s request to pursue class-wide litigation of her Title VII claims in court in Parisi v. Goldman, Sachs & Co., No. 11-5229, 2013 WL 1149751 (2d. Cir. March 21, 2013)....
| | Connecticut Supreme Court Relieves Insurer of Duty to Defend Personal Injury Suit against Additional Insured
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman Dicker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 22, 2013, previously published on April 18, 2013 In an issue of first impression, and a rare opinion about insurance coverage, the Connecticut Supreme Court addressed whether an insurer has a duty to defend an additional insured when the complaint in the underlying personal injury action draws no connection between the injured person's use of the...
| | Claims Associated with Event Cancellation Insurance Resulting from a Terrorist Act May Involve Complex Coverage Issues
Debra A. Adler, Robert F. Roarke, Mathew P. Ross; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 22, 2013, previously published on April 17, 2013 The bombings that occurred during the Boston Marathon, resulting in loss of life and numerous injuries, have been designated a terrorist act. The consequences of the bombings, as well as the ongoing investigation and clean-up, can be expected to impact Event Cancellation/Contingency policies. These...
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