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Show: results per page Sort by:  | In re School Specialty, Inc.: Delaware Bankruptcy Court Upholds Secured Lender's "Make-Whole" Claim Under New York Law Marina Fineman, Kizzy L. Jarashow; Stutman, Treister & Glatt Professional Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article May 7, 2013, previously published on April 2013 A Delaware bankruptcy court has upheld a secured lender's $23.7 million "Make-Whole" claim on a $67 million principal term loan, over the objections of the official committee of unsecured creditors ("Committee"). In re School Specialty, Inc., No. 13-10125 (KJC), 2013 WL/LEXIS...
|  | Trend of Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements Continues Breazeale Sachse Wilson L.L.P.;
Legal Alert/Article May 7, 2013, previously published on May 2013 Arbitration is preferred by many employers as an alternative to litigation for resolving disputes with employees. Arbitration often has the benefit of being less expensive, less time-consuming, less formal, and less public than litigation. Consequently, some employers believe it is advantageous to...
|  | CBP Begins Rollout of Automated Form I-94 David W. Cook, Robert A. Harris, Sachiyo Isoda Peterson; Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 7, 2013, previously published on May 3, 2013 The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently published an interim final rule indicating its intention to automate its Form I-94, Arrival/Departure Record.
|  | Do You Have Your I-9 Ducks in a Row? Annemarie DiNardo Cleary; Sands Anderson PC;
Legal Alert/Article May 7, 2013, previously published on May 2, 2013 Starting May 7, 2013, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will accept only the new version of the I-9 employment eligibility verification form. You may recall that on March 7, 2013, the USCIS announced that employers should begin using the new version of the I-9 form immediately, but...
|  | Alternatives to the H-1B Visa Category Silas M. Ruiz-Steele; Barley Snyder;
Legal Alert/Article May 7, 2013, previously published on May 2013 On April 5, 2013, United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it received sufficient H-1B petitions to meet the Master's and regular H-1B quotas (or "caps") for Fiscal Year 2014, which begins on October 1, 2013.
|  | OCR Publishes HIPAA Guides for Providers and Consumers Kimberly J. Gold; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 7, 2013, previously published on May 1, 2013 Understanding the complexities of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules is often a challenge for health care providers and consumers. Recognizing the widespread confusion surrounding the interpretation of the rules, the U.S. Department...
|  | Florida Legislature Eliminates Personal Liability for Design Professionals Bill L. Dunker, Robert S. Fine; Greenberg Traurig, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 7, 2013, previously published on May 3, 2013 On April 24, 2013, Governor Scott signed Senate Bill 286 which provides clear guidance on the steps necessary to contractually limit personal liability for design professionals such as architects, engineers, interior designers, landscape architects, surveyors and geologists in the performance of...
|  | Missouri Federal Court Holds That There Is No Private Cause of Action Under HAMP Reid S. Manley, Laura Westerman Tanner; Burr & Forman LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 7, 2013, previously published on May 6, 2013 In Topchian v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Case No. 12-0910-CV-W-ODS, 2013 WL 1628525 (W.D. Mo. April 16, 2013), the Western District Court of Missouri granted Defendant, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.’s (“Defendant”) motion to dismiss pro se Plaintiff, Samvel Tochian’s...
|  | Paid Time Off Accruals are ‘Wages Due’ Terminating Employees under State Wage Payment Act, Nebraska High Court Rules Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 7, 2013, previously published on May 6, 2013 “Paid time off” (PTO) hours are indistinguishable from earned vacation time under the Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act; accordingly, since that Act requires an employer to pay earned but unused vacation leave to an employee upon separation of employment, employers must likewise...
|  | Foreign Registration Appointments Significantly Delayed in All Locations Fragomen Del Rey Bernsen Loewy LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 7, 2013, previously published on May 6, 2013 In recent days, foreign nationals have seen unexpected delays in the scheduling of registration appointments at Foreigners Regional Registration Offices (FRROs) throughout India. As of May 3, the earliest available appointments were twelve days from the time of online filing. Previously,...
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