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Michael Libor
Indoor mold contamination is insidious, can be toxic – and is quite expensive to remediate. Mold contamination has been linked to brain damage, lung and other organ damage, as well as a host of other symptoms so severe t... more
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Jay Calvert, Jr.
Your company’s customer service phone center could soon receive an unwanted call. An individual named Ron Katz claims that his 40+ business method patents (with thousands of claims) cover automated telephone call process... more
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Lawrence Fine
On January 2, 2002, Acting Governor Donald DiFrancesco signed into law legislation amending New Jersey’s Wage and Hour Laws that will have a significant impact on employers in the health care industry in New Jersey. The ... more
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Steven Spencer, Jeremy Blumenfeld
On January 8, 2002, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision in Great-West Life & Annuity Ins. Co. v. Knudson , 2002 WL 15399 (Jan. 8, 2002). This case addresses the remedies available under the Employee Retirem... more
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John McAleese, III
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Marc Sonnenfeld, Karen Pohlmann
The courts have uniformly found that the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PSLRA” or “Reform Act”) raised the standard for pleading that defendants acted with the requisite fraudulent intent, i.e., with scie... more
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Michael Ossip
Morgan Lewis would like to call attention to the recent enactment of legislation in Delaware which will impact how Delaware employers monitor and/or intercept their employees' telephone calls, e-mails, or internet transmissi... more
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More than a year after the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued proposed regulations, mandated by Congress under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), HHS issued final r... more
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Brady Green
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Dennis Morikawa
On January 18, 2001, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published a revised bloodborne pathogens standard (29 CFR § 1910.1030) in accordance with a legislative mandate contained in the Needlestick Saf... more
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Joseph Ronan, Jr.
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Joseph Ronan, Jr.
On June 7, 2001, President Bush signed into law the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (“EGTRRA”), a comprehensive tax bill that significantly cuts federal income tax rates, provides some relief for the “marri... more
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Frederic Wilf
Several years ago, an Internet service provider was sued and faced substantial liability merely for being a conduit for certain electronic messages containing material that allegedly infringed certain copyrights held by the ... more
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Michael Ossip
Over the past several years, waivers have become a common tool in preventing future disputes between employers and their employees. Employers often require employees to sign releases or waivers of any employment-related ... more
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J. Cooney, Jr., Kathleen Sanzo
Last month, a California Superior Court judge issued an opinion following a nonjury trial in which he ordered the recall of nearly 1.3 million Ford motor vehicles due to Ford's failure to disclose and correct defects in its ... more
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On October 3, 2000, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) released enforcement guidance (the “Guidance”) analyzing discrimination in employee benefits. The Guidance serves as a reference for EEOC personnel... more
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Stephen Goodman, Michael Pillion, Peter Watt-Morse, Frederic Wilf
The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (“E-Sign”) became effective on October 1, 2000, giving electronic signatures, contracts and records the same legal validity as equivalent paper signatures, contra... more
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Thomas Huggett, Dennis Morikawa, Jeremy Blumenfeld
In November 14, 2000, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") published in the Federal Register the final ergonomics program standard, to be codified at 29 C.F.R. § 1910.900. The standard -- w... more
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Robert Abramowitz
The United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) has granted an exemption that will significantly expand an employer's ability to fund employee benefits through a captive insurance company. The exemption is significant beca... more
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Charles Cohen, Lawrence Fine
The National Labor Relations Board has been at it again. This time it has substantially altered the rules regarding temporary and contingent workers. On August 25, 2000, the NLRB issued its decision in M.B. Sturgismore
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Steven Spencer, Joseph Costello, Michael Banks
During the past year, there have been a number of lawsuits in which groups of retirement plan participants have challenged the plan investment decisions of plan fiduciaries under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (... more
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Paul Evans, Steven Spencer
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals rendered a decision in Erie County Retirees Association v. County of Erie , No. 99-3877, 2000 WL 1053833 (3d Cir. Aug. 1, 2000) that expands the prohibitions of the Age Discriminati... more
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Michael Bloom
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Charles Cohen, Lawrence Fine
On July 10, 2000, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled in Epilepsy Foundation of Northeast Ohio , that non-unionized employees have a right under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to have a coworker ... more
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Marc Sonnenfeld, Stuart Sarnoff, Karen Pohlmann
When Congress enacted the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA or Reform Act), it sought to deter opportunistic plaintiffs from filing abusive securities strike suits in an effort to extort settlements fro... more
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Steven Spencer
During the Spring of 2000, the Supreme Court and the Third Circuit issued several decisions which define the scope of liability for ERISA fiduciaries and parties in interest. In one Supreme Court decision and in two Thir... more
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Michael Bloom
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Lawrence Fine
On May 18, 2000, in response to a Department of Labor opinion letter publicized last January which concluded that profits from employee stock option plans must be included in “regular rates” of pay for purposes of calculatin... more
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Robert Abramowitz
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has released Interpretation No. 44 (Int. 44), which consolidates a variety of interim guidance issued by FASB relating to the financial accounting treatment of equity compensat... more
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Christopher Ramsey, Michael Ossip, Jill Jachera
On June 30, 2000, a new law takes effect in Philadelphia that will impact employers in the hotel, building-management and health-care fields. The Displaced Contract Workers Ordinance ("DCWO") limits the ability of contra... more
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Richard Rosenblatt
In an April 25, 2000 opinion, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division refused to enforce an arbitration agreement in the context of an employee’s claim of discrimination under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimi... more
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Christopher Ramsey, Michael Ossip
In one of the few judicial decisions interpreting the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law (“WPCL”), the Pennsylvania Superior Court recently held that an employee’s equity interest in a corporation constituted “wage... more
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John R. Washlick, John A. Knapp of Cozen and O'Connor
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On December 21, 1999, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that a jury trial is not available under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA). The decision in Wertz v. Chapman Township ended speculation among l... more
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Lawrence Fine
A Wage and Hour opinion letter recently publicized by the Department of Labor (DOL) may cause employers who provide stock options to non-exempt employees to reconsider that practice. The opinion letter provides that gain... more
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Charles Cohen, Lawrence Fine
On November 26, 1999, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held that house staff, composed of interns, residents and fellows, are employees subject to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The decision in Bos... more
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John Bales, III
On November 26, 1999, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held that house staff, composed of interns, residents and fellows, are employees subject to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The decision ... more
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Dennis Morikawa
On November 22, 1999, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its controversial proposed rule on ergonomics applicable to general industry. The rule, which would only become final sometime next ... more
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Dennis Morikawa
On November 22, 1999, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its controversial proposed rule on ergonomics applicable to general industry. The rule, which would only become final sometime next ... more
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Michael Bloom
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James Hunter, Jr., Kathleen Collins
On November 12, 1999, President Clinton signed into law 5.900, the “Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act,” P.L. 106-102 (113 Stat. 1338), a measure widely viewed as the most significant single piece of legislation to affect the financial ... more
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Michael Eagles, Michael Banks
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