20
Oct

INSURANCE | Business Interruption – COVID-19 Claims

During this pandemic, many business owners believed that valuable coverage they had purchased for the businesses would provide a source...

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07
Aug

Contract Excuses and the COVID-19 Pandemic

The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and the sudden and worldwide shuttering of large and small businesses may be...

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21
May

Release of Trustee from Liability for Retaining an Investment

Trusts It is not uncommon for trustees of trusts to encounter beneficiaries that pressure them into retaining a particular asset...

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21
May

RECENT LEGISLATION PROVIDES CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FOR THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE

On March 18, 2020, the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 (Families First Act) [Pub. L. No. 116-127]...

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22
May

When Can an Employer Require an Employee to Undergo a Medical Exam Under the ADA?

Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), 42 U,S.C. §§ 12111-12117, makes it unlawful for an employer to...

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01
Mar

Estate Planning: Lifetime Gifts of Closely Held Business Stock to Family Members

"Rather than disposing of stock in a closely held business (by sale or corporate reorganization) at retirement the retiree may...

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01
Feb

Disability Discrimination in Employment: Health Care Employer Could Condition Employment on Health Screening and Vaccination

The Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") prohibits covered employers from discriminating against qualified individuals on the basis of disability in...

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01
Jan

Employment: Arbitration – ‘Gateway Issues’

When an arbitration agreement is in effect, who decides whether an employment dispute, or any dispute for that matter, is...

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01
Jan

Employment: Age Discrimination – Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Unfair Competition

An employer may proceed with its unfair competition suit asserting contract and tort claims against a former employee and the...

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01
Dec

Employment: Age Discrimination – Public Employers

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA'' ) applies to all public employers, including those with fewer than 20 employees,...

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