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...
Read MoreContract 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...
Read MoreRelease 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...
Read MoreRECENT 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]...
Read MoreWhen 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...
Read MoreEstate 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...
Read MoreDisability 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...
Read MoreEmployment: Arbitration – ‘Gateway Issues’
When an arbitration agreement is in effect, who decides whether an employment dispute, or any dispute for that matter, is...
Read MoreEmployment: 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...
Read MoreEmployment: 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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