“Allstate requested that my settlement remain confidential, but I rejected that request because I’m convinced stories like yours do more to hold companies like Allstate accountable than any settlement or verdict ever could,” plaintiff counsel Richard Kopelman of told the Daily Report. Click Here To Read The Full Article
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Latham, Kirkland Alums Land the Top GC Posts—Here's What It Means for Business Generation
Latham and Kirkland have the most alumni in the top 100 paying corporate in-house leader roles. And these firms have often landed on new matters after their lawyers arrived in-house. Click Here To Read The Full Article
First Came the SEC, Now Investors Raise Allegations Against Acadia Healthcare
“It is particularly important that health care providers satisfy these requirements when providing services to a vulnerable patient population, such as residents of an inpatient behavioral health facility,” Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton, head of the Justice Department’s civil division, said. Click Here To Read The Full Article
'Major Change'? 6th Circuit Steps Into Fight Over NLRB's Expanded Money Remedies
Starbucks is targeting the board’s 2022 decision in Thryv Inc. v. NLRB that the agency can order “make-whole relief” for those who suffered an unfair labor practice, including compensation for “all direct or foreseeable pecuniary harms,” including credit-card fees, mortgage charges, child-care bills and medical expenses. Click Here To Read The Full Article
Recent Layoff/Callback Litigation Underscores Perils Employers Face From Every Direction
Companies can’t use race or ethnicity as a factor in employment decisions. But if those employment decisions—such as whom to terminate during a round of layoffs—disproportionately affect one class of workers, they become vulnerable to discrimination claims. Click Here To Read The Full Article