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05.24.17

Insurer Merger Saga Ends Without Guidance on Efficiency Claims

Prior to calling off its nearly two-year fight to acquire competing insurer Cigna last week, Anthem urged the Supreme Court of the United States to hear its appeal from the lower courts’ rejections of its claims of significant efficiencies from the deal.


05.19.17

One Day of Rest Mandated by California Supreme Court

Resolving a contentious issue of California law, the state’s highest court ruled that one day of rest is guaranteed for each defined workweek, although an employer is not forbidden from allowing an employee, fully apprised of his or her entitlement to rest, to independently choose not to take ...


05.11.17

What Is a “Workplace”? California Appellate Court Considers

A California appellate panel considered the issue of the location of a “workplace” for purposes of employer liability when an employee got into a car accident.


04.27.17

NLRB Affirms New Standard on Employee Email Use

A divided National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) affirmed that if an employer provides employees with access to the email system, then employee use of email for statutorily protected communications on nonworking time is presumptively permitted.


04.25.17

How Will the Trump Administration Impact Healthcare Litigation?

President Trump signaled his support for dismantling the ACA by issuing an Executive Order on his first day in office.


04.25.17

The DOJ's Case Against North Carolina Anti-Steering Agreements Permitted to Proceed

The Department of Justice's (DOJ) case against Carolinas Healthcare System's (CHS) anti-steering contract clauses has survived initial attempts by CHS to dismiss the case.


04.18.17

FCC Combats Spoofed Robocalls

As part of an initiative that would enable voice service providers to better protect subscribers from illegal and fraudulent robocalls, the Federal Communications Commission has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Inquiry.


04.13.17

Eleventh Circuit: Title VII Doesn’t Prohibit Sexual Orientation Discrimination

In a decision that is already being cited in other courts around the country, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that discrimination based on sexual orientation is not included in Title VII’s prohibition against discrimination “because of sex.”


04.03.17

SPECIAL ALERT: D.C. Circuit Invalidates FCC's Solicited Fax Rule

In a significant victory for TCPA junk fax defendants, a split panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit invalidated the Federal Communication Commission's Solicited Fax Rule.


03.31.17

Continuing Violation Doctrine Keeps Title VII Suit Alive

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit allowed a professor to move forward with her Title VII hostile work environment claims under the continuing violations doctrine, reversing summary judgment in favor of the educational institution where she worked.