• Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. v. Vulcan Materials Co.

    The Court of Chancery enjoined the manufacturer, for a four month period, from continuing to prosecute its pending exchange offer and proxy contest to acquire control of the competitor. The court found the manufacturer had violated of two contracts between...

  • Masson v. New Yorker Magazine

    Petitioner Masson, a psychoanalyst, became disillusioned with Freudian psychology while serving as projects director of the Sigmund Freud Archives, and was fired after advancing his own theories. Thereafter, respondent Malcolm, an author and contributor...

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    Australia's now not-so-new Labour Party government has delivered on quite a few election promises in the six months since the May Federal election, but there's still so much to do and so much that remains unknown. In this brief discussion, Antoaneta...

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    The U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury (the agencies) issued a 2022 report to Congress regarding their enforcement activities under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) , as required under the Consolidated...

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    Only misrepresentations or omissions of material facts are actionable in securities fraud cases. Use this practice note to examine this critical concept in an Exchange Act Section 10(b) fraud claim. READ NOW » Related Content Reliance in...

  • Special Edition: Climate Change 2023 Downloadable Copy

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  • Addressing America's Healthcare Worker Shortage

    The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed critical vulnerabilities across American society. Among the hardest-hit industries has been the U.S. healthcare system, which was already hemorrhaging workers in all practice areas for years prior to the pandemic. Nearly...
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  • What Does an Employee Benefits Lawyer Do?

    Employee benefits lawyers are legal professionals who specialize in employer-backed benefits that include, but aren’t limited to, retirement savings accounts, compensation plans, profit sharing, life insurance, health insurance and employee severance...

  • How Do I Calculate a Fringe Benefit Rate?

    Employers will calculate a fringe benefit rate to determine the percentage of an employee’s hourly wage relative to the fringe benefits they receive. That, in turn, allows an employer to see the actual cost of that employee to the company, beyond...

  • What is Discovery in Law?

    In a legal context, “Discovery” is when all the parties involved in a legal dispute are required to share and exchange relevant legal information and accepted facts of a case. This is also the time in which each party typically obtains and...
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