Plaintiff Carmen Polanco was diagnosed with stage IIB *** cancer in 2001 by nonparty Montefiore Hospital Center ("Montefiore"). She underwent a lumpectomy followed by radiation and chemotherapy. Polanco continued treating at Montefiore through...

By: Emily D. Zimmer and Lynne S. Wakefield , K&L Gates LLP EMPLOYER-SPONSORED WELLNESS PROGRAMS HAVE become increasingly common as employers attempt to control rising healthcare costs and improve employees’ overall health and productivity...

By: Devika Kewalramani IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR IN-HOUSE COUNSEL TO WEAR many hats in an organization’s business, legal, compliance, regulatory, risk management, or business development matters. Playing different internal roles can create possible...

By: Edward J. Hannon and Nicole A. Bashor On June 23, 2016, voters in the United Kingdom (UK) were asked to determine whether the UK should leave the European Union (EU). The result of the referendum was in favor of leaving. Under what has become known...

The cases were premised on the crashworthiness doctrine. Such cases, which are also often referred to as "secondary collision" or "enhanced injury"cases, involve both an initial accident and a subsequent or secondary collision caused...

Attorney represented client in settlement negotiations, and reached a settlement. However, the settlement took longer than necessary, and was more expensive than the client had been told by the attorney. The client was upset, because the attorney had...

Plaintiff county sought to condemn the defendant property owners' land for the construction of a large business and technology park. The court found that the county was authorized to condemn property under Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.23 and that the...

By: Elizabeth Harlan , Astrachan Gunst Thomas, P.C. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), approximately two million workers a year are affected by some form of workplace violence. The National Crime Victimization Survey...

By: Stephen E. Reynolds and Nicole R. Woods ICE MILLER LLP In response to the increased concern surrounding cybersecurity, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) has released the Model Information Protection and Security Controls for Outside Counsel...

By: James E. Meadows , Culhane Meadows PLLC. Cloud computing is a subscription-based service that offers on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computer resources (e.g., networks, applications, servers, storage, etc.) that is usually...