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On June 18, 2025, the Federal Labour Court (BAG) ruled on the appeal of a works council member (case reference: 7 AZR 50/24). The plaintiff was employed based on a fixed-term employment contract. This contract was concluded...more
Saipem & Ors v Petrofac Limited and Petrofac International (UAE) LLC [2025] EWCA Civ 821 - Executive Summary: Negotiating Leverage Handed to Out of the Money Creditors - In a sweeping decision, the UK Court of Appeal has...more
Much of the buzz about artificial intelligence (AI) in law has focused on its utility as a discovery tool rather than a potential source of discovery. While AI’s impact on discovery processes, such as reviewing and coding...more
The Tax Court in Brief - Freeman Law’s “The Tax Court in Brief” covers substantive Tax Court opinion, providing a brief of its decisions in clear, concise prose....more
Key Points: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has clarified that the standard of proof required for a finding of attorney misconduct is “clear and convincing evidence.” Attorney disciplinary matters “are in the nature of...more
The Privy Council has clarified that the duty of care to "obtain the best price reasonably obtainable" in the sale of secured collateral does not require a secured party to improve an asset before sale to obtain the best...more
In a unanimous decision issued on June 5, 2025, the United States Supreme Court held the “background circumstances” requirement imposed by some lower courts in what are often referred to as “reverse discrimination” claims is...more
On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Ames v Ohio Dept. of Youth Services that plaintiffs in the majority group within a protected class have the same burden of proof at summary judgment to demonstrate...more
As we previously reported in our Supreme Court preview alert, this term the Supreme Court heard a lawsuit regarding what standard of liability applies when a student with a disability sues a school under the Americans with...more
On June 5, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision, overruling the Sixth Circuit’s “background circumstances” rule in employment discrimination cases. The background circumstances rule required members of a...more
New York law generally requires that, to have a will admitted to probate, a party offering the will for probate must file the original instrument with the Surrogate’s Court (Margaret V. Turano, Practice Commentaries: SCPA §...more
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected use of a special legal test for plaintiffs to prove illegal bias in reverse discrimination cases. ...more
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (the EPA) and related state laws require employers to pay men and women equally for equal work. ...more
In the first two parts of this series, we explored how grandparents in Ohio can seek visitation rights and obtain temporary custody through parental agreements. But what happens when a grandparent believes that a more...more
On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court held that a plaintiff who is a member of a majority group does not need to meet a more stringent burden of proof in order to prove unlawful employment discrimination under Title VII of the...more
Just today, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a contentious disagreement between courts regarding the burden of proof required to bring a disparate treatment claim under Title VII. While the majority of appeals courts in the...more
The U.S. Supreme Court set the record straight on June 5, 2025 — reminding employers that all employees are created equal when it comes to Title VII litigation in federal court. The decision in Ames v. Ohio Department of...more
Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court recently suspended all pending lawsuits alleging that contractors should be reclassified to employees. The suspension, which was issued last month, covers both contractors who are engaged...more
Picture yourself standing in the middle of a bustling market surrounded by signs and conversations you can’t seem to decipher. If you’ve ever been a foreign country and don’t speak the language, you understand what it’s like...more
India’s Industrial Disputes Act of 1947 (and its many amendments) seeks to secure social justice to workmen but are there ways in which it can be misused? We take a look at Section 17B and the duty to pay wages during...more
On April 17, the Supreme Court unanimously resolved a circuit split in Cunningham v. Cornell University, holding that plan participants need only allege that fiduciaries engaged in a “prohibited transaction” under the...more
Earlier this month, the Louisiana Supreme Court issued a significant decision that holds implications for insurers and their insured contractors and subcontractors, particularly concerning summary judgment procedures in...more
The Federal Circuit recently refused to apply collateral estoppel to claims of a patent asserted in district court litigation based on a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision finding similar claims from the same...more
A January 15, 2025, U.S. Supreme Court opinion brought welcome news for employers defending claims of worker exempt status misclassification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In the case at issue, E.M.D. Sales, Inc....more
In the recent disciplinary matter of ODC v. Anonymous, 2025 WL 524221 (Pa. Feb. 12, 2025), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court established the standard applicable to attorney disciplinary matters, expressly holding that the...more