Risk Management, Compliance, Appeals

Georgia Court's Ruling on Rycroft Defense Signals Key Limitation for Employers

Goldberg Segalla on 3/11/2025

Unfortunately, not everything is always peachy in the Peach State. Historically, the Rycroft defense has allowed employers to deny workers’ compensation benefits when a worker makes false representations about their physical...more

Does an Arbitration Agreement Require the Employer’s Signature? Read the Fine Print

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 2/7/2025

The California Court of Appeal recently reminded employers in an unpublished (but nonetheless chastening) opinion of the importance of carefully drafting arbitration agreements. In Pich v. LaserAway, LLC et al, the court...more

No Risk, No Reward: The Liberty v. NDIC Decision Holds That Risk Penalties Can be Recovered From Total Unit Production

Oliva Gibbs on 2/3/2025

In Liberty Petro. Corp. v. N.D. Indus. Comm’n, the Supreme Court of North Dakota addressed whether nonconsent risk penalties must be assessed on a well-by-well basis or can be recovered from overall unit production. The court...more

What to Do if Your Government Contract Is Terminated per the New DEI Executive Order

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/24/2025

On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” The executive order’s stated purpose is to end “illegal” diversity, equity,...more

“Unconscionable” Standard Need Not be Clean Cut: NY Appellate Court Reverses Lysol Price Gouging Case

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 9/15/2022

One of the bellwether price gouging cases from the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic was recently reversed and remanded by New York’s First Judicial Department of the Appellate Division. New York Attorney General...more

[Event] Clinical Practice Compliance Conference - October 27th-29th, Nashville, TN

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 10/14/2019

Our annual Clinical Practice Compliance Conference provides information about the latest government initiatives related to physicians and clinics. Unite with your colleagues to discuss strategies for facing compliance issues...more

Strange But True: Recent EPA and State Actions Show Breadth of Environmental Enforcement

Williams Mullen on 2/14/2018

A trilogy of recent federal and state enforcement actions show just how far agencies will go to enforce environmental regulations. Now may be a good time for a compliance audit....more

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