Enterprising high school and college students often spend at least part of their summers engaged in internships. What better way to test-drive a career and gain valuable job skills than to spend a few weeks immersed in the corporate culture? Recent headlines suggest, however, that when it comes Continue Reading
FCRA Suits Mounting, But SCOTUS Might Stem Surge
Plaintiffs lawyers have been filing a profusion of suits over pre-employment background checks, which some observers attribute to a renewed interest in applicants' rights during the hiring process, but an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case could slow the trend.In the U.S. District Court for the Continue Reading
PTAB’s Joinder Ruling Gives Petitioners Extra Flexibility
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision last week allowing for parties that bring one America Invents Act review petition to file a subsequent petition raising different issues and join them into one proceeding may give petitioners strategic benefits, such as prolonging a stay in parallel Continue Reading
Robert Mintz quoted in “Secret CEO Recordings Allowed in Massey Mine Blast Trial,” which appeared in Bloomberg
Robert Mintz quoted in “Gibson Dunn Subpoena Row Sends Warning on Firm Probes,” which appeared in Law360
BCBS Blasts ‘Hyperbolic’ Reply To Its Carlton Fields DQ Bid
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Inc. on Monday slammed another insurer’s attempt to prevent the disqualification of its counsel at Carlton Fields Jorden Burt PA in a dispute over multidistrict antitrust litigation liability, saying the insurer’s supplemental brief was improperly filed and is Continue Reading
Demise of Int’l Data Sharing Pact Opens New Liability Frontier
The European Court of Justice's Tuesday ruling invalidating the safe harbor agreement that enabled data transfers between the U.S. and European Union opens companies on both sides of the Atlantic up to increased scrutiny from EU regulators, who will be pushed harder by consumers to protect data that Continue Reading
Robert Mintz interviewed in “Lawyers Weigh In On Supreme Court’s Newman Rejection,” which appeared in Law360
Robert Mintz quoted in “Triple Play: A Prosecutor On Individuals and Financial Wrongdoing,” which appeared in NJBIZ
Urban Outfitters Looks To Force Insurers To Cover IP Suits
Urban Outfitters Inc. filed suit in Pennsylvania state court Wednesday accusing two of its insurers of failing to defend the retailer from claims leveled by Unicolors Inc. over a dress pattern that allegedly infringed company copyrights. A complaint in Philadelphia County’s Court of Common Pleas Continue Reading