“There’s a real dispute between the plaintiffs’ bar and defense bar as to what ‘aggrieved’ means,” said Mr. Kott. There would be “nothing fair” about the certification of this class, in which the plaintiffs are “only suing for the statutory penalty” of $100. The business community contends that Continue Reading
Gay Exec’s 2nd Circ. Win Shows Title VII Clarity Needed
The Second Circuit's decision Monday reviving a gay ad executive's discrimination suit against Omnicom Inc. added fuel to the ongoing debate about if and how Title VII applies to sexual orientation bias and put a new arrow in the plaintiffs bar's quiver, but legal professionals say the ruling also Continue Reading
Businesses Worry That Too Many Millennials Headed Out of New Jersey
Millennials are leaving Garden State at a faster clip than any other group; that’s a concern for business groups, who want to keep them here. Last year, the size of the nation’s millennial generation grew enough to top baby boomers and become the largest of the five living generations. But in New Continue Reading
3 Mistakes To Avoid When Handling Intermittent FMLA Leave
While most employers have fine-tuned their practices for administering leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, legal professionals say the statute’s allowance for intermittent leave — shorter, less predictable absences — still often leaves employers flustered and open to legal woes. Passed Continue Reading
Conn. Allocation Ruling May Swell Insurers’ Asbestos Burden
A Connecticut appeals court’s ruling Monday that Vanderbilt Minerals LLC doesn’t have to contribute to asbestos injury claims for the years during which there was no insurance available for those risks, which may expand insurers’ asbestos liabilities by forcing them to pick up costs for such Continue Reading
Trump Paid Leave Push Might Fizzle In GOP Congress
Even though President Donald Trump threw his support behind a federal paid leave program during his first speech before a joint session of Congress, legal professionals say any such proposal will likely meet numerous roadblocks from Republican lawmakers who have historically opposed any federally Continue Reading
TCPA Litigation Evolving to Include Text Message Opt-out Responses
A group of attorneys has warned that the "next wave" of class action lawsuits has been bringing into question the businesses’ responsibility when it comes to customers opting out of text message programs. Lawyers with New Jersey firm McCarter & English LLP have been seeing an increase in Continue Reading
Why PE Fundraising Will Continue To Climb In 2017
Private equity dealmaking and fundraising levels remained healthy in 2017, and there are a number of trends set to continue into the new year, such as the recent rise of megafunds and a blurring of the lines between PE and venture capital as fund managers increasingly seek to land promising Continue Reading
Len Boselovic’s Heard off the Street: SEC Prods Companies on Sudan, Syrian Disclosures
A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission campaign to remind companies that the agency is monitoring them to determine whether they are doing business with countries on the U.S. sanctions list included a reminder to one of Western Pennsylvania’s most successful publicly traded tech companies. The Continue Reading
Middle-Market PE Players Grapple With Intense Competition
Private equity mergers and acquisitions and investment activity in the early months of 2017 suggests that industry players are continuing to focus more on the middle market, and experts say the increasing popularity of the space is leading to intense competition and rising price tags. Of the 400 Continue Reading