New Jersey's high court ruled Thursday that damages stemming from a subcontractor's faulty workmanship can be covered under a general contractor's commercial general liability policy, blunting a decades-old precedent that insurers have wielded to deny coverage for such claims and providing clarity Continue Reading
LAW: The Attorney Helping Gretchen Carlson Topple a TV Titan
Nancy Erika Smith has strict criteria for the clients she chooses to represent in court, and only works with a fraction of the people who come to her with tales of discrimination. But when she met Gretchen Carlson, Smith knew right away Carlson would make the cut.“Meeting with Gretchen, I really Continue Reading
PTAB Nixes Tracking Patent In Post-Grant Review
In its third-ever post-grant review decision, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruled Tuesday that a patent for tracking container storage and shipping is invalid under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice decision because it describes a long-standing industry practice. The PTAB found in favor of Continue Reading
In Ex-Fox Anchor Harassment Case, Accusations of ‘Judge Shopping’
Lawyers for the Fox News chairman, Roger Ailes, are looking to transfer a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the former anchor Gretchen Carlson to a New York federal court, a move her lawyers immediately dismissed as “judge shopping.” In papers filed on Friday, Mr. Ailes’s lawyers argued that the Continue Reading
Stunted-Chicken Ruling Hatches Fight Over Defect Exclusions
A New Jersey appeals court's Thursday ruling that adverse side effects caused by chicken feed additive are covered property damage chips away at precedent long relied upon by insurance carriers in product defect cases, but the court's new test for how an exclusion for impaired property is applied Continue Reading
Ex-Fox News Anchor’s Suit Puts Media Sexism In Spotlight — For Now
When former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson sued her ex-boss, Roger Ailes, her lawsuit outlined what employment attorneys call an all-too-familiar tale of sexual harassment: comments about her legs, instructions to wear certain types of clothing, even an overt sexual proposition. But there was Continue Reading
3 Takeaways From The NLRB’s Temp Worker Union Ruling
As the National Labor Relations Board's blockbuster Browning-Ferris decision nears its first anniversary, the agency issued a complementary ruling Monday making it easier for temp workers to unionize, a one-two combination punch that management-side lawyers fear will open primary employers up to Continue Reading
Gretchen Carlson’s Lawsuit: Fox News Wants No News About Fox News
When Fox News chief Roger Ailes asked a court on Friday to dismiss former Fox TV host Gretchen Carlson’s sexual harassment suit against him and force it into secret arbitration, he put on display a hornet’s nest of increasingly common and controversial employment practices. The notion that the Continue Reading
Judge Weighs Bid To Toss Charges In Wilmington Trust Case
A federal judge may dismiss some counts in an indictment against Wilmington Trust and five former senior bank executives after hearing arguments Thursday. U.S. Judge Richard G. Andrews said he will likely dismiss a handful of counts alleging the bank and executives made false statements to the Continue Reading
Gretchen Carlson: The Weird and Wild Intricacies of Her Sexual Harassment Suit
In most workplace sexual harassment lawsuits, workers go after the company. But ex-Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson singled out her former boss Roger Ailes, chairman and CEO of the network. “That makes it different right off the bat,” said Thomas Doherty, a management-side employment litigator Continue Reading