“Patients don’t know their doctors are serving two masters.” UPMC, a renowned cardiothoracic surgeon there and a physicians group will pay the federal government $8.5 ...
The Third Circuit allows two employees to sue their employer in court even though the company’s dispute resolution policy requires binding arbitration because they objected ...
On October 7, 2016, the Third Circuit underscored the need for employers to compensate all hours worked by non-exempt employees even when employers pay employees ...
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Holds Employers Cannot Require Employees to Individually Arbitrate Claims By Way of “Separate Proceedings.” OVERVIEW In late August 2016, a ...
Off-label statements and conduct of pharmaceutical manufacturers that rise to the level of misbranding under the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetics Act are not protected by ...
Delaware Supreme Court rules the three-year statute of limitations for an insurance bad-faith claim accrues when an excess judgment becomes final and is no longer ...
Final rules that dramatically expand the class of employees entitled to overtime could take effect by spring of 2016. The Department of Labor (DOL) sent ...
Settling claims that drug maker Amarin promoted its fish-oil pills for unapproved uses, the FDA stresses the settlement does not signify a position on the First Amendment and commercial ...
The U.S. Supreme Court holds that settlement offers and other offers of full relief to named plaintiffs do not moot class action claims. The ruling ...
The Second Circuit provides employers greater freedom to implement unpaid internship programs and a stronger defense for class-action lawsuits brought by interns. But stronger protections ...