federal law

Greenberg battles back against Schneiderman in N.Y. fraud case

By Alex Vorro | May 15, 2012

The tensions rose another notch yesterday in the 7-year-old fraud case against former AIG CEO Maurice Greenberg and CFO Howard Smith. Greenberg bit back at New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, claiming that the state should be barred from invoking a 91-year-old state law in the case.
6 of the strangest lawsuits making headlines

By Alanna Byrne | May 2, 2012

The following lawsuits exemplify the lighter, and sometimes bizarre, side of the legal world.
Failure-to-warn claims preempted in Texas unless the FDA finds fraud

By Julie Beck | April 30, 2012

5th Circuit decision deepens circuit split on fraud-on-the-FDA statute preemption
Labor: City- and state-mandated employee benefits

By Wendy Voss, Lindsay Clizbe | April 23, 2012

In recent years, states and cities have enacted various laws requiring private employers to provide certain benefits to their employees beyond those benefits mandated by federal law or traditionally mandated under state law, such as workers’ or unemployment compensation.
Technology: Effectively responding to a network intrusion

By Todd Hinnen, Michael Sussmann | April 6, 2012

6 things to do in the first week after a breach
Betting on March Madness may be illegal

By Julie Beck | March 16, 2012

How is your March Madness bracket doing?
Facial recognition presents privacy concerns

By Melissa Maleske | March 1, 2012

A patchwork of laws regulate technology that mines faces for data
Termination of transgender employee ruled illegal

By Michael Kozubek | March 1, 2012

The 11th Circuit sides with transgender employee based on sexual stereotyping
Labor: Employment protections under medical marijuana laws

By Kathleen Furey McDonough | February 20, 2012

The age of medical marijuana has arrived. Sixteen states, plus the District of Columbia, have enacted legislation that affords protections to qualifying individuals with debilitating medical conditions by allowing them to lawfully engage in the medical use of marijuana.
EEOC sues law firm for rescinding job offer to pregnant woman

By Cathleen Flahardy | February 17, 2012

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed suit against a Washington, D.C., law firm for rescinding a job offer it made to a candidate after learning she was pregnant.