For years, courts have dismissed employment discrimination claims where employees cannot show alleged discrimination caused a “serious,” “significant,” or “substantial” change in the “terms and conditions” of their employment.
Employers, even those currently without a union representing a segment of the workforce, should seriously consider implementing labor relations training for managers and supervisors to mitigate against the growing risk of unionization that’s spreading around the country.
The decision may create opportunities for industry to secure more favorable rulings in regulatory battles but will also create regulatory uncertainty.
For many civil practitioners, the world of criminal law can be strange and intimidating. Different rules, different issues, different clients, different stakes. But even for litigators with an entirely civil practice, criminal law issues can and do arise.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision will likely impact companies within the oil and gas industry.
Bruen leaves open a myriad of challenges to firearm regulation. Every statute, regulation and sentencing enhancement is subject to challenge. If your client is charged with a firearm offense, you should analyze the burden of the regulation through Bruen’s new test.
The attorney-client privilege is rightfully considered sacrosanct. That privilege protects communications between a client and their attorney made to obtain or provide legal advice. But when is a communication made “to obtain or provide legal advice?”
Adam Doverspike and Scott Kiplinger acted as local counsel for defendant Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.in this victorious motion to dismiss a personal injury suit in the Western District Court of Oklahoma.