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Credit score matters More often than not, rewards rates of 3x and above are found in cards that require at least good credit, or a FICO score of at least 670, to qualify. [read post]

J&Y Personal Injury Blog - https://jnylaw.com/blog/

Alimony & the Cohabitation Dilemma

23 May 2024, 10:50 am by Mark Ashton

When matters like this get complicated, courts need to have flexibility to adjust to the circumstances. [read post]

Pennsylvania Family Law - http://pafamilylaw.foxrothschild.com/

Loose Lips Lead to Lost Cash

23 May 2024, 8:11 am by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, First Reference Managing Editor

As the matter is governed by the rules of contract law, it will come as no surprise that the wording of the settlement agreement is paramount. [read post]

Slaw - http://www.slaw.ca/

New York State's Court of Appeals clarifies the operation of the rebuttable presumption set forth in the State's Workers' Compensation Law §21(1), which provides that when an injury arises in the course of a worker's employment it is presumed to arise out of that worker's employment

23 May 2024, 6:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

at 185, quoting Matter of Seymour v Rivera Appliances Corp., 28 NY2d 406, 409 [1971]). [read post]

New York Public Personnel Law - https://publicpersonnellaw.blogspot.com/

New York State's Court of Appeals clarifies the operation of the rebuttable presumption set forth in the State's Workers' Compensation Law §21(1), which provides that when an injury arises in the course of a worker's employment it is presumed to arise out of that worker's employment

23 May 2024, 6:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

at 185, quoting Matter of Seymour v Rivera Appliances Corp., 28 NY2d 406, 409 [1971]). [read post]

New York Public Personnel Law - https://publicpersonnellaw.blogspot.com/

Regulating Civil Disobedience on Campus

22 May 2024, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf

Stevens Professor of Law at Cornell University and co-author, most recently, of Beating Hearts: Abortion and Animal Rights. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

The United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, held the challenged arbitration award unambiguously granted disgorgement of certain interest and fees, but concluded that the arbitrator's award of profits is too ambiguous to enforce and must be remanded to the arbitrator for clarification

22 May 2024, 10:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

Click HERE to access the text of the Second Circuit 90 page opinion in this matter. [read post]

New York Public Personnel Law - https://publicpersonnellaw.blogspot.com/

The United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, held the challenged arbitration award unambiguously granted disgorgement of certain interest and fees, but concluded that the arbitrator's award of profits is too ambiguous to enforce and must be remanded to the arbitrator for clarification

22 May 2024, 10:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

Click HERE to access the text of the Second Circuit 90 page opinion in this matter. [read post]

New York Public Personnel Law - https://publicpersonnellaw.blogspot.com/

Master of Its Choice of Forum?

22 May 2024, 7:00 am by bklemm@foley.com

The Complaint In February 2019, two Missourians sued Royal Canin and Nestlé Purina PetCare Co. in state court. [read post]

Consumer Class Defense Counsel - https://www.foley.com/insights/category/blogs/consumer-class-defense-counsel/

The ICC Arrest Warrants: Even a Strong U.S. Reaction Should Not Include Sanctions

22 May 2024, 5:30 am by Todd Buchwald

In this regard, it is worth recalling the report published three years ago by the Task Force commissioned by the American Society of International Law (ASIL) – a Task Force that I had the privilege to co-Chair with now-Ambassador for Global Criminal Justice Beth van Schaack — for the then-incoming Biden Administration on Policy Options for U.S. [read post]

Just Security - https://www.justsecurity.org/

A Tangled Mess in a Short Sale

22 May 2024, 4:03 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone

“A fiduciary relationship ‘exists between two persons when one of them is under a duty to act for or to give advice for the benefit of another upon matters within the scope of the relation’” (EBC I, Inc. v Goldman Sachs & Co., 5 NY3d 11, 19 [2005] [citation omitted]). [read post]

New York Attorney Malpractice Blog - http://blog.bluestonelawfirm.com/

When May the State Use Evidence of a Defendant’s Silence Before Trial?

22 May 2024, 3:00 am by Shea Denning

Courts have concluded that the following instances of pre-Miranda silence satisfy this standard: The defendant’s failure when police confronted him with the alleged co-conspirator’s statement identifying the defendant as the triggerman, to expound upon his statement, “I didn’t shoot anyone,” by adding that the co-conspirator shot the victim, in light of defendant’s testimony that he was acting as police informant at the time of the shooting and… [read post]

North Carolina Criminal Law Blog - http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/

Can an Automobile Exclusion Have Multiple Meanings?

21 May 2024, 1:15 pm by Tobin Admin

., the motorist’s) automobile, such that all of the widow’s claims failed as a matter of law. [read post]

Tobin Injury Law Blog - https://www.tobininjurylaw.com/blog/

Battling Brands: The Fight For Trademark Territory

21 May 2024, 11:45 am by Robert Zulandt

At the heart of the matter lies the use of the term “Rogue” in branding, a word laden with commercial significance for both companies. [read post]

KJK Legal News & Insights - https://kjk.com/news-insights/

Speaking Freely: Ethan Zuckerman

21 May 2024, 10:12 am by Jillian C. York

You want to create spaces for people to say what they want to say and speak their truths no matter how uncomfortable they are. [read post]