Tag: Federal Law

• Employment Law & Litigation

  Fair Credit Reporting Act Effect on Employment

  • April 20, 2016
  • By Allen & Gooch

  Credit reports are often used as decision makers in many aspects of our lives that do not include taking on more debt. Employers often use credit reports as indicators of a future employee’s stability and trustworthiness.  However, employers that use credit reports as part of their hiring process may need to reexamine their protocols. Under […]

• Business Litigation

  SEC Administrative Courts Soon to Hear More Cases

  • October 7, 2013
  • By Allen & Gooch

  Changes to Dodd-Frank means that more securities law cases are likely to be brought before SEC administrative courts rather than federal district court.

• Maritime Casualty

  LHWCA: “Other Adjoining Areas” Must Be Contiguous to Navigable Waters

  • September 23, 2013
  • By Allen & Gooch
  

  Status and Situs An individual seeking workers’ compensation benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (“LHWCA”) must satisfy two separate requirements—“status” and “situs.”  The “status” test requires that the recipient of benefits be engaged in “maritime employment, including any longshoreman or other person engaged in longshoring operations, and any harbor worker including a […]

• Insurance & Casualty Litigation

  10 Items to Preserve After an Accident in a Company Vehicle

  • September 13, 2013
  • By Lori Barker
  

  Do you know what to do if an employee gets into an accident in a company vehicle? When your employee is involved in an accident in a company vehicle that may be the subject of a future lawsuit, keeping basic documents will help you avoid an adverse claim for spoliation and assist with your defense. […]

• Business Litigation

  Securities Statute of Limitations Does Not Stop for Class Actions

  • August 28, 2013
  • By Allen & Gooch
  

  Thinking about filing suit over some securities you purchased?  You may want to move fast if you are waiting on class certification.  Your claim may not be  suspended while the case for class certification is pending. Second Circuit Rules on Securities Statute of Limitations This summer, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals made a […]