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Employment Law Update: March 2015
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Legal updates, news and commentary from Preti Flaherty's Employment Law Attorneys. US Supreme Court Rules on Pregnancy Accommodation. Friday, March 27, 2015. The US. Supreme Court addressed the question whether and when that clause requires employers to provide workplace accommodations to pregnant employees who may have physical limitations on tasks they can perform. The case involved the legality of a UPS policy that made light-duty work available to certain workers, but not to pregnant employees. First...
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New England Securities Litigation & Arbitration Law Blog: May 2015
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News and commentary from the Financial Services attorneys at Preti Flaherty. Obama Administration Proposes Rules to Tighten Broker Standards for Retirement. Friday, May 15, 2015. Notes that the Department of Labor is moving full steam ahead with a proposed fiduciary standard for anyone giving retirement investment advice. As the. At present, brokers’ recommendations only have to be “suitable.”. Labor Secretary Tom Perez notes that the rule is “intended to provide guardrails but not straitjackets, s...
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Intellectual Property Blog : June 2015
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News and commentary from the Intellectual Property attorneys at Preti Flaherty. US Supreme Court No Help to Google in API Copying Case. Monday, June 29, 2015. Back in October 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court was asked to take up the appeal for. Oracle v. Google. Oracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc. Oracle v. Google. Posted by Ricardo Ochoa. Oracle America Inc. v Google Inc. What do you mean I can't display the picture I bought? Thursday, June 25, 2015. Is such a demand legitimate? What to do now? The photogra...
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Environmental Law Blog : March 2015
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Legal updates, news and commentary from Preti Flaherty's Environmental Law Attorneys. US Wins Clean Air Act Liability Battle Versus Westvaco - But Loses Remedy War. Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Even if Westvaco is required to purchase emission credits, the cost of such credits will be minimal (about $8,000). Posted by Jeffrey D. Talbert. Clean Air Act litigation. Prevention of Significant Deterioration. Pulp and paper Clean Air Act. United States vs Westvaco. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A multidisciplinary...
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Employment Law Update: December 2014
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Legal updates, news and commentary from Preti Flaherty's Employment Law Attorneys. NLRB Gives Employees the Right to Use Company Email for Protected Communications. Monday, December 22, 2014. Breaking new ground, the National Labor Relations Board ruled last week that employees have the right to use company email during non-working time to communicate about the terms and conditions of their employment. The Board’s decision in. Purple Communications, Inc.,. Reversing its holding in. The Board found that i...
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Intellectual Property Blog : July 2015
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News and commentary from the Intellectual Property attorneys at Preti Flaherty. Closing the U.S. Border Gates Against Infringing Imports. Wednesday, July 1, 2015. Could infringing imports be jeopardizing your intellectual property rights without your knowledge? To harness the powers of CBP to close the border gates on infringing imports, consult with an experienced intellectual property attorney. Posted by Stephen D. Wilson, Esq. Tariff Act of 1930. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Court Finds Airport Cannot ...
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New England Securities Litigation & Arbitration Law Blog: July 2015
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News and commentary from the Financial Services attorneys at Preti Flaherty. FINRA Arbitration and Confidentiality: the Exception Not the Rule. Monday, July 27, 2015. Unnecessary secrecy is burdensome and contrary to important public interests. According to FINRA, "A ruling that documents are confidential may impose burdens and limitations on the receiving party, such as requiring special handling or limiting the ability of the party to discuss the documents with witnesses and others who may assist i...
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Construction Law Blog : March 2015
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News and commentary from the Construction Law attorneys at Preti Flaherty. Equitable Adjustment Not Available to Remedy “Wholly Artificial” Bids. Monday, March 30, 2015. The Massachusetts Appeals Court has declined to award an equitable adjustment to a contractor who bid $0.01 to excavate a cubic yard of rock from a project site. See Celco Construction Corp. v. Town of Avon. 87 Mass. App. Ct. 132 (March 2, 2014). The contractor argued that the approximately 1500 more cubic yards of rock presented an appr...
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Intellectual Property Blog : November 2014
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News and commentary from the Intellectual Property attorneys at Preti Flaherty. Is Your Software Invention Eligible for Patent Protection? Thursday, November 6, 2014. Would provide such clarification. It did not. What constitutes an “abstract idea? Without ever clearly defining what an abstract idea might be, in a string of cases leading up to the Alice Corp. Decision, the courts concluded that various processes and systems that were implemented in software were directed to an “abstract idea”...While rec...
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