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Other News For In-House Counsel
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 Rise in charges has employers on ‘high alert’
When the going gets tough, the employment discrimination enforcement actions get going.
And last year seems to be no different, with a number of factors creating a perfect storm of sorts for discrimination claims, including a rise in job losses, the passage of new age and disability bias laws and a tougher enforcement policy spearheaded by the Obama administration’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Click here to read the full New England In-House story.
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‘Honest services’ ruling could stymie prosecutors
White-collar lawyers say that federal prosecutors will have a tougher time getting convictions in public corruption cases if, as many predict, the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the controversial “honest services fraud” statute.
Click here to read the full New England In-House story.
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"Impact of the KSR Decision"
"Impact of Qualcomm v. Broadcom"
Click here to listen to this week's interviews
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 Pilot program aimed at reining in discovery
White-collar lawyers say that federal prosecutors will have a tougher time getting convictions in public corruption cases if, as many predict, the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the controversial “honest services fraud” statute.
Click here to read the full New England In-House story.
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ADA complaint against debtor is barred
A bankrupt airline could not be held liable to a former employee for handicap discrimination, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found.
The airline argued that a U.S. Bankruptcy Court order disallowing the discrimination claim resulted in the employee being forever barred from suing the airline under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Click here to read the full New England In-House story.
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 Bar: Spoliation sanction sends warning to litigants
A judge’s decision to dismiss a plaintiff’s breach-of-contract lawsuit and sanction him $243,000 for destroying critical evidence in an employment dispute is a warning to civil litigants who do not cooperate during discovery, lawyers say.
Click here to read the full New England In-House story.
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