2/6/19
By: Jake Loken
It is a rare sight to see a judge being sued, so what happens when one is? The process is generally the same as any other lawsuit, but one important doctrine can get in the way: absolute …
2/6/19
By: Jake Loken
It is a rare sight to see a judge being sued, so what happens when one is? The process is generally the same as any other lawsuit, but one important doctrine can get in the way: absolute …
A House of Cards: Stacking Inferences to Prove Liability
5/10/18
By: Melissa Santalone
A Florida appellate court recently reaffirmed Florida’s state law prohibition against stacking inferences in personal injury cases with a reversal of a $1.5 million verdict in a slip-and-fall case against Publix. In Publix Super Markets, Inc. v. …
5/7/18
By: Robyn Flegal
Alabama has officially become the last of the 50 States to pass a data breach notification statute, which will go into effect on June 1, 2018. The Alabama Data Breach Notification Act of 2018 requires that covered …
Circuits Now Split Three Ways Over False Claims Act Limitations Period
4/26/18
By: Robyn Flegal
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (governing Georgia, Alabama, and Florida), recently held that the three-year statute of limitations for the False Claims Act (FCA) begins when the government learns of alleged violations of the FCA, rather …
Congress Steps Into Tip-Pooling Fight
3/23/18
By: Timothy J. Holdsworth
We wrote previously about the background on the tip-pooling regulations and the DOL’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPR”) that would allow tip-pooling arrangements that include employees who do not regularly and customarily receive tips under the …
South Dakota Introduces Data Breach Notification Legislation
2/14/18
By: Kacie L. Manisco
On January 23, 2018, South Dakota’s Senate Attorney Judicial Committee unanimously voted in favor of introducing data breach notification legislation. Senate Bill 62 would require an “Information Holder,” i.e., a person or business conducting business in …