Washington D.C. Managing Partner Jane Luxton will moderate a webinar sponsored by the Regulatory Transparency Project titled, “The SEC’s ESG Reporting Rule: Understanding the Debate over Climate-Risk Disclosure Requirements,” on May 2 at 12:00 p.m. ET.

New Orleans Partner James W. Hailey, III, along with Associates Shiena Marie N. Burke and Mariela Cruz, will present at an upcoming webinar on the Defense Base Act (DBA), hosted by CaseExperts on May 17 at 11:00 a.m. ET.

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to present our upcoming 2023 Workers’ Compensation Law Seminar, taking place on May 25 at the Westin hotel in Costa Mesa. This educational program will be available for virtual access.  

Madison County Partner Adam S. Johnson and Associate Zachary Shelton recently secured a defense verdict on behalf of a Lewis Brisbois client in Shelby County, Illinois. It was Mr. Johnson’s second defense verdict within a month.

Akron Partner Kerri Keller recently spoke with Law360's Employment Authority about joining Lewis Brisbois’ Akron office in the firm’s Labor & Employment and Complex Business & Commercial Litigation Practices.

Newark Partners David A. Tango and Jeffrey Spiegel secured an appellate victory on behalf of a New York attorney and his law firm when the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit for the unauthorized practice of law.

Kansas City, Missouri Partner Vincent Gunter recently provided his perspectives to Law360Pulse for an article titled, “Lewis Brisbois Adds Litigator To Kansas City Bench,” which discusses his move to Lewis Brisbois. 

This week, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that sets up a split in authority over whether freight broker tort claims are preempted by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act (FAAAA) (40 U.S.C. § 14501(c)(1), and whether those claims are excluded from preemption under the “safety exception” found in 49 U.S.C. § 14501(c)(2)(A). Essentially, the court held that the construction of the statute's exception used specific and intentional language and thus does not accommodate general state law negligence claims, regardless of whether they are safety concerns and within the state's safety regulatory authority.

Chicago Partner Mary A. Smigielski and Northwest Indiana Partner Tricia Bellich will speak at the upcoming Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM) Work Comp, Casualty & Risk Management Conference, hosted at the Westin hotel in Chicago on May 18.

On December 16, 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 2-A (S.B. 2-A, or the Act). Widely touted as “groundbreaking,” S.B. 2-A reforms many aspects of the claims process, including the timing for paying and adjusting claims, eliminating one-way attorneys’ fee awards, and banning assignment-of-benefits agreements. This alert provides an overview of the key provisions of S.B. 2-A. Unless otherwise stated in each amended statute, December 16, 2022 appears to be the effective date of the Act.

On March 17, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) updated the disclosures that employers must provide to the subjects of background checks. Employers are now required to provide this new Summary of Rights document to all employees and candidates prior to taking an adverse action based on the results of an employment-related background check. 

Wilmington Managing Partner Francis G.X. Pileggi recently spoke with Law360 for an article on the defamation suit involving Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News, scheduled for trial in Delaware state court this week. 

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome attorney Kerri Keller to its Akron office as a partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment and Complex Business & Commercial Litigation Practices. With more than two decades of experience, including as first- and second-chair trial counsel, Ms. Keller focuses her practice on assisting businesses and public entities in navigating high-stakes employment and business disputes. She regularly litigates matters in state and federal courts, as well as before regulatory agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, and the Department of Labor. Ms. Keller maintains a diverse client base that includes manufacturers, healthcare organizations, local government agencies, and non-profit organizations. 

California’s Air Resources Board is introducing the nation’s first zero-emission commercial truck standard, which will see the state mandating makers of medium and heavy-duty trucks, such as semi-trailers, big rigs, cement mixers, garbage trucks, delivery vans, and airport shuttles, to sell hybrid or electric heavy-duty trucks. The aim is to increase the supply of such trucks in California in the next two decades. However, this has caused concerns for the commercial trucking industry, including truck manufacturers, suppliers, and vendors, who have highlighted a number of compliance hurdles, such as the lack of charging infrastructure, ongoing supply chain shortages, and pending regulatory changes. 

For several years, Lewis Brisbois’ ADA Compliance & Defense attorneys have used consent decrees when settling New York federal court putative class action lawsuits in which the vision disabled plaintiffs allege that the defendants’ websites and mobile apps are not accessible in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and, in some cases, state and local laws.