New York Partner Clare M. Cunningham was recently quoted in a Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM) Magazine article on the professional experiences of women within the claims industry, in celebration of Women’s History Month. 

Chicago Partner and Co-Chair of Lewis Brisbois’ Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA) Practice Mary A. Smigielski recently spoke with The Privacy Advisor – the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ (IAPP) flagship publication – for an article that discusses the implications of two recent Illinois Supreme Court BIPA decisions.

Starting September 17, 2023, many employers across New York State will be subject to new job advertising requirements under a new Pay Transparency Law. New York City employers have a head start in grappling with this issue in light of the similar city law that has been in place since November 2022.

The Supreme Court of Texas recently addressed the proof necessary to show causation in toxic tort cases and clarified that regardless of who or what is affected, the evidence remains the same. In Helena Chemical Company v. Cox, No. 20-0881, 2023 Tex. LEXIS 208, 66 Tex. Sup. J. 389 (Tex. 2023), cotton farmers in Coke, Sterling, and Mitchell Counties brought suit alleging that two planes dusted with the aerial herbicide – Sendero – in July 2015, which spread across their fields and damaged their crops.

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to present our next webinar of 2023, “Recent Trends in Workplace Violence,” taking place Thursday, April 20 at 9:00 a.m. PT.

In a shocking win for California employers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held on February 15, 2023 that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts California’s controversial Assembly Bill 51 (AB 51), which attempted to criminalize employers’ use of mandatory arbitration agreements in the Golden State.

Albuquerque Administrative Partner Stephen Hoffman and Associate Vanessa Garcia recently secured a defense verdict on behalf of a funeral home and several of its employees following a six-day jury trial in the Second Judicial District in Bernalillo County.

New York Associate Christina Stylianou and Phoenix Partner Gregg E. Clifton recently authored an Expert Analysis article for Law360, titled "What Esports Ruling Means For College Title IX Compliance," which discusses a recent case in which the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida held that collegiate esports team are not subject to Title IX scrutiny.

Phoenix Partner & Chair of Lewis Brisbois' Collegiate & Professional Sports Law PracticeGregg E. Clifton will join a panel on sports arbitration issues, hosted by New York Law School on March 28 at 5:30p.m. ET.  

Last year, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding its present guidance on the classification of independent contractors. The Proposed Rule rescinds the 2021 Independent Contractor Rule, Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, published in January 2021, and contains general interpretations for determining worker status.

Lewis Brisbois was recently listed on Hackney Publications' third annual “Top 100 Law Firms with Sports Practices” list, a guidebook to the most exemplary sports law practices around the country.  

New York Trial Partner Jennine A. Gerrard recently obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a major New York City hospital in a medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff claimed to suffer from constant and painful electrical shocks after the surgical implantation of a life-saving defibrillator device.

Plaintiffs’ attorneys throughout Florida are rushing to file lawsuits in anticipation of sweeping tort reform legislation. It has been reported that some plaintiffs’ firms in the Sunshine State have filed hundreds – and in some cases thousands – of new lawsuits this week ahead of the potential enactment of the bill. It has also been reported that this record number of new suits being filed is causing difficulty and failures in some court computer systems.

New York Partner Christian McGannon and New York/Hartford Partner Kevin Zimmerman recently obtained a defense verdict in Rockland County, New York in a case involving an alleged traumatic brain injury (TBI), as well as bilateral knee surgery and lumbar injections.

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) annual Internet Crime Report, released this month, Americans lost $10.3 billion to an array of internet scams during 2022. Although news regarding cyber scams in the financial services, retail, and healthcare industries often make headlines, other industries have seen an increase in fraudulent schemes in recent years. Specifically, a new type of internet-based scam involving phony purchase orders has penetrated the transportation industry.