Insights: Results

Ontario Court of Appeal Addresses Interplay of SERP Entitlements and Grow-in Benefits

by Caroline Helbronner and Sean Maxwell

The case serves as a reminder of the importance of carefully drafting the benefit provisions in supplemental plan texts where members of the underlying registered plan are subject to pension legislation that provides for grow-in benefits on termination of employment.

Clients with Appeal

by Michele M. Jochner

It’s frustrating to lose a case you’ve worked hard on. When considering whether to take an appeal of that ruling, here’s what to keep in mind—and how to enable your client to make that decision.

A Trial Is all about the Appeal

by Campbell D. Barrett and Judge Lynda B. Munro

Every trial has the potential for an appeal. The likelihood of an appeal is enhanced when the judge has picked a clear winner and loser after a family bench trial.

Challenging Punitive Damages on Appeal

by Lynn Kappelman and Dawn Solowey

How companies can reduce or overturn punitive awards after trial.

Eliminating Court of Appeals Seats in North Carolina

by F. William Powers

F. William Powers urges against cutting Court of Appeals seats amid increasing caseload and calls for judicial funding based on data-driven need.

D.C. Circuit Court Questions Constitutionality of FINRA

by Gregory Sirico

Over the summer, a D.C. Circuit Court was quick to stop the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from expelling a Utah-based brokerage firm.

Supreme Court Slams Door on Out-of-State Plaintiffs’ Suits

by Dona Szak

In Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, multiple plaintiffs sued Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMS) in a California state court to recover damages allegedly caused by their use of BMS’ anti-clotting drug, Plavix.

Sounding Out the Supreme Court of Canada on Utility

by Daphne Lainson

Supreme Court Returns Transgender Bathroom Case to Lower Court

by Fisher Phillips

High Court Merit

by Tracy Collins Ortlieb

In progressive legal circles, the name Robbie Kaplan has emerged as an omnipresent force for equal and human rights.

Religious Symbols in the Workplace: Recent Decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union

by Pascale Lagesse

Is it discrimination for a workplace to ban employees from display political, philosophical, and religious symbols in the work environment?

Attorney Michael Cohen's U.S. Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit Oral Argument

by Michael J. Cohen

Supreme Court of New Jersey Affirms Rules as to Priority of Discretionary Advance Mortgages

by Mark Rattner

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, San Francisco

by Clifford J. Zatz and Josh Thomas Foust

The decision “may make it impossible to bring certain mass actions at all."

What Is Probate Court: A Complete Guide

by Best Lawyers

This complete guide to probate court covers everything you need to know about the legal process of distributing a deceased person's assets.

California Court Rules Against Westlands Water District

by Gregory Sirico

The Fresno County Superior Court of Appeals filed its ruling over a case involving the Westlands Water District, a major U.S.-based agricultural water company.