Law Firm: Workplace Class Action Settlement Costs Reached Record $3.6B in 2021 January 12, 2022 By Jim Sams The cost of settling workplace class-action lawsuits reached a record high in 2021, defying expectations that the COVID-19 pandemic would...
Viewpoint: Returning to Work After COVID, Long-Haul Cases, Vaccine Mandates November 8, 2021 By Shari Starkey Remember when we thought COVID would die down last summer, once vaccines became more widely available? Instead, we find ourselves...
Rise in Wage and Hour Claims Unlikely to Change, Warns Advisen White Paper February 3, 2016 Litigation of wage and hour claims has risen 58 percent between 2013 and 2015, according to insurance research provider Advisen...
Medical Marijuana User Sues Rhode Island Firm for Refusing to Hire Her November 14, 2014 By MICHELLE R. SMITH A graduate student is suing a Rhode Island textile company after it refused to hire her for a two-month internship...
Lessons for Employers and Insurers in the Wake of the Sandusky/Penn State Scandal February 11, 2014 By Tashia M. Small, Esq. The Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State University leaves in its wake an avalanche of repercussions specific to the area...