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Estimating the Costs of Litigation; Parallel Stories Illustrate Difficulty of...
Daniel SchwartzReturning from the ABA Meeting today, there were two stories over the last couple of days that have received some press. Taken together, they show the difficulties that companies and...
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Court: Supervisor May Be Liable for Negligent Exposure of Subordinate to...
Daniel SchwartzYou’ve heard of the negligent hiring case. Should we now get ready for "negligent exposure" cases? A Connecticut Superior Court recently allowed a claim of negligence to proceed by a...
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Punitive Damages Not Authorized for State Employment Discrimination Claims,...
In yesterday’s post, I talked about the case of Tomick v. UPS in looking at the prima facie case for disability discrimination. But the new Appellate Court case may be even more significant for its...
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Is the State of Employment Litigation Good for Employers or Bad?
Let’s take a test. In the last ten years or so, the number of charges of discrimination and retaliation filed at the EEOC has done WHAT? a) Gone up by 40 percent b) Gone up by 15 percent c) Stayed...
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Three Questions With…Kyle Anderson, On Lowering Employee Costs with...
Fall is typically the time that employers start to think about insurance renewals and keeping employee healthcare costs under control. I had a recent conversation with Kyle Anderson, Director of...
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