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January 11, 2012

California Appellate Court Holds Insurance Agents Not Employees Under California Law

In Arnold v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, a California appellate court issued a published decision

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January 11, 2012

Claims Review Procedures Must Be in Plan Document (Not Just SPD) Post-Amara, District Court Holds

In Kaufmann v.By Danielle K. Herring In Kaufmann v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Hampshire

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January 11, 2012

NLRB Strikes Down Arbitral Class Action Waiver

In D.R. Horton, Inc., (pdf) the National Labor Relations Board, by a 2-0 vote, found that an arbitration

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January 11, 2012

The IRS Reduces Its Program for Requesting Tax Status Determination Letters

By Adam J. Peters On January 3, 2012, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Revenue Procedure 2012‑6,

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January 11, 2012

California Supreme Court Applies Administrative Exemption to Claims Adjusters

In the waning days of 2011, a unanimous California Supreme Court gave California employers a holiday

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January 10, 2012

Court Reduces Counsel's Rate for Mishandling Electronic Discovery

In Chen v. Dougherty [pdf], No. C04-987 (W.D. Wash. 2009), U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman granted,

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January 10, 2012

Court Orders Parties to Preserve Communications Shared on Social Media

In Beye v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey [pdf], No. 06-5337 (D.N.J. 2007),  U.S. Magistrate

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January 10, 2012

Court Rules that Party Must Either Produce Common Metadata or Label Production to Correspond with Request

In City of Colton v. American Promotional Events, Inc. (and related consolidated cases) [pdf], No. EDCV

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January 10, 2012

Pennsylvania Court Clarifies When Attorneys' Fees May Be Imposed For Bad-Faith Prosecution Of Misappropriation Of Trade Secrets

When may attorneys’ fees be imposed on a plaintiff for prosecuting a claim for misappropriation of

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January 10, 2012

Plaintiff Sanctioned for Negligence after Third Party Vendor Destroys ESI

In Cyntegra, Inc. v. Idexx Laboratories, Inc. [pdf], CV 06-4170 (C.D. Cal. 2006), U.S. District Court

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