Business and Legal Insights

Posts from March 2022.

Trial Court Wrongly Dismisses Case at Hearing on Paying Rent into Registry

A hearing on payment into the registry may result in a preliminary ruling as to some of the ultimate issues in an eviction, but it is not the same as a final hearing.Read More

Eleventh Circuit Case Law Update: Ruhlen v. Holiday Haven Homeowners, Inc. Illustrates Just How Difficult it is to Appeal a Remand Order

3.24.22

Practitioners who litigate frequently in federal court already know the Herculean task of trying to appeal a remand order sending a removed case back to state court. Typically, by express rule, a defendant has no appellate recourse if a district court remands a case. Subject to extremely limited and specific exceptions...Read More

D.C.’s New Non-Compete Law

3.21.22 | Alamea Deedee Bitran

The District of Columbia recently passed a new expansive law which bans most noncompetition agreements for employees in the District.Read More

Tags: competition, employees, Employment, liability

Employer Insights: Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021

3.2.22

Last month, both bodies of Congress approved the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (H.R. 4445), and President Biden is expected to sign the bill into law in the near future. This new piece of legislation makes a fundamental change to the arbitration of employment law claims because it...Read More