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2nd Circuit Rebukes Arbitration Panel for Limiting Fee Award
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has sharply rebuked a National Association of Securities Dealers arbitration panel for trying to restrict an award of attorney fees to a successful age discrimination claimant.Locke, plaintiff-appellant v. Aston, defendants-respondents
New York Law Applies to Taping of Phone Calls; Privacy Claims Denied in Bicoastal Contract FightLawyer Seeks Stay of Order Banning Him From Practice
Labor and employment attorney Loring Spolter said Tuesday that he will ask for an emergency stay of an unusual order by U.S. District Judge William Zloch imposing $110,000 in penalties and banning him from practicing in the Southern District of Florida for 3 1/2 years. The ban is part of a long-running battle over Spolter's claims that Reagan appointee Zloch is biased against women and minorities in employment cases because of his conservative views and Catholic faith.Door Opens on Patients' HMO Suits
HMOs face the sharpest attack yet on their nearly inviolable protection from patient lawsuits. Using a recent Supreme Court decision originally hailed as a victory for HMOs, plaintiffs' attorneys are seeking to remove the protections that have kept HMOs out of state courts -- and they've gotten a boost from the Department of Labor's endorsement of patients' right to sue HMOs under state law.Wachtel v. Health Net, Inc. et al
Even if the fiduciary exception to the attorney-client privilege were adopted, it would not apply to an insurer that provides benefits to ERISA plan participants.Trending Stories
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