FINRA recently issued Regulatory Notice 20-30 “Fraudsters Using Registered Representatives Names to Establish Imposter Websites.” The Notice warns of individuals maliciously using publicly available information regarding registered representatives in order to create “imposter websites” exhibited as the registered representative’s personal website. Through these “imposter websites,” individuals are able to collect personal information from potential customers…
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled a potentially responsible party’s (PRP) settlement with New Jersey resolving its state-law liability in connection with contamination at a municipal landfill did not protect it from third-party lawsuits seeking contribution toward expenditures made by EPA on the same site. New Jersey Department of Environmental…
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The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) recently addressed the issue of COVID-19 for the first time since the pandemic. The NLRB issued a series of advice memoranda instructing its regional offices to dismiss various COVID-19 related charges against employers. Over the course of five memoranda, the NLRB concluded: (1) an employer is not obligated to…
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In Fettig’s Constr., Inc. v. Paradise Properties & Interiors LLC, the Florida District Court of Appeals, Fourth District, analyzed whether absence of a notice of commencement is a prerequisite to a contractor’s ability to serve its claim of construction lien on the last known address of the party to be served pursuant to the requirements…
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On March 18, 2020, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Alabama Supreme Court entered its “Administrative Order Concerning Workers’ Compensation Cases During the Suspension of In-Person Proceedings”. The Administrative Order allows circuit court judges and Ombudsmen of the Alabama Department of Labor to approve any worker’s compensation settlement via telephonic or video conferencing….
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In Ex parte Kohler Company, Inc., 29 ALW 4-4 (2190081); 1/17/2020, the Employer, Kohler Company, Inc., (“Kohler Company”) petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to vacate its Order denying Kohler’s Motion to Vacate the Order granting the employee’s motion to provide a second opinion doctor. The Alabama…
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On May 6, 2020, the Alabama Secretary of Labor, Fitzgerald Washington, determined, pursuant to Alabama Code Section 25-5-68(c), that the State of Alabama’s average weekly wage for 2019 was $920.07. Based on this determination, Steve Garrett, Director of the Alabama Department of Labor Workers’ Compensation Division, issued a memorandum on May 11, 2020 stating the…
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For over 40 years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has used disgorgement as a common enforcement tool. In securities enforcement matters, disgorgement requires wrongdoers to disgorge ill-gotten profits or commissions. The Ninth Circuit has stated that “disgorgement is designed to deprive a wrongdoer of unjust enrichment, and to deter others from violating securities laws…
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In DMK Development Group, LLC v. Cole + Russel Architects, Inc., 2020 WL 2306894 (S.D. Ohio May 8, 2020), a federal district court in Ohio held that a contractual provision limiting an architect’s potential liability to the amount of the architect’s fee was not limited strictly to breach of contract claims. The Court held the…
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In Edwin Taylor Corp. v. Mortg. Elec. Registration Sys., Inc., the Florida District Court of Appeals, Third District, analyzed whether a subcontractor’s properly perfected claim of a construction lien could relate back to the date the general contractor recorded a notice of commencement that was not signed by the property owner for purposes of determining…
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