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Federal Courts Condition Precedent Still Matters in Excess Insurance Suit

Condition Precedent Still Matters in Excess Insurance Suit

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Let's say you get a call from a client, a company that makes approximately a bazillion dollars annually. The company wants to sue its excess insurer for not...

Federal Courts Age Discrimination: Beating the Odds of Indirect Evidence

Age Discrimination: Beating the Odds of Indirect Evidence

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Yesterday, we told you about Robert Back, a former employee at Nestlé's Mount Sterling, Ky. "Hot Pocket" plant. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently...

Federal Courts Age Discrimination: You Can't Make Your Case with Double Hearsay

Age Discrimination: You Can't Make Your Case with Double Hearsay

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

If you want to win an age discrimination case with direct evidence, there’s a good chance you’ll have to argue hearsay. If your case involves double hearsay,...

Federal Courts Sixth Circuit: Severance Pay Not Subject to FICA Taxes

Sixth Circuit: Severance Pay Not Subject to FICA Taxes

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

You may have noticed that the unemployment rate is still pretty high. Though it's down from the October 2009 peak, companies continue to lay off workers. The...

Federal Courts 6th Cir Adopts 'Harmless Error' in Disability Benefits Appeals

6th Cir Adopts 'Harmless Error' in Disability Benefits Appeals

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Not sure how to proceed in a Social Security disability benefits appeal when an administrative law judge (ALJ) makes a factual -- though possibly harmless --...

Federal Courts Sixth Circuit: Radio Station Robo-Call Exempt from TCPA

Sixth Circuit: Radio Station Robo-Call Exempt from TCPA

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Mark Leyse takes prerecorded phone calls seriously. In 2005, Leyse filed a class-action lawsuit against Clear Channel after a Clear Channel radio station...

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