This article addresses possible grounds for overturning settlements made under the newly amended Chapter 440 and suggestions for avoiding them. With the new amendments to Section 440.20(11) now in effect, workers' compensation settlements are supposed to be easier and more streamlined than before by transferring the settlement process into the...
The article discusses various aspects like termination checklist and questions, termination conference, termination agreement. When you have determined that an employee should be fired, there is a final checklist of sorts that needs to be considered. After that the termination conference itself becomes important. In order to handle this termination...
Settlement agreements are intended to bring disputes to a conclusion and to allow the parties to substitute certainty for controversy. In the bankruptcy context, when the debtor or trustee agrees to a settlement, that is exactly what the parties get once the settlement is submitted to and approved by the...
Kevin Duffiny submits: From the press release: Yahoo! Inc. announced today that it has reached an agreement with Carl Icahn to settle their pending proxy contest related to the Company's 2008 annual meeting of stockholders. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, eight members of Yahoo!'s current Board...
This study assesses six states' allocation decisions for funds from tobacco settlement agreements, using information from newspaper articles and other public sources. State allocation decisions were diverse; substantial shares were allocated to areas other than tobacco control and health, including capital projects and budget shortfalls. This outcome reflects a lack...
Securitization of the Master Settlement Agreement MSA payments from tobacco companies is hotly debated in states and policy circles. Securitization is issuing a bond backed by future payments in return for up-front money. Many public health advocates are strongly against securitization. However, securitization itself does not rob states of tobacco...
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co KO agreed to pay $137.5 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit that claimed the world's largest soft drink maker artificially inflated sales to boost its stock price, according to court documents. The lawsuit, filed in October 2000, claimed...
In broadly interpreting the language of a settlement agreement and release before the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board ("WCAB"), the California Supreme Court concluded that plaintiff Mary J. Jefferson was barred from suing her employer, the California Department of Youth Authority, for sex discrimination under the California Fair Employment & Housing...
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters UK) - Coca-Cola KO agreed to pay $137.5 million (69.4 million pounds) to settle a shareholder lawsuit that claimed the world's largest soft drink maker artificially inflated sales to boost its stock price, according to court documents. The lawsuit, filed in October 2000,...
The paper informs that towards the end of the year 2001 the federal government released several important announcements involving regulatory actions that can have serious implications for the pharmaceutical industry. This paper provides a summary of these actions and offers additional information on resources that can help to address the...
Chris Fernandez submits: It looks like there will be one less distraction for management at SoundBite Communications (NASDAQ: SDBT), a leading provider of on-demand customer contact solutions that include Automated Voice Messaging, Text Messaging, and other customer contact solutions. After the market closed on June 25th, 2008, SoundBite announced...
By Michele Gershberg and Tiffany Wu NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc will appoint activist investor Carl Icahn and two of his nominees to its board, defusing a proxy battle showdown and making an immediate deal with Microsoft Corp less likely. The settlement...
Federal labor inspectors found 43 CVS stores changed employee timecards and violated child labor laws. It's not quite a Gap in India scenario, but still, policy was clearly ignored. The department found that CVS violated the law governing how many hours and how late minors can work, and also allowed 78 minors, aged...
