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  • April 19, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

    Patel v. 7-Eleven, Inc.; DP Milk Street Inc.

    In a potentially quite serious blow to franchising, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts recently held that Massachusetts' labor laws can be applied to the franchisor-franchisee relationship. Or, put more simply, that franchisees may be employees under Massachusetts law.

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  • November 4, 2019 | Law.com

    First Circuit Sees Fit To Reject Defamation Claim Arising From Employee Evaluation

    This ruling should enhance employers' abilities to seek the opinion of outside medical professionals to gauge an employee's fitness for work, and reassure those medical professionals that they will not be subject to liability.

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  • November 1, 2016 |

    Boston Gas Co. v. Century Indem. Co.

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Boston Gas Co. v.Century Indem. Co.KeyCite Yellow Flag - Negative TreatmentDeclined to Follow by State…

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  • March 4, 2015 |

    Anderson v. Aul

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Andersonv.Aul  2015 WL 773904Supreme Court of Wisconsin.Melissa ANDERSON and Kenneth Anderson,…

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  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Company v. Superior Court (Anderson)

    Publication Date: 2014-07-31
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    Date Filed: 2014-07-30
    Court: C.A. 1st
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Petitioner Arnold & Porter, Sean M. SeLegue, Sharon D. Mayo, Jeremy McLaughlin, Steven G. Reade, Maurice A. Letter
    for defendant: Attorneys for Real Parties in Interest Bracy Anderson, et al., Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, LLP, Hunter J. Shkolnik, Jessica Y. Lee, Shayna E. Sacks
    Case Number: No. A140035

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 8653 BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERI

  • June 12, 2014 |

    Boston Gas Company v. Century Indemnity Company

     BOSTON GAS COMPANY 1 v. CENTURY INDEMNITY COMPANY; CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S LONDON & others, 2 third-party defendants.910 N.E.2d 290SUPREME…

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  • June 12, 2014 |

    Essex Insurance Co. v. Bloomsouth Flooring Corp .

     ESSEX INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. BLOOMSOUTH FLOORING CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellant.562 F.3d 399UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS…

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  • Combs v. Homer-Center School District

    Publication Date: 2008-08-25
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    Date Filed: 2008-08-21
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Per curiam.
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    Case Number: Nos. 06-3090, 06-3091, 06-3092, 06-3093, 06-3094, 06-3095

    PRECEDENTIALArgued November 6, 2007Before: SCIRICA, Chief Judge, AMBRO and JORDAN, Circuit Judges.OPINION OF THE COURTAt issue is whether certain parents who home-school their children mus

  • Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly

    Publication Date: 2001-06-28
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    Date Filed: 2001-06-28
    Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
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    SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATESNos. 00-596 and 00-597 ON WRITS OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OFAPPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT[June 28, 2001]O'Connor, J., delivered the opi

  • Gomez-Perez v. Potter

    Publication Date: 2008-05-27
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    Date Filed: 2008-05-27
    Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For petitioner: Joseph Guerra, Sidley Austin, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For respondent: Paul Clement, Office of the Solicitor General, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: 06-1321

    Cite as 08 C.D.O.S. 6373MYRNA GOMEZ-PEREZ, PETITIONER JOHN E. POTTER, POSTMASTER GENERALNo. 06-1321In the Supreme Court of the United StatesOn W