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1 June - HM Treasury published a consultation paper (dated May 2019) on the regulation of pre-paid funeral plans. HM Treasury intends to bring all funeral plan providers within the remit of the FCA....By: Proskauer Rose LLP

The idiom “all duck or no dinner“, if you’re not familiar with it, means “all or nothing“. I once worked for a partner that was quite fond of using it, particularly in the context of limitation periods and time bars: if you’re in time, your clients...By: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

In these pages, we recently wrote about the passage of several bills of great import from the recently concluded 2019 Regular Session of the Connecticut General Assembly addressing (paid) family and medical leave, sexual harassment, and remedies for...By: Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and

Have you ever heard of Miquela Sousa, Sophia the Robot or Shuda? These names refer to a new category of influencers that are not human, but robots, also known as CGI creations. The term CGI (computer-generated imagery) refers to the technology used...By: Dentons

On October 16, 2017, a truck crashed into the back of a Harley-Davidson on Interstate 81 in Cumberland County. John Baum, Jr., the motorcycle rider, died as a result. For his part, the truck driver was sentenced to up to two years in prison for...By: Chartwell Law

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont recently signed into law the Time’s Up Act (the “Act”), which amends existing state law to impose greater sexual harassment training and notice requirements on employers....By: Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

On June 21, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a report titled “Statement on agency’s efforts to increase transparency in medical device reporting.” This report describes updates to FDA’s Medical Device Reporting (MDR) Program, namely...By: Morrison & Foerster LLP

The wait is over. Whispers of mega-deals have matured into agenda items for boards of many larger European banks. Overview - 3 highlights of bank M&A: - Bank consolidation: The numbers speak for themselves—100 regional and domestics deals across...By: White & Case LLP

Although there are times when both parties agree on the need to perform destructive tests on an object, when the parties disagree, the party seeking the destructive tests must justify its request. In Doerrer v. Schreiber Foods, Inc., et al., No....By: White and Williams LLP

Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRA) have been around for years and are an outstanding benefit to help employees enrolled in an employer’s group health plan pay for their insurance premiums. What happens though when an employee chooses not to...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.