2020 AG Elections  -Republican John Westercamp Announces Candidacy for Indiana Attorney General  -John Westercamp, a Republican, announced his candidacy for Indiana AG in 2020....By: Cozen O'Connor
                  
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                    Complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act poses difficult challenges for employers, and one of the toughest issues to come along in recent years is how to deal with obese employees. Thanks to a new decision by the Seventh Circuit Court of...By: Cozen O'Connor
                  
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                    On June 24, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court — in a 6 to 3 decision — held that a seaman may not recover punitive damages on a claim of vessel unseaworthiness. In Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker, the Supreme Court previously recognized that punitive damages...By: Cozen O'Connor
                  
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                    On June 14, 2019, a plurality of the Kansas Supreme Court struck down Kansas’s statutory cap limiting noneconomic damages for personal injury awards in Hilburn v. Enerpipe Ltd., No. 112,765, 2019 Kan. LEXIS 107, 2019 WL 2479464 (Kan. June 14, 2019)....By: Cozen O'Connor
                  
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                    Colorado employers should review and, if necessary, revise job applications to remove questions about criminal history.  Colorado has joined a growing number of states and municipalities to pass “ban the box” laws, which prohibit employers from...By: Cozen O'Connor
                  
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                    Antitrust-  10 Attorneys General Sue to Enjoin Merger of Major Wireless Phone Companies-  10 AGs, led by New York AG Letitia James and California AG Xavier Becerra, filed a lawsuit to enjoin T-Mobile US, Inc. and its parent company (collectively,...By: Cozen O'Connor
                  
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