The First Two Delaware Decisions. In the past two months, I have reported on decisions by two Delaware bankruptcy judges in the In re Washington Mutual, Inc. case and in In re Premier International Holdings, Inc. (aka, the Six Flags case), taking opposing views on whether Federal Rule of Bankruptcy ...

The Employee Benefits Security Administration (the "EBSA") has announced the publication of a model notice which can be used to meet the notice requirements of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 ("CHIPRA"). An employer could be maintaining a group health plan in a ...

Image via CrunchBaseAfter a two-month production delay, New York-based bookseller Barnes & Noble, Inc. expects its Nook electronic book reader to be available for purchase in most of its bookstores this week, Reuters reports.Until now, the rival to Amazon.com, Inc.'s Kindle reader could only be had ...

Environmental advocates have asked a court to use an old law to force manufacturers to reveal what ingredients make up household staple cleaning items. The cleanser industry, which has recently pushed voluntary efforts to unveil product ingredients, claims that the lawsuit is not warranted and that ...

Are the general characteristics of a snowman a fit subject for judicial notice? The Second Circuit Court of Appeals says yes in the copyright infringement case of Eden Toys, Inc. v. Marshall Field & Company, 675 F.2d 498 (1982). The Court did a thorough job of comparing two snowman toys by dif ...

While motor vehicle accidents caused by drunk or impaired drivers seem to grab the headlines, few people are aware of the dangers of driving while sleepy. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration says there are just as many accidents caused by sleep-deprived drivers as there are in ...

When the President of the United States, allegedly possessed of the best bully pulpit in the free world, needs to go on the Super Bowl pre-game show to attract a big audience, you know that something has gone horribly, horribly wrong. We can't solve that problem here at HealthBlawg, but perhaps ...

DC's Big Blizzard(s): Will the SEC Still Declare Your Filings Effective? I won't whine since I grew up in Chicago, but a second blizzard is expected today in Washington as federal government offices are closed here for a second straight day as we dig out from the first. As I blogged on Friday, fede ...

As she walked toward the supervisor's office, Tyson Foods employee Gwendolyn Miles says she slipped on a wet floor and fell. Miles claims a leak in the roof caused the floor to become a hazardous condition. Miles filed a personal injury lawsuit against Tyson Foods Inc. on Feb. 2 in the Marshall Div ...

This installment of the New Jersey Legal Update podcast is an interview with Adam J. Siegelheim, member of Stark & Stark's Franchise group, and Paul Rocchio, Director of Development & Member Services for the International Franchise Association, at the International Franchise Association's 20 ...