by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Last July, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), the highest appellate level court that typically decides patent matters, held in State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group, Inc. that the transformation of data by a machine through a...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
More than three years after the enactment of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), employers continue to have trouble navigating its complex requirements. Recent court cases show that properly identifying what constitutes a “serious...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court, in Varity Corp. v. Howe, recently expanded employers’ potential ERISA exposure by permitting breach of fiduciary duty claims based on employees’ subjective perceptions as to when an employer is acting in its capacity as plan...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
The Connecticut legislature recently revised the state’s Family and Medical Leave law in an effort to coordinate certain aspects of the law with its federal counterpart. Differences between the two laws remain and will be addressed in a future issue of the...
