Publications
Greetings, Court Fans! The Court is between sittings, so we’ve got no new opinions to report, but there was some significant action on the orders front last night, concerning three of the more divisive issues to come before the Court—abortion, the death penalty, and religion. On the abortion front, in June Medical Services v. Gee […]
Wiggin and Dana Partner, Jody Erdfarb, is a contributing author of the American Health Lawyers Association’s (AHLA) Health Information and Technology Practice Group Briefing titled Connected Devices in Health Care. According to the AHLA, this Briefing, is an in-depth exploration of the use of connected devices in health care, a rapidly changing area of technology. […]
Wiggin and Dana Partner, Jody Erdfarb, is a contributing author of the American Health Lawyers Association's (AHLA) PG Briefing titled Innovative Tech: A Health Law Resource Bundle. According to the AHLA, this Briefing will help readers, better understand a rapidly changing area of technology, and serve as a springboard for contributing to the use of connected devices […]
Greetings, Court Fans! It’s been a busy week at One First Street, with three opinions, a notable concurrence in a cert denial, and a pair of consequential cert grants. Let’s get you caught up to speed. The big decision of the week was Timbs v. Indiana (No. 17-091), in which a unanimous Court held that […]
Is malware war? Are losses arising from malware excluded from your property insurance policy? These are questions businesses should consider. There are, of course, policies specifically written to cover cyber breaches and other data security incidents. But, these types of policies are, indeed, different from property policies. Even if both types of policies contain similarly named/titled […]
Greetings, Court Fans! We’ve got a lot to cover this week, with five new opinions on subjects ranging from capital punishment to foreign sovereign immunity to aphrodisiacs. Okay, aphrodisiacs may not strictly have been the subject of Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert (No. 17-1094), but they did provide the factual background for the Court to decide […]
We are pleased to share with you Wiggin and Dana's Recent Developments in Intellectual Property Law Newsletter. We provide you with a review of the latest updates in the area of intellectual property, including reports on recent developments, cases and legislative/regulatory actions of interest. We welcome your comments and questions. To view our newsletter, please […]
Wiggin and Dana Partner, Angela Robinson, has authored the book titled The Story of Three First Black Women Judges in the Unites States: Judges Bolin, Stout and Motley. Scant literary attention has been paid to the under-rated contributions of Black Women to the American Judiciary. The First Black Women Judges recounts three of these stories. Judge Jane […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized regulations, effective August 21, 2019, applicable to the generation, management, storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The long-awaited regulations will affect what EPA defines as a “healthcare facility”, which term includes, among other facilities, hospitals, nursing and […]
Both chambers of the Connecticut legislature have been busy working on employment-related initiatives since our last Labor, Employment and Benefits client briefing on January 31, 2019. Many of the subjects we anticipated being hot topics for 2019 have in fact been the focus of legislative developments on the state level. We have flagged some key […]
On March 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor announced its much anticipated proposal to increase the salary threshold required in order to qualify for one of the so-called “white collar exemptions” from the Fair Labor Standard Act’s overtime requirements. The proposed rule would raise the salary threshold by about 50%, from $23,660 per year […]
Greetings, Court Fans! OT18 has been marked by its unanimity, with 13 out or 18 decisions so far coming down without dissent. This week, we can add two more to that tally, but we’ll begin with the split decision. On its surface, BNSF Railway v. Loos (No. 17-1042) raised an answered an extremely narrow and […]
A recent enforcement action by the Department of State for alleged violations of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) yields important lessons for exporters with respect to the necessity of appointing qualified export compliance personnel and the value in immediately submitting voluntary disclosures of export violations upon their discovery. In February 2019, Darling Industries, Inc. […]
The Connecticut Supreme Court issued a ruling yesterday in Soto v. Bushmaster Firearms International, et al. that may greatly expand the reach of Connecticut’s principal consumer protection and business litigation statute, the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (“CUTPA”), to include business conduct not previously generally understood to be subject to CUTPA. CUTPA is Connecticut’s version of […]
The Connecticut gift and estate tax exemptions will continue to rise over the next several years and are now set to match the federal exemption amount by 2023. This news comes with the publication of the 2019 Connecticut General Statutes, which resolved a conflict in two separate bills that the Connecticut General Assembly passed in […]
Estate planning and wealth transfer techniques are impacted by economic drivers, including prevailing interest rates. Certain strategies are most effective in lower interest rate environments, like the one we are in now, while other strategies fare better when interest rates are higher. Outlined below are strategies you may wish to take advantage of now—while rates […]
Wiggin and Dana is excited to have published an informative article series titled “Legal Issues for High-Growth Technology Companies” in The National Law Review. Wiggin and Dana attorneys have a deep understanding of the many issues facing emerging growth companies. We offer invaluable perspective and deliver enhanced, one-stop services to our clients by leveraging our deep network and […]
Greetings, Court Fans! While the political branches seized center stage this election week, there has been plenty going on over at The Least Dangerous Branch, as well. Justice Ginsburg might disagree with Bickel’s assessment of the perils of One First Street, having broken three ribs in a fall at work on Wednesday evening. Thankfully, the […]
Earlier this year, changes became effective to the ERISA claims procedures affecting disability benefit claims. Most employers have addressed the impact that these changes had on their long-term disability plans. But some employers have yet to focus on how these changes may affect the administration of their defined benefit pension plans and other tax-qualified retirement […]
Effective December 31, 2018, employers in New York State will face a higher salary threshold for exempt executive and administrative employees as well as an elevated minimum hourly wage. The increases are part of the amendments to the minimum wage orders put in place in 2016. Salary basis thresholds specifically for workers fitting within the […]
Wiggin and Dana attorneys, David Ring, Jared Clark and Matthew Cvercko have authored, Departments of State and Commerce Issue Proposed Revisions to Rules on the Export of Firearms and Ammunition, which appeared in the July 2018 issue of WorldECR, the journal of export controls and sanctions.
Wiggin and Dana Partner, Najia Khalid, has again contributed to the American Immigration Lawyers Association (“AILA”) Immigration Practice Toolbox. In its 6th edition, AILA's Immigration Practice Toolbox is “a key resource for every immigration law practitioner. It serves to supplement treatises and substantive reference materials with essential checklist and sample documents to help new attorneys, […]
Greetings, Court Fans! And apologies! We’ve been having some difficulties with our email program (and still are; hence the “tdooley” in the “from” line). Fortunately, there hasn’t been too much activity since our last Update, so we should be able to get you caught up to speed below, with summaries of the second and third […]
Wiggin and Dana Partner, David Hall, has authored, The US government is trying to figure it out. You should, too., which appeared in the December 2018 special report World of Change issue of WorldECR, the international journal of export controls and sanctions. Hall discusses the growing relationship between technological advances and changes in U.S. international trade law.
This past year was filled with noteworthy changes to our tax landscape. In this Advisory, we summarize major changes enacted in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and outline a number of recommended estate planning opportunities before the end of the year. 2019 Estate, Gift and GST Tax Exemption For tax year 2019, the estate, gift, […]
Wiggin and Dana Partner, Michael Menapace, and Sidley Austin LLP Partner, Thomas Cunningham, have co-authored, Increase Your Tech IQ, which appeared in the 4th Quarter 2018 issue of ARIAS•U.S. Quarterly. In this article, Menapace and Cunningham provide definitions for technology related terms and jargon to help increase the reader's technology IQ and understanding. To read the full article, please
Greetings, Court Fans! The Nine returned to the bench this week (well, eight of them did, while Justice Ginsburg, recovering from cancer surgery, missed oral arguments for the first time in her quarter-century tenure) and handed down two unanimous opinions, two per curiam summary reversals, and six new cert grants. All in all, a busy […]
Wiggin and Dana Partners, Robert Benjamin and Helen Heintz, have authored an article in the New York Law Journal regarding their victory in the matter of the Estate of Evelyn Seiden, resulting in the refund of approximately half a million dollars of New York Estate taxes imposed on the QTIP trust that was established by […]
Greetings, Court Fans! Two more decisions to report this week, including the first 5-4 split of the term, along with a whopping eight cert grants. Last week, we estimated that the Court’s opinion in Schein v. Archer & White Sales (2019) was about its one billionth decision addressing the scope of arbitration agreements under the […]
Greetings, Court Fans! The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” was at the forefront this week, as it issued a consequential stay of the order enjoining the Trump Administration’s transgender service ban (over the dissents of the four more liberal justices), but did not issue any order on the Government’s cert petition the DACA appeal, meaning that […]