Case Study, GM: How does bankruptcy impact damages owed?
Bloomberg reported this month that General Motors (GM) is being sued for an ignition-switch flaw in 2.2 million vehicles which
Read moreBloomberg reported this month that General Motors (GM) is being sued for an ignition-switch flaw in 2.2 million vehicles which
Read moreDouglas Hass of Franczek Radelet PC recently provided a 2014 election results round-up for the issues of minimum wage and paid
Read moreLast week, a California federal jury awarded a record $185M in punitive damages to the plaintiff in Juarez v. AutoZone, a
Read moreA breach of contract occurs when one party of a contract fails to perform its obligation according to the contract.
Read moreThe Fair Labor and Standards Act (FLSA) sets minimum wage, overtime pay, record keeping and child labor standards. The Wage
Read moreThe first court case using Fitbit, a wearable movement and sleep tracking device, is currently underway in Canada. The plaintiff in
Read moreThe Center for Forensic Economic Studies (CFES) is a group of economists and statisticians who offer litigation support, with a
Read moreEconomic damages are central in class action wage and hour cases involving overtime pay violations. A collective action lawsuit was recently
Read moreClasses in forensic economics and accounting are becoming more common to find in university course catalogs. Undergraduate and Master’s degrees in
Read moreAllegations in this high-profile case included breach of contract, racial discrimination, and substantive and procedural due process claims. Jerry Killingsworth, former
Read moreShareholder at Littler Mendelson P.C., Angelo Spinola, was recently interviewed by The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel about wage and hour class
Read moreThe Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) offers its view on the FLSA‘s most common pitfalls, and suggestions for avoiding confusion concerning wage
Read moreSpecialty insurer Hiscox recently released the findings from its state-by-state study of employment litigation trends. The analysis found that US businesses
Read moreThe core question an economic expert tries to answer when performing an analysis of alleged damages is ‘what would it take
Read more“In no other science is there so much quackery and it must be our province to expose it and bring
Read moreIn lawsuits that involve allegations of economic damages to individuals or businesses, forensic economic experts and forensic accountants are often
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