Since not many of us live in the private aircraft world we will keep this blog mercifully short. The Wall Street Journal on Friday April 12 reported on an audit of Boeing’s deployment of their fleet of executive aircraft. This seems to be related to CEO David Calhoun’s announced departure from the company as it
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Family Law Arbitration Act Passes General Assembly.
By Mark Ashton
The news out of Harrisburg is that both chambers of the General Assembly have passed what is termed House Bill 917, formally the Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act. This comes almost five years after the Revised Uniform Arbitration Act went into effect for non family cases. The family law version is, of course, targeted to…
Travel Time Class Action Tests “Meeting Place” Or “Staging Point” Issue In Home-to-Work Lawsuit: Compensable?
Travel time cases that center around what is/is not home-to-work travel can be very tricky and nuanced. This is especially so when employees have to first meet at a staging point or meeting place and then be transported to the worksite. In another take on this premise, a group of bricklayers have filed a class…
What to Do If the Port of Baltimore Closure Is Impacting Your Government Contract
By Keeley McCarty & Jaeho Lee
In the wake of the tragic Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, businesses that rely on the Port of Baltimore (“Port”) are grappling with impacts to their contracts and supply chains. The Port suspended waterway traffic until further notice, shutting off one of the busiest ports on the East Coast indefinitely. Major commodities that travel through…
Senate Formally Objects to the New NLRB Joint Employer Standard
If you attended this year’s IFA Annual Convention in Phoenix, you heard Senator Joe Manchin strongly support and defend the franchise business model in a speech. Late on Wednesday, Senator Manchin used his vote to back up the talk.
Specifically, Senator Manchin was the sole Democrat to cross the aisle and vote for a Congressional…
Action by Indiana Securities Division Reminds Franchisors to Watch Those Item 7 Estimated Initial Investment Numbers
The Securities Division of the Indiana Secretary of State issued a press release this week announcing that it filed an administrative complaint against Florida based Mac and Cheese Franchise Operations LLC and its parent company and owners (“MACFO”), the franchisor of the I Heart Mac & Cheese franchise restaurant concept. According to the complaint, MACFO…
Procrastination Has Consequences: How Waiting Until the Last Minute to Renew Their SAM Registration Cost a Contractor Millions
By Robbie Pratt & Jaeho Lee
The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently sustained a protest of a contract award because the winning contractor failed to maintain their System for Award Management (“SAM”) registration from the date their proposal was submitted through the date the contract was awarded. Even though the contractor had a valid SAM registration (1) at the time they…
EPA Issues Final MCLs for PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, GenX, PFHxS, and PFBS
On April 8, 2024, the EPA Administrator signed the final rule establishing drinking water standards, also known as MCLs, for six PFAS (PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, GenX (HFPO-DA), PFHxS, and PFBS). The final MCLs for PFOA and PFOS are the same as the level set forth in the proposed rule, 4 ppt. The final rule also…
A Rule 4 Service Drama: all FedEx, DHL and UPS Delivery Modes are not Created Equal
A counterclaim plaintiff’s claims in a complex trade secret action involving the development of cell-cultured human milk suffered a rather pedestrian fate given the important technological stakes. The counterclaim defendants had actual notice of the claims, but defective service under Rule 4 ended them before they began.
In BIOMILQ, Inc. v. Guiliano, 2023 NCBC 91A…
More on Guns: Superior Court Upholds Restrictions
By Mark Ashton
We promised not to turn this into a gun blog but in a country where half of all families own guns and the half that do own a lot of them, the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (597 U.S. 1) is going to…