severance

"Dismemberment by Severance" v. Loss of Use: A Smorgasbord of Interesting Disability Cases

Martin Rosen
February 27, 2012 19:58

Fier v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of America, 629 F.3d 1095 (9th Cir. 2011) Facts and holding: In 1992, Robert Fier (“Fier”) was shot in the neck and rendered permanently quadriplegic. He filed a claim for benefits with Unum Life Insurance Company of America (“Unum”) under...

REMINDER: Severance Pay Offset to Unemployment Compensation Benefits Takes Effect January 1, 2012 In Pennsylvania

December 30, 2011 17:45

This post was contributed by Adam R. Long, Esq., a Member in McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC's Labor and Employment Group. As a reminder, amendments to the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Law that provide for severance pay offsets against unemployment compensation benefits take effect...

REMINDER: Severance Pay Offset to Unemployment Compensation Benefits Takes Effect January 1, 2012 In Pennsylvania

December 30, 2011 17:45

This post was contributed by Adam R. Long, Esq., a Member in McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC's Labor and Employment Group. As a reminder, amendments to the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Law that provide for severance pay offsets against unemployment compensation benefits take effect...

A Computer Sciences retirement that may not be…

October 21, 2011 14:20

Companies are always complaining about being misunderstood by the public. It might help if they didn’t send mixed messages like the ones Computer Sciences (CSC) is sending about the impending retirement of its chairman and chief executive, Michael W....

Re: Joinder

October 04, 2011 19:20

United States v. Page, No. 10-3150-cr (2d Cir. September 16, 2011) (Walker, Hall, Chin, CJJ)Defendant was tried on five drug counts and a felon-in-possession count. In the district court, he moved to sever the gun count so that the jury considering the drug charges would not learn that he had a...