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This month’s Friday Five examines recent court rulings on both short- and long-term disability benefits, focusing on key interpretations—including how "earnings" are defined under an employer’s plan. The Saul Ewing ERISA Litigation Team Whether Defendant’s decision to terminate Plaintiff’s long-term...
Case Summary In Kousisis v. United States , the Supreme Court addressed whether a defendant can be convicted under the federal wire fraud statute without causing the victim a net pecuniary loss. The case involved Stamatios Kousisis (“Kousisis”) and the industrial painting company he helped manage...
Out With The Old, In With the New: A Flurry of Recent Executive Orders May Greatly Affect the Construction Industry New presidential administrations inevitably bring change. But the scale of change brought about by the flurry of Executive Orders issued by the Trump administration in its first days...
Esports and the Law is a quarterly publication featuring news, case summaries, articles and strategies concerning esports and the law. This issue features the following articles: Building Trust Through Process: How New Arbitration Models May Signal Legal Maturation in Esports WIPO’s Oscar Suarez...
In 2025, the General Assembly of Maryland made its boldest move ever to advance energy storage, as part of a legislative package responding to the resource adequacy challenges that are now emerging for the Free State. Late last year, those challenges were described as “dire” by PJM, the regional...
A Significant Shift in White Collar Criminal Enforcement The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has unveiled a comprehensive plan for its white-collar crime enforcement strategy, laying out the “high-impact” areas where enforcement will be focused, changes and clarification of how the DOJ will view...
On May 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a memorandum and accompanying press release announcing its “Civil Rights Fraud Initiative,” designed to vigorously enforce the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) “against those who defraud the United States by taking its money while...
As a national leader in life sciences innovation, Philadelphia has seen significant expansion in research and development infrastructure. The city’s transformation is driven by substantial investments in life sciences construction, particularly in the areas of University City and Center City, where...
Welcome to Episode No. 1 of “ The Legal Hack” Podcast. 🎙️ Three attorneys—Yira Santiago, Teresita Chávez, and Francelina Perdomo—break down the legal changes in the music industry: contracts, rights, trademarks, and everything an artist should know before — and after — signing a record deal.