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The EEOC cleared up some confusion surrounding the interaction of corporate wellness programs of other federal laws like GINA and the Americans with Disabilities Act by issuing rules concerning voluntariness. And the results have some upset. In-house lawyers for most companies may be able to slip by without making major changes to legal compliance this […]

The National Labor and Relations Board has no unilateral power to order the reimbursement of attorneys and litigation expenses incurred during an NLRB meeting, according to the DC Circuit. Although the power of the board is wide and expansive, the power to issue a “pay up, or else” order does not exist — even in […]

Despite warming relations between America and Cuba, the annual meeting of the Inter-American Bar Association has been relocated from Havana to Miami. An abundance of caution, apparently, is to blame. If the conference had moved forward, it would have been the first time IABA had met in Cuba since the organization’s inaugural conference in Havana. […]

Gougers can likely look to Martin Shkreli for ruining the game of price gouging customers by going nuts and hiking the price of a desperately needed pill some 5,555 percent. The Internet won’t soon forget Shkreli’s uncontrollable need to display his contempt for formal hearings, which put him in the running for the “most hated […]Read More

You? Make a mistake? No way. Never gonna happen. But for some other lawyers (we won’t name names), mistakes are common place. And we’re not just talking about a typo in a contract or court filing. There’s a whole universe of mistakes attorneys make, from mishandling client funds (accidentally!) to misusing those fancy Latin phrases. […]Read More

Mr. Olisa Metuh, the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, was unavoidably absent from his ongoing trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja today (Tuesday). When Justice Okon Abang, inquired about Metuh’s whereabouts, his lawyer, Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), said the defendant was on  bed rest at the National Hospital, Abuja. Metuh […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Ahmed Ja’afaru as the new Controller-General of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS). This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Bassey Akpanyung, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, which was made available on Tuesday in Abuja. Until his appointment, Ja’afaru was an Assistant Controller General of […]

Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Giwa FC Protests Expulsion, Write LMC Giwa Football Club have written to the League Management Company protesting their expulsion from the Nigeria Professional Football League last Friday. Giwa FC were thrown out of the country’s top division for missing three cumulative matches which flouts Rule B13.28 of the NPFL […]

Amuneke Talks Tough As Victorious Flying Eagles Return The Flying Eagles of Nigeria are back in the country after their gallant performance against Young Swallows of Burundi in Bujumbura. The delegation comprising 18 players and twelve officials touched down at the Nnamdi Azikwe international Airport Abuja at 11.35am on Monday, two days after their lone […]

Counter Court Orders Emerge On PDP Leadership The battle for the leadership of the nation’s main opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appears to have shifted to the courts, with counter orders emanating from different courts. In one case, a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted an interim injunction restraining the […]

Written By: Stella Ene-Inyang For all those who are trying to cut corners by soaking up in one form of slim tea or the other and expecting a shortcut or overnight loss of weight without engaging in one form of exercise or the other for at least 30 to 1hour three times a week; you […]

Burt Kwouk, Pink Panther Star, Dies Aged 85 Burt Kwouk, who was best known for playing Inspector Clouseau’s manservant Cato in the Pink Panther films, has died aged 85. He appeared in seven Pink Panther films opposite Peter Sellers as Clouseau’s servant who regularly attacked his employer to keep him alert. He also starred in […]