Firm News

Employers are forced to carefully navigate the differences between state and federal leave laws, making sure they comply with both in their handbook policies, practices, and workplace postings. It is welcome news for employers with employees in California that the state recently issued regulations, effective July 1, 2015, to bring its California Family Rights Act…

Christine Delaney and Sarah Fang were named as 2015 New Jersey Rising Stars. The firm recognizes and congratulates its attorneys for their accomplishments.

Dan Kain presented a sports litigation lecture at a recent Pennsylvania Defense Institute seminar held in Bethlehem, PA.  The lecture addressed current developments and litigation facing the sports industry.  Dan’s presentation focused primarily on procedural and substantive defenses available to manufacturers, schools, organizing bodies, teams and related entities involved in head injury and other sports…

The United States Supreme Court recently issued its much-anticipated decision in Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. Employers are now on notice of a new standard for facially neutral policies affecting pregnant employees challenging workplace accommodation policies and practices under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (“Title VII”), as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination…

Robert Littleton, Robert Joyce, James Ughetta, and Robert Kelly were named to the 2015 New York Metro Super Lawyers List; Dennis Dozis was named as a 2015 New York Metro Rising Star; and both Christine Delaney and Sarah Fang were named as 2015 New Jersey Rising Stars. The firm recognizes and congratulates its attorneys for…

In Lawson vs Bell Sports, a jury in Monmouth County, NJ Superior Court returned a unanimous defense verdict yesterday for Bell Helmets, finding no defect in the Bell bicycle helmet plaintiff was wearing when he landed on his head while riding his bicycle at Allaire State Park, in Farmingdale, NJ.  Plaintiffs alleged that the bicycle…

Littleton Joyce is pleased to announce that Carmen Cole, of our Los Angeles office, is featured in the Attorney Spotlight for the Calfornia Minority Corporate Counsel Program’s Spring 2015 publication.  To read more, click here and go to pages 11-13.

Littleton Joyce is proud to announce that the ABA has published two articles authored by Haseeb Fatmi:  “Jury Sides with Apple in iPod Antitrust Class Action” published on January 15, 2015, and “Palestinian Authority Held Liable for Acts of Terrorism under U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act” published March 26, 2015.  Both articles can be viewed in their…

Bob Kelly, Managing Partner of the firm, moderated a CPSC issues panel presentation entitled “Avoiding Nightmares and Catastrophes Part IV: The Buckyballs Disaster” at the Sports & Fitness Industry Association Litigation & Risk Management Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“Confidence: A Key Ingredient for Minority Success in the Legal Profession” was published in the January 2015 edition of DRI’s national For the Defense magazine. Read the article