New York Times A three-member panel of the American Arbitration Association today awarded former executives of Applied Biosystems, Inc., f/k/a Perkin Elmer Corporation, $17.4 million in unpaid change in control benefits from Life Technologies Corporation, one of the world’s largest biotechnology companies (NASDAQ: LIFE). The case was presented to a former federal judge, former state […]
In this widely reported case handled by Lucas and Varga LLC, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut denied the Westport Board of Education’s motion to dismiss the FMLA claims of a tenured teacher who was dismissed shortly after informing her principal that she might need limited time off to recuperate from a […]
Scott Lucas has been named to the Connecticut Super Lawyers list as one of the top attorneys in Connecticut for 2012. No more than 5 percent of the lawyers in a state are selected by Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of Connecticut lawyers from more than 70 practice […]
In a recent decision Judge Haight of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut predicted that the Connecticut Supreme Court would recognize a claim against an insurer for procedural bad faith, even if the insurer had no coverage obligations under the applicable insurance policy. Tucker v. American International Group, Inc., No. 3:09-CV-1499 […]
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