The Financial Oversight and Management Board of Puerto Rico is seeking the nullification of Act No. 41-2022, commonly known as the New Labor Reform.
On September 1, 2022, the Financial Oversight and Management Board of Puerto Rico (FOMB) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico against Puerto Rico’s Governor Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia (Governor) requesting a declaratory and injunctive relief and the nullification of Act 41-2022, commonly known as the New Labor Reform. Act No. 41-2022 was signed into law by...
Jessica Asencio Plaza v. Monsanto Caribe, et al., Civil No. PO2018CV00955 (601) (Puerto Rico Court of First Instance, Ponce Part)
Partner Elaine Maldonado and Senior Associate Aurivette Deliz win summary judgment motion in favor of Monsanto Caribe, LLC. Plaintiff filed a complaint before the Puerto Rico Court of First Instance alleging unjustified dismissal, disability and age discrimination against Monsanto Caribe and her temporary agency. On June 2, 2022, the Court of First Instance issued Judgment dismissing with...
Birthday celebrations at work: yay or nay?
Gravity Diagnostics (”GD”) would answer nay given that a Kentucky jury awarded an employee (that worked there for about 10 months) a $450,000 compensation after GD celebrated the employee’s birthday party at work.
The employee suffered from an anxiety disorder and feared that he would suffer a panic attack from all the attention on his birthday. He asked his boss not to celebrate the same...
A leaked Supreme Court draft opinion suggest that the fate of abortion could rely on each State.
A leaked majority opinion, dated February 2022, published by Politico, and drafted by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, would overturn the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that established a constitutional right to abortion in the United States: Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (“Roe”).
On May 3, 2022, the authenticity of the leaked draft was confirmed by Chief Justice John G. Roberts...