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Government employees enjoy more protection than employees of private-sector companies when it comes to speaking their minds about politics or other matters of public concern outside the workplace. A public employee may not be fired or disciplined for...By: Butler Snow LLP

In 2019, we have seen the worldwide antitrust enforcement trend continue, keeping even Silicon Valley giants on their toes. Transactions have been halted, in some cases due to prohibition by the competition authorities, in others, due to abandonment...By: Dentons

Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of August 19 – 23, 2019. August 20, 2019: The IRS released a proposed regulation that provides corrections to proposed rules...By: McDermott Will & Emery

SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS & ADVISORY SERVICES - GAO Defers to SBA on When Runway Extension Act Applies - Last year, Congress passed—and President Trump signed—the Small Business Runway Extension Act (the "Runway Extension Act" or the "Act"), which...By: PilieroMazza PLLC

The standard of care for rollover recommendations has been top of mind for broker-dealers beginning with the issuance of the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) now vacated fiduciary rule, and more recently with the SEC’s Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI),...By: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

As mega-breaches heighten concern about the security of personal information and a federal solution does not appear forthcoming, New York recently joined the growing list of states imposing their own security obligations on businesses. ...By: Littler

According to the California Judicial Council you have about a one in three chance your case will go to trial. In 2018, of the 210,028 unlimited civil cases that were filed (i.e., cases with an amount at issue of more than $25,000) only 33 percent...By: Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP

I always dreamed of traveling the world. I studied languages at university, spent time abroad, and have a thirst for seeing new cultures and having new experiences. So I always knew that when I graduated I wanted to live and work abroad. In my...By: Major, Lindsey & Africa

Seyfarth Synopsis: In Voris v. Lampert, the California Supreme Court held that unpaid wages cannot be recovered through a tort claim for conversion....By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Employee attendance problems are probably the most common reason for disciplinary action and discharge. Yet many employers pay surprisingly little attention to their attendance policies. I often see policies consisting of generic, vaguely worded...By: Butler Snow LLP