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Shepherd Premier Aims to Open 30 Small-Home Communities By 2022 - Aug 11th, 2019 via Senior Housing News. Small-home senior living provider, Shepherd Premier Senior Living, offers an alternative to traditional large-scale apartment building-styled...By: Benesch

M&A is nothing new to the cannabis sector. The industry has experienced substantial consolidation activity to date and this trend will only increase in the months and years to come. However, if cannabis companies looking to transfer ownership in an...By: Benesch

Last week, on November 7 at the American Bar Association’s annual labor and employment law conference, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) provided a glimpse into its upcoming intentions when discussing a planned administrative rule...By: Benesch

Welcome to the first edition of ON POINT, a newsletter highlighting stories about gender diversity issues and women in the workplace. Please see full Newsletter below for more information....By: Benesch

The Ninth Circuit ruled on October 1, 2019, that McDonald’s cannot be held liable for wage and hour violations allegedly committed by a franchisee in California because McDonald’s did not exert sufficient control over the franchisee’s workers to...By: Benesch

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the recently passed Assembly Bill 5 (“AB-5”) codifying the Dynamex decision relating to the classification of independent contractors/employees in California and further “clarifying the decision’s application in...By: Benesch

In a close 4 to 3 decision, the Ohio Supreme Court has affirmed the constitutionality of a state statute enacted in 2016 prohibiting public authorities, including municipalities and school districts, from requiring a certain percentage of...By: Benesch

On Tuesday, September 24th, the DOL issued a final rule update to the federal law governing overtime pay that will affect thousands of workers and employers alike. The rule change will raise the salary threshold that employees must exceed before...By: Benesch

The State of Illinois has enacted new laws and amendments that create new requirements and obligations for Illinois employers. Some of them go into effect at the end of this month....By: Benesch

On September 9, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) continued its recent wave of activity in Boeing, 368 NLRB No. 67 (Sep. 9, 2019), by reaffirming its December 2017 decision in PCC Structurals, 355 NLRB No. 160 (2017) (see prior alert...By: Benesch