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Why This Matters - Last week, the California Supreme Court dealt tech giant Apple Inc. a blow when the Court ruled that California law requires the company to compensate employees for the time they spend waiting for company-required searches before...By: Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California granted a request for a preliminary injunction to prohibit the State of California from enforcing Assembly Bill 51 (AB 51) as to arbitration agreements governed by the Federal...By: Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

For employers seeking to fulfill their obligation to complete and retain Form I-9s for each person on their payroll, the United States Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a new version of the Form I-9 which employers should begin...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

Two documents were prepared by the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) in regards to Thomas Fredericks and Fredericks Construction Company, Inc., (“Fredericks”) Consent Administrator Order (“CAO”)...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a January 16th news release stating that a Washington, D.C. individual had been sentenced in the United States District Court for allegedly violating the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”)...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a January 17th news release stating that Philadelphia Energy Solutions (“PES”) has been cited for violations of safety and health hazards related to process safety management (“PSM”)....By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

In a burst of year-end activity, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) largely overturned multiple Obama-era labor decisions and returned to long-standing NLRB precedents that favor employer’s property rights and abilities to regulate the...By: Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

Clauses in employment contracts may appear benign when a contract is signed, but then later balloon into serious problems. This article will address several of the issues that we see commonly litigated, helping you to understand the issues upfront....By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

A district court awarded nearly $4.7 million in fees, expenses, and costs to a trucking business after the court found Title VII claims brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) to be “frivolous, unreasonable and/or groundless.”...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“TAPCB”) issued an October 24th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to PSC Metals, LLC (“PSC”). See Division of Air Pollution Case No. APC19-0139. The Order addresses a PSC...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,