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When prospective buyers conduct legal due diligence in merger and acquisition transactions the main focus is typically on the traditional items, such as financials, debt instruments, major contracts and other key metrics customarily analyzed. These...By: White and Williams LLP

Ambulance Company Refused to Provide Light Duty to Pregnant Paramedic, Federal Agency Charges - SPOKANE, Wash. - The largest ambulance service provider in the nation, American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc. (AMR), violated federal law...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Seyfarth Synopsis: On Wednesday, the Chicago City Council passed the Chicago Fair Workweek Ordinance, arguably the most expansive law of its kind. When the law takes effect in July 2020, it will require covered employers to publish employee schedules...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

New York has now become the second state to ban “hair discrimination” in the workplace and in schools.  On July 12, Governor Cuomo signed a bill to prohibit discriminatory treatment based on an individual’s hairstyle or hair texture.  According to...By: Hodgson Russ LLP

The U.S. Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released two new FAQs this week.  The new guidance documents address three topics: validation of tests used by contractors when selecting workers for employment, OFCCP's use of...By: Littler

Earlier this month the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act (H.R. 1044), an act that would radically change the way employment-based immigrant visas are allocated by eliminating country-specific quotas....By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

New York is joining the growing number of states that have beefed up their equal pay laws. On July 10, 2019, before the New York ticker tape parade celebrating the US Women’s Soccer team’s World Cup Win, Governor Cuomo signed two bills, the Fair Pay...By: Clark Hill PLC

How can I sue thee? Let me count the ways. Last week, I talked about five very basic things employers do to get themselves embroiled in employment litigation. They were- Discrimination (not only unlawful discrimination, but also favoritism and...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Your plan’s eligibility provision is a big thing because it serves as a gatekeeper for which employees you want to cover based on your demographics, it’s like a velvet rope at the local club....By: Ary Rosenbaum

In California, lien priority is usually resolved by a straightforward examination of the time of creation or recordation with the County Recorder, which gives “constructive notice” of the lien to the world. But some liens can have “super-priority,”...By: Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP