Legal News

Marijuana-related employment lawsuits are on the rise as more workers who have been fired or denied a job over their marijuana use are utilizing litigation to challenge the decisions. This, in turn, is forcing employers to formulate new strategies to...By: Locke Lord LLP

A precedent-setting criminal prosecution of two California executives under the Consumer Product Safety Act is sending a strong warning to corporate boardrooms that the reporting requirements of the CPSA must be taken seriously and that a company’s...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

As July 15th draws closer, EEOC and NORC are ramping up for opening of the EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data reporting portal. As part of these efforts, they are consistently providing new information on the reporting obligation....By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

New USDOL Wage Hour Administrator Issues Opinion Letter Finding Paralegals Can Be Exempt: A New Day Dawning! Under the Trump Administration, there has been a return to the issuance of Opinion Letters which I have highly applauded....By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Welcome to the twelfth survey of sponsor-backed going private transactions prepared by Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. We hope that you will find this information thought-provoking and useful. This survey analyzes and summarizes for the reader the...By: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

On June 13, the Departments of Labor, Treasury and Health and Human Services jointly released final regulations dealing with health reimbursement accounts (“HRAs”). These regulations fulfill the Trump administration’s directive to “increase the...By: Burr & Forman

The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced proposed regulations on overtime that would render more than 1 million new workers eligible for overtime pay. Coupled with a historically tight labor market, this new rule has the potential to place...By: Fisher Phillips

Romania’s fertility rate is statistically low, with only 1.54 children born per woman in 2018. The country’s birth rate has continued to decline since the early 90s, and more families are choosing to have one or no children. In-vitro fertilization,...By: Proskauer - International Labor Law

On June 13, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Labor (DOL), the Department of the Treasury (Treasury Department) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) (collectively, the “Departments”) issued a coordinated set...By: Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits

PERM can be one of the most confusing and frustrating portions of the employment-based Green Card process for employers. PERM is driven by numerous regulatory requirements and the slightest mistake can doom a Green Card sponsorship. As Part One of...By: Burr & Forman