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Less than two months apart, two U.S. Courts of Appeal examined the same two issues involving Amazon and came to diametrically opposed conclusions on one of them.  The issues were: (a) whether the Communications Decency Act (“CDA”) insulated Amazon...By: Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

The Ninth Circuit concluded that a plan fiduciary abused its discretion in denying survival benefits to a pension plan participant’s domestic partner. In so ruling, the Court explained that the plan’s choice of law provisions provided that the plan...By: Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive

Construction Systems provided labor and material for a building project.  When the owner of the project failed to pay, Construction Systems retained the law firm FagelHaber to record a lien against the subject property.  To that end, FagelHaber...By: Novack and Macey LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: In a 2-1 decision in Bilinsky v American Airlines, Inc., 2019 WL 2610944 (7th Cir. June 26, 2019), the Seventh Circuit recently affirmed American Airlines’ summary judgment win against a former employee who alleged American...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Last week, the National Labor Relations Board overruled portions of a 2001 decision and, as a practical matter, created a new procedure that an employer may follow when its employees indicate that they no longer wish for their incumbent union to...By: Burr & Forman

Local Union Failed to Keep Race and Gender Data or File EEO-3 Reports, Federal Agency Charged - NEW YORK - Steamfitters, Pipefitters, and Apprentices Local Union No. 475 will change its recordkeeping practices relating to its members and...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

As we previously reported, the New York State Senate and Assembly recently passed Senate Bill 5248A and Senate Bill 6549. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed both bills, and both became law on July 10, 2019. Senate Bill 5248A, which amends Section 194 of...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

The H-1B sponsorship process under the Trump Administration has become more difficult than ever, especially within the IT staffing space. This timely webinar addresses common pitfalls and missteps facing technology staffing companies, and best...By: FordHarrison

Employers in the construction industry, particularly multi-state operators, may face challenges with new legislation in Nevada and a new case interpreting Arizona’s medical marijuana law....By: Snell & Wilmer

The last two times I was in Las Vegas, I didn’t gamble a penny. I didn’t gamble because I hate to lose. Yet I see so many plan sponsors and plan providers gamble by not correcting a glaring compliance issue and play that the plan won’t be audited by...By: Ary Rosenbaum