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In a wrongful death suit by a Massachusetts wife of a man and their child who drowned in a Montreal hotel pool, a Massachusetts federal court held in Nandjou v. Marriott Internationalthat it had jurisdiction under the state long-arm statute over...By: Lewitt Hackman

Despite the legalization of recreational and medicinal marijuana in California, employers maintain the right to enforce a drug-free work environment.  In many respects, cannabis is now treated like alcohol; although consumption of alcohol is legal...By: McManis Faulkner

On June 26, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in Mahmoud Latif v. Morgan Stanley, et. al., held that § 7515 of the New York Civil Practice Law & Rules, which prohibits mandatory arbitration clauses in sexual...By: Genova Burns LLC

Canada’s Competition Bureau (CCB) recently filed a challenge with the Canadian Competition Tribunal to unwind a U.S. private equity firm’s May 2019 acquisition of a company that offers reserves valuation and reporting software to Canadian oil and gas...By: Bracewell LLP

Wage and hour laws. Child labor laws. OSHA laws. Immigration laws. When employers do not comply with these types of employment laws, civil charges and lawsuits are not the only thing that can happen. In what may come as an unwelcome surprise to...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

A Trending News interview from Employment Law This Week®, featuring attorney Kathleen Barrett of Epstein Becker Green: On June 25, 2019, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed a bill legalizing recreational marijuana in the state. Illinois is the 11th...By: Epstein Becker & Green

The non-disclosure provision of a routine employment settlement agreement has typically been a common and easily agreed-upon term of resolution.  These provisions—where the employer and employee agree not to publicly discuss the reasons for the...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: Following Delaware’s lead in Trulia, an Illinois District Court judge refused to approve a mootness fee settlement as “worthless to the shareholders.” The judge noted that such settlements amounted to a plaintiffs’ bar “racket”...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

In a recent decision, AIM Aerospace Sumner, Inc., the National Labor Relations Board (Board) held that an employer could rely on a decertification petition to withdraw recognition from a union, even though the employer committed an unfair labor...By: Littler

The New York Senate and Assembly recently passed Senate Bill S2844B to strengthen current laws for employees who are victim of wage theft to secure and collect unpaid wages for work already performed from their employers....By: Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis