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An institution’s trade secrets generally include confidential information with commercial value. Trade secret protection may be available by common law, under state laws, or under federal law. In addition, there may be both civil and criminal causes...By: Winstead PC

H-1B cap filing season is fast approaching. U.S. employers who sponsor foreign workers for temporary H-1B work visas should start preparing now for the upcoming new H-1B cap electronic registration commencing this year on March 1, 2020. What Is The...By: Foster Garvey PC

The new year has started and private company owners are ramping up business plans for 2020. Their focus is on specific key targets—adding customers, building new lines of business, developing more efficient ways to produce their products or deliver...By: Winstead PC

There is perhaps no more consistently vexing problem for transactional attorneys on opposite sides than figuring out a fair contractual resolution for “sandbagging” issues....By: Goulston & Storrs PC

In a rule proposal published in the Federal Register on January 10, 2020, the Trump administration is proposing the first significant regulatory changes to the 50-year old National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) since the implementing regulations...By: Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC

On December 10, 2019, the FTC and CFPB hosted a public workshop on issues affecting the accuracy of both traditional credit reports and employment and tenant background screening reports.  In conjunction with the workshop, the agencies sought...By: Weiner Brodsky Kider PC

CSG Labor & Employment Alert - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently announced that in fiscal year 2019 it conducted 33,401 inspections—more inspections than the previous three years—addressing...By: Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC

On January 16, 2020, the U. S. Department of Labor (DOL) officially issued a new rule (Rule) that materially narrows the DOL’s joint employer test.1 The Rule is effective March 16, 2020. In the Rule, the DOL addressed two different potential joint...By: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

The CFPB recently released two guides addressing the disclosures required for construction-only and construction-to-permanent loans under the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) Rule.  The Combined Guide and the Separate Guide review how to...By: Weiner Brodsky Kider PC

he last time the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (the Agencies) published formal guidance on vertical mergers, Ronald Reagan was in the middle of his first presidential campaign, Ghostbusters was leading...By: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC