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FHA recently announced the issuance of its long-anticipated final rule allowing Project Approval for Single-Family Condominiums (Final Rule), effective October 15, 2019, which FHA estimates could result in a significant increase in the number of...By: Weiner Brodsky Kider PC

A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled last week that an ERISA benefits class action can be arbitrated.  The decision struck down a 35-year old circuit precedent that the court found no longer operable because of intervening Supreme Court...By: Weiner Brodsky Kider PC

ERISA plan administrators are constantly pressured by claimants to render decisions quickly…. This is especially true with short term disability claims....By: Lane Powell PC

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion upholding the right of a former bank employee to proceed with a Sarbanes-Oxley claim that he was retaliated against by his former employer, a national bank, without being subject to...By: Weiner Brodsky Kider PC

On August 6, 2019, New Jersey amended its Wage and Hour Law and adopted the new Wage Theft Act (WTA), creating one of the toughest wage and hour enforcement laws in the country. This law puts a high burden on employers and imposes significantly...By: Flaster Greenberg PC

In March 2019, the Social Security Administration (SSA) resumed issuance of Educational Correspondence (EDCOR)/Employer Correction Requests (known as “no-match” letters). For decades, SSA sent out no-match letters regularly, but it stopped in 2012....By: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

On August 12, 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a sweeping reform of sexual harassment law that lowers the bar for plaintiffs to prove workplace harassment. The law builds upon the New York sexual harassment laws that were passed...By: Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC

Georgia recently issued a final rule which, among other things, amended certain disclosure and employee background check requirements applicable to residential mortgage brokers and lenders....By: Weiner Brodsky Kider PC

To combat historical imbalances in pay of women and minorities, New Jersey recently passed a bill amending New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (LAD) to prohibit employers from asking prospective employees about their current salaries....By: Flaster Greenberg PC

In late July, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board adopted an emergency regulation to protect workers from health hazards arising from wildfire smoke. The regulation became effective July 30, 2019, and will remain in effect...By: Beveridge & Diamond PC