Legal News

Champagne bottles popped earlier than expected on New Year’s Eve when Judge Roger T. Benitez of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California granted a temporary restraining order prohibiting the State of California from...By: Benesch

The SECURE Act – the “Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement” Act – was signed into law by President Trump on December 20, 2019. The law generally took effect on January 1, 2020....By: Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

People with disabilities have legal protections under both federal and state law. California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) prohibits an employer from taking adverse actions against a person because of a person’s disability, perceived...By: Lewitt Hackman

AB 5, California’s hastily passed and controversial independent contractor statute, which codifies the use of an “ABC test,” is set to go into effect on January 1, 2020. Already, the California Trucking Association has filed suit challenging the...By: Epstein Becker & Green

With a steady decline in private sector unionization and a lack of political muscle to change the National Labor Relations Act (“Act”), organized labor in the Obama era relied heavily on decisional rulings from the National Labor Relations Board...By: McCarter & English, LLP

Starting January 1, 2020, Colorado’s minimum wage will increase from $11.10 to $12 per hour. The minimum wage for tipped employees will increase from $8.08 to $8.98 per hour. In 2021 and annually thereafter, Colorado’s minimum wage will be adjusted...By: Faegre Baker Daniels

Speech Pathology Group (SPG), a portfolio company of Ridgemont Equity Partners, has acquired Comprehensive Autism Center (CAC), according to a news release....By: McGuireWoods LLP

Every year in the retirement plan business brings its challenges and its concerns. As a 401(k) plan sponsor, you need to understand what some of the concerns are because you’re a plan fiduciary. If you’re prepared for some of the challenges and focus...By: Ary Rosenbaum

As discussed in our prior article, California recently enacted Assembly Bill (AB) 51, a law that attempts to ban certain mandatory employment arbitration agreements in the state. Specifically, this new law purports to bar employers from requiring...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Florida statute, F.S. §542.335, governs the enforcement of noncompete agreements that are subject to Florida law. While a “reasonableness” standard is employed throughout the statute, Florida’s noncompete statute is generally considered one of the...By: Fox Rothschild LLP