Legal News

Last week, on December 20, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) published a proposed regulation (the “Proposed Regulation”) under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, which was amended in...By: Dechert LLP

Here’s to hoping all our readers have a great New Year’s, but do not forget that the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is changing the threshold amount of salary necessary to meet the numerous overtime exemptions. For those that may want...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Since January 1, 2019, Portland has imposed a 1% gross receipts surcharge tax on “large retailers.” In November 2018, we published an alert summarizing the new tax. The tax is generally imposed on a larger retailer’s Portland sales. ...By: Lane Powell PC

The Board continues churning out precedent-setting decisions as year-end approaches. Two days before the Christmas holiday, in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 368 NLRB No. 146 (Dec. 16, 2019), the NLRB applied its new view on handbook rules—the Boeing test—to...By: Proskauer - Labor Relations

This guide has been compiled to give an overview of the rudimentary legal aspects that should be considered by anyone thinking of establishing a business in the UK. It is aimed at businesses that may already be established in the US or other...By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: As we prepare to enter 2020, employers with a presence in Massachusetts should be mindful of certain changes to the wage and hour laws that will take effect in the new year. Most of these changes stem directly from the...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Closing out 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) issued two final opinions that will reverse employee-friendly decisions. The two opinions - Apogee Retail LLC d/b/a Unique Thrift Store (Apogee) and Purple Communications, Inc....By: White and Williams LLP

On Thursday, December 12, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) ordered an administrative law judge to approve a settlement previously reached between McDonald’s, its franchisees, and workers. Although the settlement terms were...By: FordHarrison

Company Refused to Provide Light Duty to Pregnant Worker, Federal Agency Charged - SEATTLE - Geriatric care giant Life Care Centers of America, Inc. and its affiliate, South Hill Operations, LLC, doing business as "Life Care Center of South Hill,"...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

On December 18, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) individual mandate is unconstitutional but remanded to the district court to assess whether the rest of the ACA can stand...By: King & Spalding