As the NFL season gets underway, it is interesting to see how certain plays go from fringe status to near-universal. A recent example is the “run-pass option” that, before finding a home in every NFL team’s playbook, was used only in high school and...By: Cooley LLP
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On September 10, by a vote of 29–11, the California Senate passed legislation known as AB 5 – a law codifying the "ABC test" from the landmark Dynamex v. Superior Court case, 4. Cal. 5th 903 (2018), to determine whether a service provider is an...By: Cooley LLP
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On May 8, Governor Jay Inslee of Washington State signed into law Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1450, which dramatically alters the state's law governing noncompetition agreements. It takes effect January 1, 2020, and covers both new and existing...By: Cooley LLP
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Last year, California significantly expanded its requirements for employers to train employees on preventing sexual harassment in the workplace. As explained in a previous Cooley alert, SB 1343 required employers with five or more employees to...By: Cooley LLP
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There’s an old saying, probably at some point attributed to Abraham Lincoln or Einstein, that a bridge shows no allegiance to either side. It’s a wonderful metaphor and one that dealmakers would be wise to remember when working to construct...By: Cooley LLP
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On July 1, the US Department of Education released a final rule that rescinds the entirety of the Obama-era Gainful Employment (GE) Rule. While the technical effective date of the rescission of the GE rule is July 1, 2020, Secretary Betsy DeVos, in...By: Cooley LLP
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