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Egg Producer Harassed, Retaliated Against, and Constructively Discharged a Disabled Employee, Federal Agency Charged - DETROIT - A Saranac, Michigan egg producer will pay $93,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability harassment lawsuit...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

A bit of impeachment/employment law trivia. The famous (or infamous, depending on your leanings or whether you are the First Lady) Pamela Karlan, the Stanford Law professor who testified in favor of impeachment of President Trump on Wednesday,...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

A U.S. District Court in Connecticut recently issued an order that highlights the importance of understanding exactly what the term “medically necessary” means in an ERISA health plan....By: Littler

There are several tools that can be used to correct or fix governmental plan problems. First, some classification. Practically all the retirement plans we discuss are “tax-advantaged” in one form or another. However, within this group, there are...By: Best Best & Krieger LLP

Consumer Protection- When “Free” Trials Come With Strings Attached: Attorneys General Ask FTC to Look Into Deceptive Negative Option Marketing- Twenty-three AGs, led by New York AG Letitia James and Pennsylvania AG Josh Shapiro, submitted comments...By: Cozen O'Connor

On November 25, Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH), the world’s biggest luxury goods group and home to 75 high-end brands, announced that it will buy Tiffany & Co. for $16.2 billion. Tiffany, the American jeweler established in 1837 and known for its...By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

I have blogged numerous times about the strictness of the New Jersey A-B-C test as applied to possible independent contractors. The prime example of this is the very recent assessment of Uber for $650,000,000 in back-due unemployment contributions....By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Statements to Individuals- The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has extended the deadline for 2019 Information Reporting by employers (and other entities) to individuals under Internal Revenue Code sections 6055 and 6056 by just over a month....By: Fraser Trebilcock

I’m wearing tights today (temps are in the 60s), so that must mean it might be time for the annual end of the year Florida minimum wage rate change. As of January 1, 2020, Florida’s minimum wage will rise from the current rate of $8.46 per hour to...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Dear YouDig? When we first met, the contractor’s owner pulled into the site in his tricked out red pickup and promised us the stars and the moon. Unfortunately, all we ended up with was the pits! We ended up with a leaky roof, subcontractor liens,...By: Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC