Legal News

On November 22, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the court with jurisdiction over Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, handed down a decision that invalidates certain provisions in arbitration agreements in Fair Labor...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

TOPICS - - Socially responsible/ESG investing - Distribution through consulting/OCIO firms Please see full Presentation below for more information....By: K&L Gates LLP

In a win for employers, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that whistleblower claims under the Dodd-Frank Act are arbitrable. Daly v. Citigroup Inc., 939 F.3d 415 (2d Cir. 2019). The Second Circuit also held that a plaintiff’s failure...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of November 25 – 29, 2019. November 26, 2019: The IRS issued a News Release regarding a Revenue Procedure that updates the...By: McDermott Will & Emery

Quick Hit: Effective October 1, 2019, Maryland law prohibits the use of non-competition agreements for employees with wages equal to or less than $15 per hour or $31,200 annually....By: Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Following on from the 2017 Clean Growth Strategy (CGS), in which the government committed to support businesses in reducing their energy use by at least 20% by 2030, the government has now issued a consultation, The Non-Domestic Private Rented Sector...By: Dentons

Last Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled that two co-investing Sun Capital private equity funds (the Sun Funds) had not created an implied “partnership-in-fact” for purposes of determining whether the Sun Funds were under...By: Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive

Where there's smoke, there's fire: a look at some of the most well-read cannabis and marijuana-related writings published on JD Supra during 2019....By: Beacon Insights by JD Supra

UK Case Law Developments - More decisions on IR35 - This month has seen two more decisions on whether broadcast presenters providing their services to the BBC and ITV respectively would or would not have been employees had they provided their...By: Proskauer Rose LLP

A federal appellate court held that a franchisee must indemnify a franchisor for its litigation defense costs, vacating a district court’s order of summary judgment for the franchisee....By: Lewitt Hackman