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On November 27, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a proposed rule and request for comment relating to its implementation of the May 15, 2019 Executive Order (“EO”) 13873, “Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services...By: Dechert LLP

The White House will again slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Argentina and Brazil in an apparent reaction to “massive devaluation” of  currencies in both South American nations....By: Robins Kaplan LLP

Ever since China began opening up to the outside world, the right of foreign-invested enterprises ("FIEs") to make equity investments within the People's Republic of China (which for these purposes refers to Mainland China excluding the Hong Kong and...By: Hogan Lovells

In this episode of The Proskauer Brief, partners Tony Oncidi and Kate Gold discuss California’s most recent legislative response to the #MeToo movement.  These developments include new restrictions on confidentiality and arbitration as well as the...By: Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

I have been an ERISA attorney for 21 years now and the biggest thing that amazes me is when a fiduciary to a plan steals money from a 401(k) plan. I’ve seen plan sponsors do it, I’ve seen employees do it, and I’ve seen plan providers do it. I knew...By: Ary Rosenbaum

As “whistleblower” issues pervade national headlines, lawmakers in some jurisdictions, including New York, have recently sought to expand existing whistleblower protections. The New York Labor Law, for example, currently prohibits employers from...By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Risk Management Question - How can you train your law firm employees to spot bogus charity and disaster relief requests? The Issue - Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday—one of the most popular days for charities to ask for donations. Natural disasters and...By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

For years, there has been a persistent trend toward outsourcing retirement plan recordkeeping and other administrative responsibilities. Although historically more prevalent for defined contribution plans, this outsourcing trend has been accelerating...By: Morgan Lewis

This summer I had the pleasure of traveling to Toronto and meeting Canadian construction lawyers to discuss the introduction of a prompt payment and adjudication regime in Ontario on 1 October 2019. As Matt Malloy outlined in his blog from 2017, the...By: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

The extent to which an employer is responsible in law for the harassment of its employees by third parties has changed several times over the years. As originally enacted, the Equality Act 2010 made employers liable for failing to protect employees...By: Dentons