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This is the last article in our three-part series focused on the implications of robots and artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace and potential areas of risk and exposure for employers....By: K&L Gates LLP

This is the second article in our series of three focused on the implications of robots and AI in the workplace, and potential areas of risk and exposure for employers....By: K&L Gates LLP

In light of the decision rendered by the California State Senate misclassifying self-employed workers of ride-sharing services as employees of these platforms, Christine Artus, a French labor law partner at the Paris office of K&L Gates, warns about...By: K&L Gates LLP

The changes to the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) (Act) commence on 21 October 2019. The long awaited changes seek to improve the flow of payments to subcontractors and clarify the application of the Act to...By: K&L Gates LLP

Though the pay equity between men and women is legally required and politically encouraged, wage inequality in France remains the norm in France: women's wages are on average 25.7% lower than those of men in all working hours combined....By: K&L Gates LLP

On September 9, 2019, the Delaware Court of Chancery held that Genuine Parts Company (“GPC”) adequately pled facts that supported a pleading stage inference that Essendant Inc. breached its merger agreement with GPC by terminating the agreement to...By: K&L Gates LLP

1. CALIFORNIA LABOR LAW EXTENDS WAGE AND BENEFIT PROTECTIONS TO STATE’S GIG ECONOMY WORKERS - Workers in California’s “gig” economy – comprised of temporary positions, short-term engagements and independent contractors (think popular ride sharing...By: K&L Gates LLP

In Western Standard, LLC, v. SourceHOV Holdings, Inc. and Pangea Acquisitions, Inc., C.A. No. 2018-0280-JRS (Del. Ch. July 24, 2019), the Delaware Court of Chancery (the “Court”) refused to the grant SourceHOV Holdings, Inc. (“SourceHOV”) and Pangea...By: K&L Gates LLP

On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) published two proposed rules (together, the “Proposed Rules”) to implement the remaining provisions of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”),...By: K&L Gates LLP

The California Legislature has passed Assembly Bill 5 (“AB 5”), which if signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, will codify the California Supreme Court’s decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, 4 Cal.5th 903 (2018). Dynamex adopted a...By: K&L Gates LLP