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Ensuring a healthy food industry supply chain is vital as we cope with the effects of the current pandemic. With shortages in some areas and massive waste in others, the industry must consider ways to pivot their thinking and innovate. Join us for a...By: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

On May 8, Kilpatrick Townsend’s Brian Gaudet an attorney on the firm’s Construction & Infrastructure Team, participated in the panel discussion “Leading Through a Crisis: Contractual Implications I Covid-19 Pandemic.” The webinar sponsored by the...By: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

On March 31, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a new rule modifying election procedures so that employees have more of a say as to whether or not they want union representation. The new rule, which is scheduled to be published in...By: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

State and local governments are taking aggressive actions to contain the COVID-19 virus by limiting the number of people exposed....By: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Where we are. Though most cases are mild, the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases worldwide has now passed 115,000. The World Health Organization has called the coronavirus a pandemic. Last night, on a live broadcast, the President announced...By: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB/Board) recently issued a new rule effectively overturning an Obama-era precedent on joint employer status and making it harder to show that two companies are joint employers. In doing so, it lessened – at...By: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Summary - This week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB/Board) issued a new rule effectively overturning an Obama-era precedent on joint-employer status and making it harder to show that two companies were joint employers....By: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

The Secure Act is the most significant legislation affecting qualified retirement plans in more than a decade. (See our prior post summarizing key changes.) Changes to the minimum distribution rules are among the most significant changes because...By: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Construction projects are rarely completed without delays or adjustments made to the project schedule. To avoid liability when scheduling disputes arise, parties must prove that they are not responsible for a delay to the project schedule....By: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Act of 2019, or "Secure Act", has been passed by Congress as part of a large government funding bill. Upon being signed into law by the President, the Secure Act will be the most significant legislation...By: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP