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Seyfarth Synopsis: On Friday, August 9, 2019, Governor J. B. Pritzker signed a wide-ranging bill that, among other things, encompasses the Workplace Transparency Act. The Act, which will impact nearly every employer in Illinois: significantly...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The location exception to CEQA’s categorical exemptions does not apply to earthquake and landslide hazard zones, as they are not “environmental resources” that would be affected by a project. Berkeley Hills Watershed Coalition v. City of Berkeley, 31...By: Perkins Coie

Employers may find it easier to remain union-free based on new rules proposed last week by the National Labor Relations Board for bringing unions into and out of the work place....By: Akerman LLP - HR Defense

With the resumption of the current legislative session on August 12, 2019, the California Senate Appropriations Committee briefly considered Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5), the legislature’s purported solution to the California Supreme Court's opinion in...By: Littler

Phish, an American rock band founded at the University of Vermont, has garnered critical acclaim for its musical improvisation skills and extended instrumental sessions during its live performances since its 1983 formation....By: FordHarrison

In Germany, paying contributions to the statutory (state) social security pension is compulsory for most employees and their employers. Please see full Publication below for more information....By: Hogan Lovells

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month was no exception. In...By: Fisher Phillips

In the internal battle between keeping China off balance and keeping Wall Street happy, the White House has decided once again to focus on the latter, walking back the latest tariff escalation by postponing promised enforcement until mid-December, a...By: Robins Kaplan LLP

In April 2018, the California Supreme Court made a landmark decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles that set a new, far more restrictive standard—the ABC test—for determining whether a worker is an employee or an...By: Openforce

International Construction Arbitration has received a shock. Consistent with the leading textbooks, a party seeking to rely on force majeure in a construction contract did not have to show that ‘but for’ the force majeure event it would have...By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP