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As this blog has previously discussed, the availability of class arbitration has been significantly restricted after a series of U.S. Supreme Court decisions. However, we have also noted that express preclusion of class arbitration remains advisable...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Regulations published last month grant employers more options for covering their employees with health insurance, effective January 1, 2020. The regulations will be particularly favorable to higher education institutions....By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Six months after the amendment to the Economic Competition Law took effect, the Competition Authority published its position regarding the circumstances in which even an entity with less than a 50% market share may be deemed a “monopoly holder.”...By: Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

A federal district court in Ohio concluded that internal communications between a plan administrator and in-house counsel about a beneficiary’s first-level benefit claim remained protected by the attorney-client privilege, and that ERISA’s fiduciary...By: Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive

On July 8, 2019, Governor Roy Cooper signed into law HB 871, significantly altering North Carolina's anti-indemnity statute, N.C. Gen. Stat § 22B-1 ("Anti-Indemnity Statute"), particularly as it relates to indemnity agreements in design professional...By: Ward and Smith, P.A.

Discrimination is an international issue - in Europe alone, 10% of employees have reported bullying in the workplace (EUROPARL, 2018) with an unknown number of unreported cases still ongoing. Clearly, this is something that must be correctly reviewed...By: MERITAS - Law Firms Worldwide

On July 22, 2019, DOL’s Wage and Hour Division issued an opinion letter (FLSA2019-10) on whether an employee’s time spent in a truck’s sleeper berth is compensable time under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This guidance reversed a position WHD has...By: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.

The Washington State Supreme Court recently held obesity qualifies as an impairment under the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD). The decision runs counter to other court decisions across the country finding obesity alone does not qualify...By: Perkins Coie

With NSW Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, Robert Stokes’ desire to end spot rezonings, and Labor’s recent moves to prohibit pre-gateway reviews, it is likely to become even harder for developers to have development sites rezoned. However, if...By: Dentons

There are communities that are implementing innovative policy around housing, including the important connection between housing and transportation. This webinar discusses emerging best practices and how new innovative models can be advanced at the...By: Best Best & Krieger LLP