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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released additional guidance regarding the new EEO-1 Component 2 data reporting requirements for employers who were involved in mergers, acquisitions and spinoffs in 2017 and 2018. As we...By: Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

M&A activity in the retail sector fell sharply during the first half of 2019, as uncertainty and digital disruption continue to put pressure on the sector . There were just 54 deals in the retail sector during the first half of 2019, compared to 84...By: White & Case LLP

When I was 13, I bought my very first computer, an Apple IIe for $2,000, which would be about $4,760 in 2019 money. This year, I bought an Apple MacBook Pro for about $1,800....By: Ary Rosenbaum

Owlet Baby Care, Inc. advertised its “Smart Sock” baby monitor with prominent claims that the monitor offers parents “peace of mind,” and promises that babies will “be ok.” The ad message is qualified by disclaimers that the monitors are not medical...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

SPACs are increasingly being viewed as an additional platform for private equity sponsors to complement their existing platforms. They provide sponsors with favorable economics and the opportunity to target companies that may want to go public rather...By: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

In a July 25, 2019 order, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) directed PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (“PJM”) not to conduct the Base Residual Auction (“BRA”) to procure capacity for the 2022-2023 delivery year in August and instead to...By: King & Spalding

Can an employer provide health care coverage for its employees by simply setting aside cash for them on a tax-favored basis (in an HRA - a health reimbursement arrangement), and otherwise get out of the complexities of sponsoring an ERISA health care...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

At what price beauty? How about $16.5 billion — that’s what Americans forked over in 2018 for 17.7 million procedures to alter their appearance. They paid for bigger breasts, more ample bottoms, tauter tummies, sculpted noses and more. They suctioned...By: Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury

On July 18, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted a defendant-employer’s motion for summary judgment on a SOX whistleblower retaliation claim, holding that the Plaintiff did not have an objectively reasonable...By: Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation

The Tenth Circuit upheld a claims administrator’s decision denying a claim for residential mental health treatment as not medically necessary......By: Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive