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In an effort to update UK discrimination law, the Women and Equalities Committee of the UK Parliament (the Committee) has published its report following a yearlong inquiry into the legal aspects of enforcement across all protected characteristics and...By: Morgan Lewis

Join Williams Mullen Partner Aaron Spencer as he interviews Rob Van Arnam, the firm’s Intellectual Property Section Chair, for a short but in-depth dive into key IP considerations within an M&A transaction....By: Williams Mullen

The passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, commonly known as the Farm Bill, removed hemp and all of its cannabinoids, including CBD, from the Controlled Substances Act. Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, H.R.2, 115th Congress, § 1...By: Cozen O'Connor

Minnesota’s wage theft law, which largely went into effect on July 1, 2019, created new documentation and recordkeeping requirements for employers, including a required written notice that must be distributed to employees and additional earnings...By: Littler

Charges of discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) (and similar charges with state and local human relations agencies) are a critical first step in an employee’s discrimination claim.  For employers, the...By: Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Last week’s wild economic ride combined with China’s currency-devaluing response (and, arguably, months more of trade-war-driven global uncertainty) led to the worst day on Wall Street since last December, with the Dow plummeting more than 700 points...By: Robins Kaplan LLP

Effective August 2, 2019, Colorado employers using tip pools must comply with new customer notice requirements.  Under H.B. 1254, which passed both houses of the legislature in the 2019 session and was signed by Governor Polis on May 13, tips are the...By: Littler

Governor Mike DeWine recently signed Senate Bill (S.B.) 57 into law, paving the way for the hemp industry to become one of Ohio’s agricultural yields. Industrial hemp comes from cannabis plants that contain no more than 0.3 percent...By: Bricker & Eckler LLP

In this episode of Phorensically Speaking, Jonathan Marks looks at corporate governance approaches to consider when evolving your leadership and creating or enhancing your Board. The health of our capital markets depends, as it always has, on...By: Thomas Fox

Thomas J. Szymanski Effective January 1, 2020, private employers in New Jersey are prohibited from asking job applicants about their salary, wage, and benefit history and are not permitted to make hiring decisions based on that information. Employers...By: Blank Rome LLP