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On July 11, 2019, the Italian Government adopted Law Decree No. 64/2019 (DL 64/2019) which amends the law known as the "Golden Power Legislation" (Law Decree No. 21 of March 15, 2012, as subsequently amended) enshrining measures governing the State’s...By: Hogan Lovells

With effect from 6 April 2020, medium and large organisations in the private sector will become responsible for determining the employment status of individuals who provide services to such organisations through intermediaries (such as personal...By: Dechert LLP

On June 13, 2019, the Fourth Circuit overturned the ARB’s decision in favor of a complainant, ruling that the plaintiff had not engaged in protected activity under the SOX whistleblower protection provision by complaining of a company’s use of a...By: Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation

Focus on workplace harassment: new decision and reminder of of the previous case law - 1. The prohibition of workplace harassment applies to an employee exempted from working - In a decision published on June 26, 2019, the Social Chamber of the...By: Dentons

In DealLawyers.com, John Jenkins calls attention to U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman's decision to enforce a California forum selection clauses in acquisition related agreements. Europa Eye Wear Corp. v. Kaizen Advisors, LLC, 2019 U.S....By: Allen Matkins

In May, JPMorgan Chase entered into a class action settlement regarding allegations that it treated male employees differently than female employees under the company’s parental leave program. On its face, the terms of the program appeared to be...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Fifth Circuit recently became the first federal court of appeals to hold that employees who signed arbitration agreements should not receive notice of collective actions. This case of first impression among the courts of appeal could serve as a...By: Carlton Fields

The New York State Legislature passed several bills at the end of its 2019 session which, yet again, will impact New York employers. Some of the new legislation further amends laws that were implemented last year, which required employers to review...By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Safety First for Automated Driving (SaFAD), a 146-page whitepaper authored by 11 companies from both the automobile and technology industries, has been published. Because the document is the first of its kind, it already has made history in the...By: Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Brian has been working for months on the design and construction details for his new neighborhood coffee shop. He's hired architects and engineers to plan all the details, but during the planning stage, he realized the coffee shop would not be able...By: Ward and Smith, P.A.