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In 1993, I wanted a Hewlett Packard LaserJet printer. They were all black and white printers in those days and the cheapest you could find at the time was around $900-$100. At the time I was buying a PC Clone 486DX-33 (that was fast in those days), I...By: Ary Rosenbaum

New regulations issued by the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services have expanded the use of health reimbursement accounts (“HRAs”) by allowing reimbursements for individual market insurance premiums. As noted in the final...By: Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive

Recognizing that, in some situations, a plan to develop or construct a facility or energy property may raise significant national security concerns, the IRS released Notice 2019-43 (which may be found here) on July 12, 2019, which provides that the...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

What constitutes sexual harassment? Sexual harassment is defined as any form of unwanted verbal, non-verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature with the purpose or effect of violating the dignity of a person, in particular when creating an...By: International Lawyers Network

Thanks to recent negotiations among state lawmakers, it appears that California employers may get a temporary reprieve on some of the more sweeping data privacy requirements that were set to take effect in just a few short months. However, the...By: Fisher Phillips

On June 4, 2019, the Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District issued an unpublished opinion in Krista Townley v. BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. holding that BJ’s Restaurants was not required to reimburse its employees for the cost of black, slip-resistant,...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Trade secrets can be stolen at any point, and such theft can be prosecuted by the Department of Justice. This is evident in recently unsealed charges brought against a software engineer who stole source code from his United States employer to benefit...By: Holland & Knight LLP

On July 1, 2019, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor issued several new opinion letters. One such letter, FLSA 2019-9, concerns an employer’s use of payroll software to calculate the wages owed to its employees each pay period....By: Poyner Spruill LLP

On 8 July 2019, the UK Information Commissioner (ICO) issued a statement in response to an announcement to the London Stock Exchange of its intention to issue British Airways (BA) with a monetary penalty of £183.39 million for breaches of the General...By: Ropes & Gray LLP

Working with an environmental lawyer and an environmental consultant, often a hydrogeologist or an engineer, does not have to shorten your life span.  Both professionals add value to a challenging environmental problem.  The trick is to understand...By: Williams Mullen