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SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS & ADVISORY SERVICES - Small Business Administration – The SBA issued a proposed rule amending and updating its regulations for the 7(a) Loan Program. The proposed rule will implement the Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight...By: PilieroMazza PLLC

Three construction industry executives with nearly a century of experience among them freely shared the lessons they had learned and the keys to their companies’ success in the closing panel of Ward and Smith’s 2019 Construction Conference, “Framing...By: Ward and Smith, P.A.

The increasing accessibility of digital media has enabled businesses to become not only readers, but also publishers of their own information and opinions. This in turn requires due consideration of the limits of what can, and cannot, be lawfully...By: White & Case LLP

Effective April 1, 2019, New York City employers with at least 15 employees (including interns and independent contractors) who have worked more than 80 hours and at least 90 days in a calendar year, must begin providing mandatory sexual harassment...By: Norris McLaughlin, P.A.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced earlier this month that Canon and Toshiba agreed to each pay $2.5 million to settle allegations that they schemed to avoid complying with Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) antitrust premerger notification and...By: Perkins Coie

In April, I wrote about AB 5 that is currently pending in the California legislature. The bill would codify the California Supreme Court's adoption a three-factor test, known as the "ABC" test, for determining when a worker is an employee. Dynamex...By: Allen Matkins

This past week was a busy one for New York State lawmakers. In addition to passing game-changing legislation overhauling the state’s discrimination laws, the New York State Senate and Assembly just passed two pay equity bills that will have a...By: Fisher Phillips

On June 18, 2019, the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) issued final regulations regarding the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Law (PFML). This follows months of revisions, public hearings, and comments....By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

In the recent case, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited v. Shi Huaifang [2019] HKCFI 1212, the court was asked to continue an injunction obtained by an employer against a former employee to prevent him from disclosing the employer's confidential...By: Dentons

Seyfarth Summary: Like the singers in “California Dreamin,” many out-of-state employers—on a winter’s day and otherwise—might dream of operating in California. California is an attractive market for out-of-state companies. But employers who hire...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP