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In a rare decision applying the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. §1331 et seq.(“OCSLA”), the United States Supreme Court has clarified, re-affirmed and perhaps (given the breadth of its opinion) expanded the exclusive application of...By: Baker Donelson

Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In this episode, Matt Kelly (the coolest guy in compliance) and I take a...By: Thomas Fox

We include the 2018 chapter in its entirety for reference following the 2019 update. UK update 2019 - The #MeToo movement continues to encourage women to speak out about unacceptable behaviours that they encounter at work here in the UK. A number...By: International Lawyers Network

It’s 2019 and while the hardship rules are changing for 2020, keep in mind that hardship distributions need to be substantiated by plan participants.......By: Ary Rosenbaum

Citing judicial criticism, as well as the original Supreme Court decisions on the issue, the NLRB swept away years of precedent permitting union representatives to access public areas of an employer’s premises. In UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, 368...By: Proskauer - Labor Relations

The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority has issued the Investment Consultancy and Fiduciary Management Market Investigation Order 2019. This is U.K. secondary legislation intended to combat anti-competitive practices in the supply and acquisition...By: Shearman & Sterling LLP

Under the Act, beginning in early 2022, employees will be eligible to receive partial pay benefits during leave taken under the existing Connecticut Family and Medical Leave Act (“CFMLA”). Covered reasons for leave under the CFMLA include an...By: Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Although the U.S. M&A market has remained relatively strong by historical standards so far in 2019, activity has softened compared to the higher levels in 2017 and 2018, continuing a trend that began in the second half of last year. The pace of...By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Dear YouDig?, We just finished a project where and thought we paid all of our subcontractors.  About a month after completion, our accounting department however found that our drywall sub submitted invoices a while back but we failed to pay them......By: Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

There is an inherent tension in the law between the notion that contracting parties should be held to their bargain and the notion that a party cannot immunize itself from fraud liability in a contract that has been fraudulently procured. That...By: Cohen & Grigsby, P.C