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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB/Board) recently issued a new rule effectively overturning an Obama-era precedent on joint employer status and making it harder to show that two companies are joint employers. In doing so, it lessened – at...By: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

New Jersey continued its march to becoming one of the most employee-friendly jurisdictions in the country upon Governor Phil Murphy signing Senate Bill 3170, amending New Jersey’s mini-WARN statute (the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss...By: Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP

What happens if an employer takes adverse action against an employee based on a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason that later turns out to be wrong? Suppose, for example, an employer fires an employee based on a genuine belief that the employee...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Ready or not, it’s time to electronically register for the upcoming H-1B Cap Lottery. The registration period began at 12:00 noon Eastern Time on Sunday, March 1, 2020 and will end at 12:00 noon Eastern Time on Friday, March 20, 2020. Unlike in...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

The National Labor Relations Board recently issued its Final Rule (Rule) on the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The Rule, published on Feb. 26,, provides clarity and guidance to employers,...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

This newsletter is our take on the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Philip Mansfield, partner based in London, is our editor this month....By: Allen & Overy LLP

The U.S. Treasury Department published a final rule on January 17, 2020, to implement changes to regulations regarding the authority and jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) (85 Fed. Reg. 3112, the “Final...By: Dechert LLP

The Internal Revenue Service has issued Proposed Regulations under Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m). Section 162(m) limits the compensation deduction available to publicly traded companies to $1.0 million for covered employees. In large part, the...By: Hodgson Russ LLP

Amending standard forms of construction and engineering contracts to change the risk level between the parties is a perennial issue. This, however, can lead to disputes due to amendments not clearly reflecting the intention of the parties. The TCC...By: White & Case LLP

German employment law provides for a sophisticated system of employee representation. The employees' representative body on operational level is the works council (Betriebsrat). The works council is to be involved in decisions on staffing, social...By: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP