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Seyfarth Synopsis: Effective January 1, 2020, the Illinois Workplace Transparency Act (WTA) amended the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA) to, among other items, require all employers in Illinois to provide annual sexual harassment prevention training...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Patient substance use disorder (SUD) records received by group health plans from federally funded treatment programs are subject to the restrictions of 42 CFR Part 2 (Part 2). The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration...By: Hodgson Russ LLP

On February 19, 2020, the IRS published two guidance documents... of significant legal and commercial importance to the nascent market for carbon capture and sequestration production tax credits set forth in Section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code....By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Financial institutions M&A sector trends: consumer finance — H2 2019 and outlook for 2020 - Financial sponsors see opportunities to back new entrants targeting under-serviced customer segments, including gig economy workers and solopreneurs....By: White & Case LLP

This week the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) released the final version of its new standard for the test to be used in determining whether workers are jointly-employed by affiliated businesses (like in scenarios with temp agencies or...By: Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

As an alternative to termination, employers faced with employee drug or alcohol policy violations sometimes want to give that person a second chance. Typically, this process involves a commitment by the employee to seek treatment or counseling for...By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Following a robust 2018, 2019 saw a modest slowdown in automotive M&A activity and a decline in deal value, due in large part to regulatory uncertainty, trade war impacts, declining global economic growth, abating automotive volumes, and a lack of...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

With the Oscar win for best animated short film, Hair Love shone a spotlight on California’s CROWN Act (Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair), which prohibits discrimination based on natural hairstyles and textures. Bills addressing...By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

A recent district court case out of Louisiana highlights the importance for employers to document their COBRA notice mailing procedures. In this case, a terminated employee claimed that her employer failed to give her timely notice of her COBRA...By: Hodgson Russ LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis:  The Illinois Supreme Court recently affirmed a state appellate court’s holding that in class action lawsuits, an effective tender made before a named plaintiff files a class certification motion satisfies the named plaintiff’s...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP