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Seyfarth Synposis: As of March 16, 2020, Colorado’s daily overtime and meal and rest break requirements for non-exempt employees, as well as its different duties and salary level requirements for exempt employees, will apply to all employers who meet...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

With more and more individuals taking on the so-called “side hustle” of driving for Uber or even entirely leaving the traditional 9 to 5 work life and opting to make the “gig economy” work as their full time occupation, courts across the country are...By: Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Just two months into 2020, the incidence of ERISA fiduciary breach lawsuits shows little sign of slowing down. Over the past three months alone, more than half a dozen new class action lawsuits have been filed, targeting the sponsors of both large...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

Many written employment agreements contain automatic renewal provisions that apply at the end of the contract’s term if either party does not provide notice of intent not to renew. When an employment agreement is silent on what happens following...By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Webinar Agenda – Private Sector: 1.Health and Welfare Plan Updates: • Affordable Care Act Updates • California Individual Mandate • Proposed IRS Cost-Sharing Transparency Rules • Final DOL “Regular Rate” Regulations • Final ICHRA and Affordability...By: Hanson Bridgett LLP

Last week, the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) issued Interim Guidance for businesses and employers to plan and respond to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (official name “COVID-19”). The Interim Guidance is designed to...By: Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

On March 1, 2020, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) will be implementing a new electronic registration process as part of its annual H-1B Cap Lottery. Given that the upcoming Fiscal Year 2021 (“FY2021”) H-1B Cap Lottery...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Last week, in Frlekin v. Apple, Inc., the California Supreme Court held that employee exit searches constituted compensable “hours worked” under California law. Under its “Employee Package and Bag Searches” policy, Apple required its retail store...By: Downey Brand LLP

In January, the Supreme Court agreed to accept an appeal filed by the State of Arkansas of a decision by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals finding that Section 514 of ERISA expressly preempted the state’s maximum allowable cost law (“MAC law”)....By: Foley & Lardner LLP

Against a global backdrop that saw M&A slip 9% by both value and volume year on year, the financial services sector was one of a few outliers. M&A value in the industry climbed 14% in 2019, to a total of US$343.3 billion globally. And despite an...By: White & Case LLP