On February 4, 2020, Judge Catherine C. Blake of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland dismissed certain claims in a putative class action asserting claims under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 against a...By: Shearman & Sterling LLP
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Employers are undoubtedly aware of the ever-changing landscape of marijuana laws across the country. Complicating matters for larger employers is that these evolving statutes are creatures of state law with little uniformity across jurisdictions. One...By: Foley & Lardner LLP
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On January 21, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Senate Bill 3170 (the “amendments” or “NJ WARN Act”) into law making New Jersey the first state in the nation to require severance pay for mass layoffs. The law, scheduled to go into effect...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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On January 1, 2020, Illinois' new Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act (AIVIA) went into effect, meaning Illinois employers must now comply with the law if they use artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze video interviews by job candidates....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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To assist you in preparing for potential impact to your workplace and employees from the Coronavirus or other infectious diseases, we have put together the following list of action steps......By: Proskauer Rose LLP
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The Village of Fox Lake (“Village”) sought to terminate the employment of police office Russell Zander (“Zander”). At the advice of attorney Roy Carlson (“Carlson”) whose services were provided to him by the Fraternal Order of Police (the “FOP”),...By: Novack and Macey LLP
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Seyfarth Synopsis: On the heels of becoming the first state to mandate severance for workers laid off as part of a mass layoff, New Jersey just may become the second state to pass a statewide predictable scheduling law if a recently-introduced bill...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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In Nichols v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., 924 F.3d 80 (5th Cir. 2019), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that when an LTD policy funding an ERISA plan defines "regular occupation" as the way the claimant's job is performed in...By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
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Volvo’s owner, Li Shufu, is mulling over a move to combine the carmaker with his publicly traded Geely Automobile Holdings—a play that would take Volvo public and “unify the bulk of billionaire Li’s growing stable of automotive brands.” It would also...By: Robins Kaplan LLP
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On Thursday, February 6, 2020, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order upholding Philadelphia’s Salary History Ordinance (the Ordinance). Philadelphia was an early adopter of legislation prohibiting inquiries into an applicant’s salary...By: White and Williams LLP
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