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As the conversation around antitrust regulation continues to grow, especially given the current political climate and the growth of technology companies, now more than ever, multinationals must pay attention to evolving trends in this space. Nate...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 23, 2019, District Judge Rosemary Marquez ruled, in connection with a motion to dismiss, that Title VII does protect discrimination based on a person’s transgender status, and that a health insurance plan’s exclusion...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

A significant amount of legal activity has taken place recently in the area of joint employment. Joint employment exists when more than one entity is deemed to be a worker’s employer. Typically, a direct employer and a secondary business – the latter...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

Technology continued to be among the most active subsectors for US M&A in 2019, with 1,138 deals announced worth a total of US$206 billion. This represents a marginal decrease of 3 percent in volume and 7 percent in value compared to 2018 activity....By: White & Case LLP

In Shah v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25695 (S.D. Ohio Feb. 19, 2019), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio dismissed a plaintiff insured's bad faith and punitive damages claims where there was a genuine...By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Construction projects are rarely completed without delays or adjustments made to the project schedule. To avoid liability when scheduling disputes arise, parties must prove that they are not responsible for a delay to the project schedule....By: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

There are a few surprises in the enforcement and litigation statistics for FY 2019 released by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”). The EEOC’s data shows that there were only 72,675 charges of discrimination filed in FY 2019. This is...By: Butler Snow LLP

Il Decreto Legge 26 ottobre 2019, n. 124 (cosiddetto «Decreto Fiscale») – convertito, con modificazioni, dalla legge 19 dicembre 2019, n. 157 – ha introdotto nuovi oneri a capo del committente che affidi a soggetti terzi il compimento di uno o più...By: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Effective February 11, 2020, the 10 members with the largest percentage ownership in an out-of-state limited liability corporation (LLC) may be held personally liable for unpaid wages arising from work performed in New York State....By: Hodgson Russ LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Second Circuit held that attorneys’ fee awards in FLSA settlements are not limited by principles of “proportionality” between the fees and the amount of the settlement or subject to a 1/3 cap....By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP