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Our previous posts have stressed the critical importance of buy-sell agreements for both majority owners and minority investors in private companies. For majority owners, securing a buy-sell agreement avoids the potential of becoming “stuck” in...By: Winstead PC

In Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 1843 (2019), the Supreme Court of the United States resolved a split among lower appellate courts over whether the requirement that employees file a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity...By: Flaster Greenberg PC

CSG Labor & Employment Alert - Effective July 9, 2019, employers who fail to pay prevailing wages to employees working on projects in New Jersey subject to the Prevailing Wage Act (“Act”) may be subject to the issuance of stop-work orders by the...By: Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC

You already know that ERISA regulations set specific timelines for the issuance of ERISA-governed long term disability decisions. See, e.g., 29 C.F.R. 2560.503-1(i)(1)(i) (45 days for disability claims and 60 days for others). In special...By: Lane Powell PC

Delaware recently passed a bill, House Bill 199 (HB 199), which, among other things, amends the criminal background check requirements for the Delaware mortgage loan broker and licensed lender licenses.  HB 199 became effective June 27, 2019....By: Weiner Brodsky Kider PC

Employers must understand what they can and cannot do now that the Social Security Administration (SSA) is once again issuing Social Security “no-match” letters. Employers are more likely to receive such notices than at any time in history. Employers...By: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

he Supreme Court of Pennsylvania just revived the Paid Sick Days Act (PSDA), a 2015 ordinance that required businesses to provide paid sick leave to any worker located within the geographical boundaries of the City of Pittsburgh. The high court’s...By: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Maine has passed H.P. 1118 to amend its Uniform Probate Code (UPC) that will take effect on July 1, 2019....By: Weiner Brodsky Kider PC

In CLC Roofing v. Helzer, a roofer purchased shingles from a seller and stored them on the seller’s property. No. 02-17-00229-CV, 2019 Tex. App. LEXIS 5927 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth July 11, 2019, no pet. history)....By: Winstead PC

As of July 2, 2019, New Jersey has extended workplace protections to employees and healthcare practitioners engaging in activities authorized by New Jersey’s “Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act” (the “Act”), formerly the Compassionate...By: Flaster Greenberg PC