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On November 29, 2018, the German Minister for Economic Affairs, Peter Altmaier, presented its “National Industry Strategy 2030.” Amongst other things, the strategy paper sets out the key points of the Minister’s plans to expand the ability of the...By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

On the eve of the holidays, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) delivered an early Christmas present to employers with its issuance of new regulations governing the NLRB election process. While not scraping the Obama Board’s controversial 2014...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Illinois Limited Liability Company Act (Act) permits an LLC to continue after dissolution solely to wind up its business, and only for a reasonable time. In Sienna Court Condominium Assoc. v. Champion Aluminum Corp., 2017 IL App. (1st) 143364,...By: Novack and Macey LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: A newly enacted New York State law will hold the top ten members of out-of-state LLCs personally liable for unpaid wages.  This new law is one of several key wage and hour proposals originally advanced by Governor Cuomo during his...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Equal Pay Act allows employees to bring claims of pay discrimination based on gender by alleging that they were paid less than employees of a different gender who perform the same or similar work. This comparator requirement often proves...By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Today, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) publicized its restructuring of some union election procedures that were widely known by employers as the “Ambush Election Rule,” which was rolled out in 2014. While not a complete overhaul of the...By: Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: In the December 16, 2019, Federal Register, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division (WHD) published its final rule clarifying and updating the regulations governing the regular rate requirements under the Fair Labor...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Rhode Island Superior Court came down with a few interesting decisions this year concerning Rhode Island General Law Section 37-13.1-1.  That statute deals with actions against the State of Rhode Island on Highway and Public Works contracts. ...By: Pierce Atwood LLP

As we previously covered, a group of 18 state attorneys general in July filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), asking the FTC to incorporate labor concerns when reviewing corporate mergers and to use its enforcement powers under...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Last week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that an H-1B cap registration system (from which the annual H-1B lottery will be run) will be implemented for the upcoming fiscal year 2021 H-1B cap season. The initial H-1B cap...By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP