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2019 was a busy year for new developments in labor and employment law, and 2020 is shaping up to be just as significant. Members of our Labor and Employment Practice Group hosted a year-end webinar covering an important development that will become...By: Pepper Hamilton LLP

A law firm can terminate an at-will lawyer who refuses to sign an agreement prohibiting them from soliciting the firm’s customers or clients following cessation of employment, according to the Supreme Court of Kentucky. In Greissman v. Rawlings and...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The American Bar Association’s (ABA) Business Law Section has released its 2019 Private Target Deal Points Study (the “Study”), the flagship product of the Market Trends Subcommittee of the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee....By: K&L Gates LLP

TRENDS IN ESG, SRI AND IMPACT INVESTING - - Investors are increasingly focused on Environmental, Social and Governance Issues (ESG), Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) and Impact Investing - Global Sustainable Investing Alliance reports that $23...By: K&L Gates LLP

We’ve been blogging about attacks on workplace arbitration for over ten years now. AB 51 represents the latest attempts by plaintiffs’ attorneys to ensure that their clients have continued access to employee-friendly juries, rather than to...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Unlike with private commercial projects, liens cannot be filed against public projects in Texas. This means that unpaid subcontractors and suppliers do not have the same protections on public projects as those on private projects....By: Porter Hedges LLP

Parties may now settle federal wage and hour claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) without court review or approval by using the offer and judgment procedure set forth in Rule 68 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, following the...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

USCIS has announced that it will utilize a new electronic registration process for FY2021 H-1B cap petitions. Registrations must be submitted from March 1 through March 20, 2020. USCIS will charge a $10 registration fee. We recommend that employers...By: Tonkon Torp LLP

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it will implement the new electronic registration process for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 H-1B cap lottery. Employers intending to file H-1B cap-subject petitions under next year’s cap will be...By: Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

The American Arbitration Association (AAA) significantly altered its rules for multiemployer pension plan arbitrations after the Pension Benefit Guaranty Board (PBGC) and several public comments raised concerns about the fairness of recent fee...By: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP