Legal News

Pregnancy discrimination has been in the news quite a bit lately. Recently, Walmart agreed to pay $14 million as part of a settlement in response to accusations that it systematically discriminated against pregnant employees by neglecting to offer...By: Butler Snow LLP

More companies are permitting or even encouraging remote work by employees. Remote work allows flexibility for the employee, helps with recruiting and can reduce overhead by limiting the necessary physical office space used by the business. But...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

A local air district is developing a rule that would require both existing and proposed warehouses to reduce trucking emissions or pay a mitigation fee. The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD or District) is developing a so-called...By: Latham & Watkins LLP

Eleven years after its portfolio company’s bankruptcy triggered a multiemployer pension plan’s demand that funds sponsored by private equity firm Sun Capital Advisors, Inc. (“Sun Capital”) pay the portfolio company’s $4.5 million ERISA withdrawal...By: Ropes & Gray LLP

On November 8, 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo expanded the list of protected categories under existing New York City Human Rights Law by signing the New York Reproductive Choice Law. Under this provision, employers are prohibited from discriminating...By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

On November 19, 2019, Judge William M. Campbell of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee granted in part and denied in part motions to dismiss a putative class action under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities...By: Shearman & Sterling LLP

Earlier this month, New York State passed a new law prohibiting discrimination against employees based on a new protected class: reproductive health decision making. New York Labor Law § 203-e was signed into law by Governor Cuomo in November 2019,...By: Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

When companies change management, employees sometimes believe it is unfair to hold them to higher performance standards than those required by their former supervisors. When it comes to accommodations made to disabled persons, employees sometimes...By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

When buying and selling a business, the parties are right to focus on the purchase and sale agreement, as it contains the transaction’s definitive deal terms, including the purchase price, and the parties’ pre- and post-closing obligations. It also...By: Thompson Coburn LLP

On Jan. 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a consumer-friendly privacy law inspired by the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, will take effect. Originally published in the North Bay Business Journal - November 22,...By: Farella Braun + Martel LLP