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A new law granting most California residents new privacy rights and imposing strict obligations and the possibility of serious penalties on covered businesses, took effect on January 1, 2020. And the new law, dubbed the California Consumer Privacy...By: Dentons

Ninth Circuit Affirms Decision Rejecting Suit Seeking Early Retirement Benefits - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed a district court’s decision rejecting a plaintiff’s lawsuit seeking to overturn determinations by...By: Rivkin Radler LLP

Congress recently passed significant legislation affecting employer-sponsored employee benefit plans. The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019 (H.R. 1994) was passed by the Senate on December 19, 2019, as part of...By: Fisher Phillips

Under Section 413(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), ERISA’s three-year statute of limitations for fiduciary breaches and certain other violations starts to run when “the plaintiff had actual knowledge of the breach...By: Dechert LLP

While CFIUS can’t stop a U.S. company from relocating overseas just because the committee decides that some dating data is a national security risk, companies should be aware of CFIUS’ powers so they don’t get caught having a classic Gavin Belson...By: Lowenstein Sandler LLP

“Employer securities” in retirement plans have been the source of a significant amount of litigation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). In general, “employer securities” are common stock issued by an...By: Burr & Forman

Today we are currently experiencing very complex situations and unaccustomed scenarios, which are constantly changing based on the measures by which the government is managing this serious health emergency. To help companies juggle the different, and...By: Dentons

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its final rule on joint-employer status after engaging in notice-and-comment rulemaking for more than five months. The rule overturns the NLRB's 2015 decision in Browning Ferris Industries, 362 NLRB...By: Miller Canfield

Assembly Bill 5 became effective on January 1, 2020. The law purports to prevent the misclassification of employees as independent contractors by codifying the ABC test established by the California Supreme Court case of Dynamex Operations West, Inc....By: Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

With COVID-19 (coronavirus) impacting communities in the Northwest and around the U.S. and world, employers are wondering what role they can play in keeping their employees safe and healthy. Don’t panic! Your current policies and practices are...By: Stoel Rives - World of Employment