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Following in the footsteps of its neighbors Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, Rhode Island recently enacted legislation that restricts the use of non-competition agreements with certain types of employees. The Rhode Island Noncompetition...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

What California Cities Need to Know to Comply with SB 205 - California cities that issue business licenses will be required to determine whether any of the primary Standard Industrial Classification Codes applicable to that business apply to a...By: Best Best & Krieger LLP

I was fortunate to attend the ABA Forum on Construction Law’s fall meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from October 23 – 25, 2019. The program titled Building a Better Construction Industry through Inclusion, Diversity, and Professionalism was a...By: Pierce Atwood LLP

AB 51 bans mandatory employment arbitration agreements. (Part 2 of a four-part series.) AB 51, which was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on October 10, adds a new Section 432.6(a) to the California Labor Code, banning any agreement to...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

As detailed in a prior Alert, the Westchester County Board of Legislators passed a stand-alone safe leave law in May 2019 that provides employees who are victims of domestic violence or human trafficking with 40 hours of paid safe leave time...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

President Trump signed an Executive Order on October 31, 2019, revoking “Executive Order 13495 of January 30, 2009 (Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts), which requires that successor Federal contractors in certain...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Over the past five years, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) estimates that $20.7 billion in payments have been made to providers and suppliers involved in affiliations that present undue risk of fraud, waste, and abuse. Effective...By: Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

On October 9, 2019, the Second Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal issued a decision clarifying the rate of pay at which an employer must pay meal period, rest break, and recovery period premiums. More specifically, the appellate...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Related Party Debt Documentation Rules Are Removed and Future Changes to Limit Recharacterization Rules Are Expected - On October 31, 2019, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) made two significant announcements limiting...By: Shearman & Sterling LLP

In the second round of debates between the presidential Democratic candidates held on July 30 and July 31, 2019, policy disagreements over the future of the U.S. health care system were front and center. Candidate proposals ranged from expanding the...By: Thompson Coburn LLP