Legal News

The Employee Benefits Practice is pleased to present the Employee Benefits Developments Newsletter for the month of October 2019....By: Hodgson Russ LLP

Jobs Report Friday again. Here’s what we’re watching, including the possibility of scary low numbers thanks to the only-recently-resolved GM strike....By: Robins Kaplan LLP

Often perceived – rightfully or not – as an overly employer-friendly forum, mandatory arbitration agreements between employers and employees have been the bane of the plaintiff’s bar’s existence for years. However, there has been a recent torrent of...By: Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Add this case to your “Be Sure to Document Your Non-Discriminatory Reasons” file. An employee doing bad things lost on summary judgment in an employment discrimination action, even though she alleged that the company did not properly investigate the...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Transaction expenses, including fees for legal counsel, accountants, financial advisors, brokers and other third parties, are an ineluctable aspect of mergers and acquisitions. The ability of parties to deduct at least a portion of such expenses...By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Even while fires rage throughout the State, the California legislature has been busy throughout 2019 enacting a host of new employment laws. Here are seven things to look out for in 2020: Restrictions on arbitration - Labor Code § 432.6 prohibits...By: Thompson Coburn LLP

There have been significant recent developments in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulation of foreign private issuers, (FPIs) including changes that impact the annual report on Form 20-F for fiscal year 2019. Below we discuss some of...By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Columbia, South Carolina Mayor Steve Benjamin has signed a new law prohibiting City employers - but NOT private employers - from inquiring about an applicant’s criminal history until receipt of a conditional offer of employment...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The IRS recently issued final regulations to standardize the administration of hardship distributions. Plans that permit hardship distributions must implement operational changes for hardship distributions by January 1, 2020, with plan amendments to...By: Bricker & Eckler LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: Two new Executive Orders and a corresponding decision in the Supreme Court effectively limit how agencies can utilize guidance against private parties—the agency must rely only on guidance that is fully consistent with the...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP