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As I noted last week, I’l be talking at CBIA’s Employment Law Conference on the topic of “Artificial Intelligence & Analytics for HR: Recruiting, Retention & Engagement” next month. Joining me on the panel is Doug Smith, the SVP Client Delivery at...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Any contractor providing services to the government knows that complying with the Service Contract Act (SCA) is a critical element of contract performance. Normally, when the SCA applies to a contract, the contractor is responsible for classifying...By: Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

In proposed regulations released last week, the Department of Labor (DOL) finally put forward a revision of its long-outdated regulations on the electronic delivery of certain participant disclosures required under ERISA (including such important...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

California law typically frowns on contracts that restrict a person's ability to engage in trade for their chosen profession. In keeping with this philosophy, the California legislature has passed AB 749, which was recently signed into law by...By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

On October 23, 2019, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) published proposed regulations that would add a new safe harbor for the use of electronic disclosures by retirement plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974...By: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

OSHA recently announced its intention to remodel the online delivery of its general industry, construction and maritime Outreach courses. On October 8, 2019, OSHA published a Request for Information (“RFI”) in the Federal Register seeking input to...By: Hodgson Russ LLP

For better or worse, the proliferation of computers, the internet, smartphones, and an overall ideological shift to paperless living are shaping the way employers do business, and the way people receive, process and internalize information. Online...By: Hodgson Russ LLP

Fiat Chrysler and France’s Peugeot are in the midst of merger talks that, if finalized, could “create a nearly $50 billion trans-Atlantic auto giant.” One option being bandied about in the “fluid” talks is an “all-share merger of equals”....By: Robins Kaplan LLP

In the context of employment litigation, determining whether an employer-employee relationship actually exists between the plaintiff and defendant employer is a common and critical issue. The question becomes more complex when the circumstances...By: Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Recent headlines have detailed foreign-state actors targeting utilities and independent power producers in the United States to gain access to critical infrastructure at the nation’s utilities and military installations....By: McGuireWoods LLP