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As reported previously, in March of 2018, the UK Department of Work and Pensions issued a white paper calling for significant toughening of the fiduciary duties around pensions.  This was in response to the collapse of a number of large defined...By: Groom Law Group, Chartered

Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. Both the House and Senate are in this week. The House is scheduled to vote on a bill that would enhance the benefits and workplace protections for Transportation Security Administration...By: Clark Hill PLC

Is that worker an “employee” of that company? Or of another company? Or both? This joint employer question implicates two federal laws: the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which considers if employers are jointly liable to employees for payment of...By: Barley Snyder

The National Labor Relations Board recently issued its Final Rule (Rule) on the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The Rule, published on Feb. 26,, provides clarity and guidance to employers,...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

The North Carolina Court of Appeals decided in a recent case that a residential real estate developer owes a duty to future homeowners to plan the construction of the subdivision so as to avoid such foreseeable risks as a piece of heavy equipment...By: Nexsen Pruet, PLLC

Companies continue to refine their third-party risk management programs. As an initial step, companies have to create a third-party risk profile for its population. To accomplish this task, companies have to classify and stratify their third...By: Michael Volkov

This newsletter is our take on the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Philip Mansfield, partner based in London, is our editor this month....By: Allen & Overy LLP

The U.S. Treasury Department published a final rule on January 17, 2020, to implement changes to regulations regarding the authority and jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) (85 Fed. Reg. 3112, the “Final...By: Dechert LLP

In a February 12, 2020 decision, Parker v. EnerNOC, Inc., SJC-12703, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that the full commission which would have been due to an employee had she not been retaliated against and terminated is a “lost wage”...By: Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Employers are not permitted to justify disparity in pay based on prior pay history, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals just ruled, eliminating a defense to pay equity claims for businesses across the west coast. Although the Equal Pay Act (EPA)...By: Fisher Phillips