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If an owner terminates a contractor due to a contractor default on a bonded project, can the surety hire the same contractor to complete the work under the bond? Depending on the language of the bond, it may be permissible in Florida....By: Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

On September 9, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued proposed regulations that would limit the ability of certain corporations to utilize prior year losses, potentially increasing the tax burden of such corporations....By: Locke Lord LLP

Late last month the Department of Labor finally released its regulations for calculating overtime eligibility under the Fair Labor Standards Act.The final rule becomes effective on January 1, 2020....By: Locke Lord LLP

Lessons Learned from Litigation (#4)—The Johns Hopkins Case - This is the twelfth in a series of articles about Best Practices for Plan Sponsors. To be clear, “best practices” are not the same as legal requirements. Instead, they are about better...By: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The following alert is directed to organizations with a presence in the UK or who anticipate the need to place talent at a UK worksite....By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York City Commission on Human Rights released guidance clarifying the New York City Human Rights Law’s restriction on discriminating against applicants and workers on the basis of actual or perceived “alienage and...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

2019 California Legislative Update For Employers - It’s been a busy session for the California Legislature, passing multiple employment-related bills that Governor Newsom has signed or that are awaiting his signature. The Governor has until October...By: Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP

The 2019 Final Rule formally rescinds the Obama Administration’s 2016 Final Rule and increases the current minimum salary level by almost 50 percent and the current exemption salary level for highly compensated employees by less than 8 percent. The...By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

In his 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump frequently expressed populist themes, rhetorically criticizing “big business” and “special interests,” and signaled an activist antitrust agenda with his comment in October 2016 that a major telecom...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

Senior negotiators from the U.S. and China will officially resume trade negotiations today, “with higher tariffs looming if [they] fail to break a five-month stalemate.” The U.S.’s moves this week to blacklist 28 Chinese tech companies and suspend...By: Robins Kaplan LLP