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Seyfarth Synopsis: The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights recently released guidance clarifying that existing anti-discrimination laws prohibit employers from taking adverse employment actions or applying a grooming policy against an employee or...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

I read a very interesting article in the Epstein Becker Wage & Hour Defense Blog, whose sentiments I wholeheartedly agree with. It concerns the issue of attorney fees for plaintiff lawyers in FLSA/wage cases. The blog post notes that often, these...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

The EEOC’s September 30th deadline for all covered employers to submit pay data for 2017 and 2018 wage data is right around the corner. While some employers may have implemented data collection tools intended to meet this requirement when a revised...By: Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Merger agreements entered into by Delaware corporations commonly include fiduciary out provisions in order to satisfy director fiduciary duty requirements to secure the best value reasonably available to stockholders under the Revlon rule. The...By: Locke Lord LLP

As the NFL season gets underway, it is interesting to see how certain plays go from fringe status to near-universal. A recent example is the “run-pass option” that, before finding a home in every NFL team’s playbook, was used only in high school and...By: Cooley LLP

On August 23, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") determined that property owners may prohibit non-employees from accessing their premises to engage in conduct that could be protected by federal labor law....By: Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

The topic of independent contractors has been at the forefront of late, with both the Department of Labor and the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries taking a keen interest in reviewing independent contractor relationships and enforcing wage and...By: Tonkon Torp LLP

On September 12, 2019, the California Supreme Court in ZB, N.A. v. Superior Court (Lawson) held that unpaid wages under Labor Code Section 558 are not recoverable under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA)....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

October 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, the Mariana Islands, Missouri, Oregon, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Washington to place their Annual EEO Public...By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) has now released for public comment its long awaited proposed regulations (“Proposed Regulations”) to implement the landmark Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018...By: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP