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Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Legislature has passed a series of bills for Governor Newsom to consider. He now has until October 13 to approve or veto bills such as a Dynamex codification bill and a San Francisco-inspired lactation accommodation...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

As we discussed in an earlier client alert, the National Labor Relations Board announced in May that it would be issuing proposed rules that would establish a “standard for determining whether students who perform services at private colleges or...By: Pepper Hamilton LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Supreme Court has held that an individual may not seek unpaid wages under Labor Code section 558. Section 558 can be invoked only by the Labor Commissioner or by an individual suing under PAGA, and PAGA claims are...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Canadian Competition Bureau (Bureau) issued two announcements in September 2019 that impact companies doing business in Canada. First, the Bureau will expand its monitoring of non-notifiable transactions. Second, the Bureau called on participants...By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

He's a talented guy. He hardly said a thing. The confirmation hearing for President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Labor, Eugene Scalia, took place yesterday. The nominee did a good job -- I'm not sure he answered a single question....By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

In White Constructions Pty Ltd v PBS Holdings Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1166 the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia, rejected both parties' expert delay analysis and the methodologies on which they were based, holding that their inclusion in the...By: White & Case LLP

On October 11, 2019, Pepper Hamilton will host an interactive seminar entitled “The Art of International Arbitration.” Matt Adler, partner and chair of Pepper’s International and Domestic Arbitration Practice Group, Maia Harris, partner with the...By: Pepper Hamilton LLP

In recent months, New York has implemented several changes to its discrimination and sexual ?harassment law, many of which are effective in the coming month. ?...By: Locke Lord LLP

Summary - On September 18, 2019, Governor Newsom signed California Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5) into law – codifying and expanding the California Supreme Court’s decision in the Dynamex case and the "ABC test" for determining if a worker may be classified...By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

HR people, you know what I'm talking about. Sharks, vampires, tornadoes, heights, and evil clowns are scary. But sometimes the scariest thing to a management-side lawyer is what employers themselves say. Here are 10 things employers sometimes say...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP