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In early February 2020, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals decided that a Philadelphia ordinance passed years ago could go into effect and that Philadelphia employers will no longer be able to ask job applicants about their salary history in job...By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: As we reported here, the CBD (cannabidiol) craze is sweeping the nation. By 2022, it is expected to be a $22 billion per year industry. That said, if a CBD product has a concentration of more than 0.3% of tetrahydrocannabinol...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The National Labor Relations Board in recent weeks has continued to overturn Board decisions from President Obama’s administration. In United Parcel Service, Inc., the current Republican-controlled Board returned to a long-standing legal standard for...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus a global health emergency. And, as reflected in the news, Chicago is the site where the first person-to-person transmission of the virus has been...By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was passed on August 21, 1996, during the re-election campaign of President Bill Clinton. The law was the end-product of twin concerns of Congress as America entered into the 21st century. One...By: Compliancy Group

The new control mechanism on withholding taxes in private supply service agreements, recently introduced by Article 4 of the Tax Decree 2020 (Decree-Law no. 124 of October 26, 2019, converted into Law no. 157 of December 9, 2019), has been heavily...By: Dentons

The Singapore government has introduced additional control measures to minimize the risk of further transmission of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the community. Employers in Singapore must take proactive steps within the legal boundaries to ensure...By: Morgan Lewis

On January 22, 2020, Cynthia Attwood and Amanda Wood Laihow were sworn in to serve their respective appointments as commissioners of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC). The U.S. Senate confirmed both of Donald J. Trump’s...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

On February 6, Representative Natalie Manley filed House Bill 4699 with the Illinois House of Representatives. If enacted, the bill would amend the Illinois Freedom to Work Act (“IFWA”) with respect to the legality of non-compete agreements....By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Staff leasing agencies are not subject to the new obligations regarding withholding taxes for supply service agreements, while companies providing services of an intellectual nature, such as consultancy services, fall within the scope of the new...By: Dentons