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With all of the recent news about the coronavirus outbreak in China, employers have increasingly been left to wonder about protections they should take. The truth is that there is not a consensus among all medical professionals about the spread of...By: Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP

Q: When an employee is injured on the job, can we drug test them? A: This is a common question posed by employers and medical review officers or treatment providers following the amendments made in 2017 to the Iowa workers’ compensation statute....By: Davis Brown Law Firm

As employers seek to reduce costs and time in the hiring process through artificial intelligence (AI) tools, they should also be aware of potential legal risks that come with merging recruitment with technologic innovation. Employers are turning to...By: SmithAmundsen LLC

The life sciences industry faces a wide range of legal, regulatory and business challenges, along with constantly evolving trends that impact leadership priorities. McDermott’s cross-functional team of life sciences professionals present the annual...By: McDermott Will & Emery

Adult-use marijuana has arrived in America. Eleven states and the District of Columbia have legalized the use of marijuana by adults without a prescription. While the legalization movement began in the American West, two of the most recent states to...By: Carlton Fields

On February 6, 2020 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a Philadelphia pay equity ordinance banning employers from inquiring into prospective employees’ prior pay or relying on prior pay in making compensation decisions unless...By: Orrick - Global Employment Law Group

Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California granted a request for a preliminary injunction to prohibit the State of California from enforcing Assembly Bill 51 (AB 51) as to arbitration agreements governed by the Federal...By: Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

You expect your insurance carrier to provide coverage when a claim is made against your company. However, coverage denials frequently occur and take companies by surprise. In this webinar, Jonathan Cass will discuss how to minimize the chance of a...By: Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

More than 26 million custom emoji have been created in Slack and the use of emoji in Teams is universal, revolutionizing the way we communicate. Some employees can have entire discussion with emoji, and it takes just one emoji to change the meaning...By: Association of Certified E-Discovery

The greatest thing about the Internet is the distribution of information that people used to have to rely on an Encyclopedia or other reference materials to find out information on a specific topic. This is so true of retirement plans and plan...By: Ary Rosenbaum