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With more and more individuals taking on the so-called “side hustle” of driving for Uber or even entirely leaving the traditional 9 to 5 work life and opting to make the “gig economy” work as their full time occupation, courts across the country are...By: Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Growing concern about foreign surveillance and intelligence gathering led Congress to provide CFIUS with authority to review real estate transactions by foreign parties when it passed FIRRMA... Prior to FIRRMA, CFIUS began to act on transactions...By: Jackson Walker

In a 29-page decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held in Fisher v. SD Protection Inc., No. 18-2504, that a district court had abused its discretion by rewriting a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) settlement agreement to modify...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Just two months into 2020, the incidence of ERISA fiduciary breach lawsuits shows little sign of slowing down. Over the past three months alone, more than half a dozen new class action lawsuits have been filed, targeting the sponsors of both large...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

Informed employers know they must pay non-exempt employee for all hours actually worked. If an employee works unapproved hours or overtime, the company must still pay for that time; however, they may discipline that worker for violating company...By: McAfee & Taft

Valid arbitration agreements may prevent class notices from being sent to employees that would otherwise be putative class members in collective action lawsuits according to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Bigger v. Facebook, Inc....By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

Many written employment agreements contain automatic renewal provisions that apply at the end of the contract’s term if either party does not provide notice of intent not to renew. When an employment agreement is silent on what happens following...By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Webinar Agenda – Private Sector: 1.Health and Welfare Plan Updates: • Affordable Care Act Updates • California Individual Mandate • Proposed IRS Cost-Sharing Transparency Rules • Final DOL “Regular Rate” Regulations • Final ICHRA and Affordability...By: Hanson Bridgett LLP

Last week, the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) issued Interim Guidance for businesses and employers to plan and respond to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (official name “COVID-19”). The Interim Guidance is designed to...By: Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is an interagency committee that reviews mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers by foreign persons of U.S. companies and assets that have the potential to pose risk of harm to U.S....By: Jackson Walker