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- The California Supreme Court held that time Apple employees spent waiting for and undergoing mandatory security inspections is compensable. - The decision rejects the holding by some lower courts that if employees could “freely avoid” the...By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

On January 30, 2020, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it would be implementing the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds final rule (Final Rule) on February 24, 2020. This implementation follows the U.S. Supreme...By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

On February 15, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued its ruling in the case of Aurelius Capital Master, Ltd. (“Aurelius”) against Windstream Services, LLC (“Windstream”). The origins of the case date back to...By: Hogan Lovells

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), the Commonwealth’s highest court, recently clarified the standards applicable to analyzing nonsolicitation and anti-raid restrictive covenants following the sale of a business - an area of law where...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

The Trump Administration recently proposed amendments to the regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) - the most significant of which are likely to face legal challenge. The proposed regulations aim to “modernize and...By: WilmerHale

On January 31, 2020, the World Health Organization has announced the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCov), sourced from Wuhan, as a Public Health Emergency of Concern. To minimize the personnel mobility and to curb the epidemic spread, local...By: Hogan Lovells

A lot has happened since the Fair Work Commission (FWC) commenced its review of modern awards in 2014. Now, 6 years later, the FWC is close to completing the mammoth task of reviewing the operation of each modern award and making variations to ensure...By: K&L Gates LLP

Third reform within less than 3 years - On 30 January 2020, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (“Ministry”) published its Draft Act amending the Foreign Trade and Payments Act. Minister Peter Altmaier stated: "We want to...By: Dentons

- New DHS regulation mandates use of an electronic H-1B registration system. - Registration system will be open for only 20 days. - Employers who win H-1B lottery but then do not file H-1B petitions may be penalized....By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Employees must be paid for time spent on their employer’s premises waiting for, and undergoing, required searches of bags and other property voluntarily brought to work, according to the California Supreme Court’s ruling yesterday. In Frlekin v....By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP