Legal News

Two years ago, the first medical marijuana dispensary opened in Pennsylvania. Since that time, well over a hundred thousand Pennsylvania residents have become certified to use medical marijuana, additional conditions were added to the listed of...By: McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

On February 7, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California issued an order supporting its injunction of Assembly Bill 51 (AB 51), an expansive anti-arbitration law enacted in October, which was scheduled to take effect on...By: Littler

Employers will now be responsible for determining the employment status of independent contractors in relation to tax, with the potential to become liable to account for that tax themselves if they fail to do so....By: McGuireWoods LLP

A federal court in Alabama held that an employer’s request to count an employee’s prescription medication – in connection with a drug test that the employee passed – supported the employee’s claim for invasion of privacy. Effinger v....By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

In a previous update, we outlined new UK tax rules on off-payroll working, which will apply from 6 April 2020. The rules seek to shift the burden of determining the employment status of individuals engaged through an intermediary (such as the...By: Cooley LLP

Seeking to control healthcare costs, many group health plans have adopted amendments that lower reimbursement rates for the treatment of end-stage renal disease ("ESRD"), which requires long-term dialysis treatment or a kidney transplant, resulting...By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Governor Newsom proposes new plan for San Joaquin River Delta - Governor Gavin Newsom revealed a novel approach Tuesday to managing the San Joaquin River Delta that would keep more water in the fragile delta while restoring 60,000 acres of habitat...By: Allen Matkins

Based on a set of somewhat unusual facts, a federal district court in Ohio ruled that an employer that refused to rehire a recently retired individual to his former position will need to argue at a jury trial that its decision was not based on age....By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Restructurings and uncertainty are hitting the US consumer sector. Retail M&A deal volume dropped 11 percent year-on-year to 459 deals, while deal value dropped 36 percent to US$76.87 billion. Consumer M&A activity declined in 2019, reflecting...By: White & Case LLP

Private equity (PE) investment in physician groups has steadily grown over the last several years, with 219 physician group deals being announced or closed last year. This trend leaves some groups wondering, is PE for us? There are five critical...By: Epstein Becker & Green