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On Thursday, January 30, members from Verrill's Employment & Labor group, as well as some from the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation group, conducted a full-day seminar full of employment law related topics that would prepare HR...By: Verrill

In Gorbacheva v. Abbott Laboratories Extended Disability Plan, et al., 29 U.S. App. LEXIS 36542 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 10, 2019), the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court's award of attorneys' fees to an ERISA claimant as excessive because she had...By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Regulation Best Interest: Rollover Recommendations for Pension Plan Benefits (Rollovers Part 8) - The SEC has issued its final Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI), Form CRS Rule, RIA Interpretation and Solely Incidental Interpretation. I am discussing...By: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Verrill attorney Tawny Alvarez interviewed Jeana Stewart, NCIDQ, LEED AP, and workplace studio leader of SMRT Architects and Engineers for the January 11, 2020 segment of HR Power Hour, which originally aired on WLOB. Jeana gives insight on best...By: Verrill

Technically, no. However, when the contractor is protesting the award of a contract for the same agency that issued the unfavorable Contractor Performance Evaluation Report (CPAR), the contractor may have some success arguing that there was a...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Supermarket Fired Deli Clerk Because of Her Disability, Federal Agency Charged - FRESNO, Calif. - Local grocery outlet PAQ, Inc., doing business as Rancho San Miguel Markets, has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a disability lawsuit filed by the...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

USCIS has confirmed they will open the new H-1B Lottery pre-registration portal on March 1, 2020. The H-1B visa is available to companies wishing to hire a foreign worker to fill a “specialty occupation” which is defined as a position that requires...By: Polsinelli

This article focuses on 401(k) and 403(b) plans that are in one of the following situations: 1. The plan failed ADP or ACP testing and must distribute excess amounts to its higher-ranking employees or make additional contributions to its...By: Carlton Fields

For the first time in 15 years, the Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”), Massachusetts’ highest court, issued a decision analyzing the enforceability of non-solicitation covenants, the distinction between such covenants in the context of the sale of a...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Washington state legislature is currently in session, and legislators have introduced numerous bills relating to the cannabis industry. While it is too early to know which bills will advance and which will not, below is a summary of two...By: Lane Powell PC