Legal News

The Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 2005 (the “Bill”) on June 30, 2019, creating a new program of up to 12 weeks of paid medical and family leave benefits (the “Program”) for eligible employees and self-employed individuals who opt-in to the...By: Stoel Rives LLP

The Summer 2019 edition of the Aviation Group’s newsletter examines some of the most recent and relevant cases and developments in aviation, including: Washington Court of Appeals Reverses Dismissal of Design Defect Claim and Remands for Further...By: Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP

The hyper-partisan political warfare in the American health care industry is far from over. But another small battle in a federal district court was just resolved in favor of the Trump Administration....By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

JULY 2019 UPDATE. On July 17, 2019, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed the lower courts’ rulings which had halted implementation of the Pittsburgh Paid Sick Day Act (“PSDA”), originally adopted in 2015. The Court found that although “the PSDA...By: Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP

Welcome to the 2019 Shearman & Sterling Antitrust Annual Report. Our seventh edition focuses on the contrasting use by regulators of antitrust laws with respect to the FANGs, and how antitrust is being enforced in the U.S. under the Trump...By: Shearman & Sterling LLP

Employers with at least 100 employees, and federal contractors with contract of at least $50,000 and 50 or more employees, are well aware of the EEO-1 report requirement. EEO-1 reports are due on March 31 of each year and include data on employee...By: Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

As part of our quarterly series on current trends across different industries, our second article for 2019 explores litigation developments in Canada, outlining the impact on business and the potential ramifications of recent court decisions and...By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

The announcement itself isn’t a shock, but given the potential players, it’s headline-worthy anyway: the DOJ announced yesterday that it’s officially opening an antitrust probe into Big Tech companies and “whether they had acted to reduce...By: Robins Kaplan LLP

On Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at 9:00 a.m., Varnum snagged one of the few remaining seats in the Michigan Supreme Court gallery to hear oral arguments related to the constitutionality of the Michigan Legislature's "adopt and amend" maneuver last fall....By: Varnum LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: In Biel v. St. James School, the Ninth Circuit once again split from other circuit courts, this time by narrowly construed an affirmative defense known as the “ministerial exception” that bars claims of employment discrimination...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP