Legal News

The Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs, 2019 Guidance, makes clear that operationalization of compliance into an organization should be done at multiple levels. The 2019 Guidance also called out culture as a key indicia for an ethical...By: Thomas Fox

Similar to other disagreements between the NLRB and D.C. Circuit, a tension developed during the last several years regarding the appropriate standard to determine whether teachers at religious schools are covered by the NLRA and within the Board’s...By: Proskauer - Labor Relations

It’s Fun to Stay at the USMCA. On January 29, 2020, President Donald Trump signed the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA). Now the trade agreement takes off to the Great White North (it’s a beauty way to go). Your move, Canada....By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Forecasting How Mayor Kenney’s Pocket Veto May Impact Future Legislation Requiring Developers to Give Back to the Communities they Impact - For the first time since taking office, Mayor Kenney vetoed six pieces of legislation passed by City Council...By: Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

U.S. District Court Judge Kimberly Mueller just granted a preliminary injunction to block Assembly Bill 51 throughout future court proceedings, which will examine the enforceability of the new law.  This is welcome news for California employers...By: Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Judge Kimberly Mueller of the District Court for the Eastern District of California today granted Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction against AB 51......By: Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits

As we reported previously, Assembly Bill 51, which would impose criminal penalties upon employers seeking to have their employees sign arbitration agreements, has been challenged in federal court......By: Proskauer - California Employment Law

The Federal Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s holding that a merger clause in a patent license settlement agreement did not extinguish a prior covenant not to sue on the same patent because the agreement did not involve the same subject...By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

A federal judge just extended the reprieve that permitted California employers to escape the grasp of a newly enacted law that aimed to prevent them from utilizing mandatory arbitration agreements with their employees. After granting a temporary...By: Fisher Phillips

The Utah Legislature is in session again, and it’s likely that there will be changes in the Utah employment landscape by the time the Session concludes in a couple months. Among the bills being offered this year is House Bill 69, titled Sick Leave...By: Snell & Wilmer