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Generation Z has hit the job market. The workplace now has several distinct generations working together, each with its own unique perspectives, communication styles, and perceptions....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Running a successful business, regardless of its size or industry, requires building and motivating a talented team. With that said, all  "business assets" are not created equal when it comes to  influencing  the bottom line....By: Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

REGULATORY UPDATES - Investors Continue to Press Regulators for Disclosure of Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) Risks...By: Blank Rome LLP

Thomaston Acquisition, LLC v. Piedmont Construction Group, Inc., No. S19Q0249, 2019 BL 202176 (Ga. June 03, 2019) - The acceptance doctrine represents the principle that an independent contractor is not liable for damages occurring after the...By: Pepper Hamilton LLP

In 2017 and 2019, Quebec was struck with severe spring flooding. In the Spring of 2019, floods affected more than 250 municipalities, damaged thousands of residences and forced the evacuation of over 13,500 people. Following these incidents,...By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

The end of the 2019 Texas legislative session, which ran until May 27, brings new challenges for employers. With the signing of HB 3703 (effective Sept. 1, 2019), Texas expanded the list of conditions for which doctors may prescribe low-THC cannabis...By: Locke Lord LLP

As we reported, New York State has enacted laws prohibiting mandatory arbitration of sexual harassment claims and all other discrimination claims under the New York State Human Rights Law. And, as we anticipated, a New York federal district court has...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Individual employment agreements cannot provide for penalty clauses for the breach of the employees’ obligations - Penalty clauses are sanctioned with nullity...By: Allen & Overy LLP

This just in, from The New York Times. I just got a notification that President Trump will nominate Eugene Scalia, son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to be Secretary of Labor....By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

On Feb. 18, 2019, the New York City Commission on Human Rights released new legal enforcement guidance stating that “grooming or appearance policies that ban, limit, or otherwise restrict natural hairstyles or hairstyles associated with Black people...By: Locke Lord LLP