Legal News

Although the Trump Administration’s policy of conducting raids to round up undocumented individuals has been in the news lately, employers should understand that the Administration has also vigorously enforced immigration laws as applied to the...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Pursuant to city ordinances effective August 1, 2019, many private employers in San Antonio and Dallas must provide their employees up to 8 days of paid sick leave per year. The Texas Legislature recently ended its session without passing a proposed...By: Locke Lord LLP

Oregon’s Workplace Fairness Act (the “Act”) (SB 726) was signed into law by Gov. Kate Brown on June 11, 2019. The Act, which grew out of the national #MeToo movement, significantly changes the playing field with respect to potential discrimination...By: K&L Gates LLP

On the final day of the 2019 legislative session, Oregon approved Senate Bill 2005, the Oregon Family and Medical Leave Act (the “Act”)....By: K&L Gates LLP

Connecticut recently passed "An Act Establishing a Tax Credit for Employers That Make Payments on Certain Loans Issued to Employees by the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority" (Act). The Act, signed on June 28, 2019, provides...By: Holland & Knight LLP

The Supreme Court in the UK, the highest court in the country, last week ruled on a restrictive covenant case for the first time in 100 years [Tillman v Egon Zehnder Ltd [2019] UKSC 32 (3 July 2019)]. It has clarified important points on...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The UK Information Commissioner's Office announced more than £280 million of fines last week, in connection with data protection breaches. It singled out the perceived failure of buyers to conduct proper data protection due diligence in corporate...By: White & Case LLP

Financial institutions M&A sector trends: brokers/trading service providers — H1 2019 and outlook for H2 2019. CURRENT MARKET - Consistent, high activity levels......By: White & Case LLP

As if wading through the NAICS codes to complete the Hart-Scott-Rodino form’s Item 5 wasn’t exciting enough already, this fall HSR filers can anticipate an added adrenaline surge when reporting annual revenues under Item 5. On June 27, the FTC, with...By: Thompson Coburn LLP

Unionized workers wishing to rid themselves of continued union representation (and their employers) just got some very good news from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) with the issuance of Johnson Controls, Inc., 368 NLRB No. 20...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP