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This month's Friday Five covers recent cases addressing: (1) the impact on the standard of review of a failure to adhere to regulatory deadlines for claims decisions; (2) foreign nationals’ ability to avail themselves of claims under ERISA; (3)...By: Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

It is well-known among employers that employees must be reimbursed for necessary expenditures and losses they incur in the discharge of their duties. (See Labor Code § 2802.) California Labor Code sections 6401 and 6403 go even further by requiring...By: Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

On June 20, the U.S. Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services (the Departments) released a final rule expanding the availability of health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) employers can use to pay for or reimburse employees for...By: McGuireWoods LLP

New 90% threshold to implement a squeeze-out threshold: good news for financial markets, from IPO to PtoP - Stock exchange markets are one of the traditional tools available to French companies to finance their growth and development. However, this...By: Dechert LLP

If you have not yet made arrangements to comply with the new California sexual harassment training requirements, now is the time to put those plans in place. Under a new law that took effect late last year, California employers with five or more...By: Farella Braun + Martel LLP

The members of the Nutmeg Board are very concerned about whether and how they will make ends meet this year. The Town slashed their budget request during the appropriation process, and as things stand at the beginning of the new fiscal year, they are...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Last month the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent joint warning letters to four companies that manufacture and advertise flavored liquids used in vaping (“e-liquids”). While the letters focus on the...By: Foley Hoag LLP - Advertising and Marketing

Seyfarth Synopsis: While most employers are likely familiar with the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), they should know that Illinois is not the only state with a biometric privacy law and many other states are not far behind from...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding its collection of 2017 and 2018 Component 2 compensation data. Additionally, many EEO-1 filers recently received notices from the EEOC...By: Robinson & Cole LLP

Amazon announced this week that it will spend $700 million to retrain a third of its US workforce to adapt to the increasing amount of robotic and automation technology in its warehouses.  The 6-year effort will eventually impact roughly 100,000...By: Robins Kaplan LLP