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Construction Systems provided labor and material for a building project.  When the owner of the project failed to pay, Construction Systems retained the law firm FagelHaber to record a lien against the subject property.  To that end, FagelHaber...By: Novack and Macey LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: In a 2-1 decision in Bilinsky v American Airlines, Inc., 2019 WL 2610944 (7th Cir. June 26, 2019), the Seventh Circuit recently affirmed American Airlines’ summary judgment win against a former employee who alleged American...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Showing once again its willingness to break new ground in enacting employee protections, California will soon ban discrimination based on certain hairstyles. Senate Bill 188, signed by Governor Newsom on July 3, 2019, expands the definition of “race”...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Since the Delaware Supreme Court’s 2015 Corwin v. KKR Financial Holdings decision, practitioners in merger transactions have been able to advise clients that a transaction otherwise subject to enhanced scrutiny could be subject to business judgment...By: Morris James LLP

In January 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed to change the EB-5 Visa regulations to raise the minimum investment thresholds for eligibility, modify designations and definitions relating to targeted employment areas, and enhance...By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

With the crowd’s chant of “equal pay” echoing at the Women’s World Cup soccer match and again as the champions float down the Canyon of Heroes, the issue of pay equality continues to be in the spotlight, and the New York legislature has jumped onto...By: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

In a decision C-55/18 issued by the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) on 14 May 2019, the ECJ has held that every employer needs to implement measures to be able to track working time of employees....By: Allen & Overy LLP

For many years, the Internal Revenue Code has had in place a set of rules, in Code Section 413(c), which govern tax-qualified retirement plans that cover the employees of unaffiliated employers. These plans, which go by the name “multiple employer...By: Blank Rome LLP

On January 1, 2017, Nevada became the fifth state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. Since then, Nevada employers have denied employment to prospective job candidates if they test positive for marijuana on a pre-employment drug test. This...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Alabama passed the Clarke-Figures Equal Pay Act which will go into effect in August, making Alabama the 49th state to enact legislation designed to fight wage inequality. While Alabama employers have been subject to federal laws regarding wage...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP