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Prior to the new year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) made several big moves, approving greater confidentiality in workplace investigations, expanding employers’ ability to restrict employee email use and increasing deference to...By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

On January 28, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its annual increase of the jurisdictional thresholds for pre-merger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act) and for interlocking...By: Foley Hoag LLP

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has revised the thresholds that govern pre-merger notification requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR Act), as well as the thresholds for interlocking...By: Vinson & Elkins LLP

FTC adjusts the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act size thresholds, raising the minimum size for reportable acquisitions to $94 million. On January 28, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced new jurisdictional thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino...By: Latham & Watkins LLP

On January 21, 2020, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Senate Bill 3170, which expands New Jersey’s Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act (New Jersey WARN Act) well beyond the requirements of the federal Worker Adjustment and...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Tax laws have long required that qualified retirement plans timely adopt written plan documents and amendments. But what evidence must a plan sponsor provide to an IRS auditor to prove that they have timely adopted a written plan document and...By: Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits

As Benjamin Franklin once wrote, "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." With the 2019 income tax return filing deadline of April 15, 2020 looming, many taxpayers dread having to prepare their income tax return and...By: Varnum LLP

Only the most notable legislation is addressed in this blog as it would otherwise be entirely too long. Both Congress and South Carolina are entertaining bills pertaining to fair pay and minimum wage. Congress is additionally considering a bill that...By: Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

Businesses at different levels in the supply chain of a product choose to merge (“vertical mergers,” compared with “horizontal mergers” where businesses at the same level in the supply chain merge) for a variety of reasons, many of which can be...By: Dickinson Wright

Starting Feb. 13, 2020, U.S. companies in tech, infrastructure and data seeking minority or controlling foreign investment will require approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) before closing certain...By: Fox Rothschild LLP