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On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, the most important retirement legislation since the Pension Protection Act of 2006. One of the most significant features of...By: King & Spalding

Part 1: New Labor & Employment Laws Impacting California’s Public and Private Entities - California lawmakers passed a range of employment laws last year aimed to extend benefits and workplace protections to more workers and add greater defenses...By: Best Best & Krieger LLP

“No-fault” attendance policies are common in many industries, especially those involving union settings. These policies do not require employees to justify an absence by presenting a doctor’s note or other equivalent evidence....By: Foley & Lardner LLP

As it does every year at this time, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued revised Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) jurisdictional thresholds for the upcoming year. The FTC is required by law to revise the filing thresholds based upon changes in...By: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

As an employment law attorney, I am frequently asked to review or prepare employer handbooks. Some of the most common mistakes or omissions that I see can create real problems for Arizona employers. The following are the top ten mistakes that I see....By: Jaburg Wilk

The Federal Trade Commission has announced revised jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (“the Act”), as amended. The new thresholds under the Act represent an approximately 4.4%...By: Ropes & Gray LLP

On January 13, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) published the final rules implementing the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA)....By: Morgan Lewis - Health Law Scan

This is the third in a trilogy of blogs discussing issues of importance for investors seeking E-2 visas following acquisition of treaty country citizenship by investment (“CBI”), especially topical in the wake of the changes in the EB-5 program...By: Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLP

In August 2019, Venture Global, as sponsor, and a group of 13 lead arrangers successfully closed a $5.8 billion debt financing for the construction of the Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, utilizing a...By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Reporting Harassment to Third Parties Constitutes Slander - Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency - When reporting facts that can form the basis for a complaint of harassment (moral or sexual), the employee is protected from...By: Littler