Legal News

New York State will vastly expand the scope of its Equal Pay Act to cover all characteristics protected under the New York Human Rights Law, including age, race, creed, national origin, sexual orientation and disability. Previously, the law was...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Dallas employers will soon be obligated to provide paid sick leave to eligible employees. Under the city's new ordinance, businesses with more than five employees must adjust their policies by August 1, 2019, while employers with five or fewer...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Here's the timetable for EEO-1 comp data reporting. Late last week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a status report in the case of National Women's Law Center v. Office of Management and Budget. The case is on appeal, but the...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

On June 3, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the charge filing requirement under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is not a “jurisdictional” bar to litigation, but instead is a claim-processing rule subject to waiver if the...By: Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP

Massive pharma news to start the day, with AbbVie announcing that it’s reached a deal to buy Allergan for roughly $63 billion. The tie-up is seen as giving AbbVie a “dominant position in the $8 billion-plus market for Botox and other beauty drugs” is...By: Robins Kaplan LLP

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s issuance of a preliminary injunction to block the proposed merger of two North Dakota healthcare providers, Sanford Health/Sanford Bismarck and Mid Dakota Clinic,...By: Bracewell LLP

The Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) tax incentive program provides an opportunity for a taxpayer to defer and potentially eliminate the recognition of capital gains if, within certain 6-month time frames, the taxpayer makes a qualifying investment...By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

A recent decision by Singapore's highest court has held that a contractor must first establish that it is entitled to payment under the contract in order to claim progress payments under the Security of Payment Act, raising concern over past court...By: White & Case LLP

New legislation passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on June 18 now authorizes the addition of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in new construction projects for single-family homes and multi-family buildings....By: Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Given the variety of problems that can arise on a construction project, from defects to delays, it’s difficult to draft a construction contract that addresses every possible problem exactly right. However, so long as you adequately address the “big...By: Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP