Legal News

The Oregon legislature has been busy. A number of new laws affecting Oregon employers go into effect in 2020. Our summary of the new laws is below, along with some potential employer action items....By: Tonkon Torp LLP

Continuing on a recent trend in New Jersey, employees who use medical marijuana received another layer of protection thanks to an Appellate Division ruling....By: K&L Gates LLP

Does anyone remember the days of walking into a Human Resource (HR) office and asking to fill out an application? The lovely HR person peeled off the top sheet of a pad of applications, handed you a clipboard, and directed you to where you could sit...By: DirectEmployers Association

Many provisions of the SECURE Act passed at the end of last year will change the way qualified plans are run. Among the most significant changes are provisions creating new distribution options and new death distribution restrictions for qualified...By: Cohen & Buckmann P.C.

A company that does not perform adequate due diligence prior to a merger or acquisition may face both legal and business risks. Perhaps most commonly, inadequate due diligence can allow a course of bribery to continue - with all the attendant harms...By: Thomas Fox

Over the next year, the Department of Labor (DOL) will likely be issuing guidance in a number of areas that could impact asset managers and financial services companies. In this Bottom Line videocast, Carol McClarnon and Laura Taylor discuss: Third...By: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

In December 2019, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) released a report that revealed a continued increase in the use of non-competition agreements in the workplace. According to the EPI study, between 36 and 60 million American workers have entered...By: Locke Lord LLP

Ready or not, H-1B Cap Registration Season is upon us. And things are a little different this Cap Season. That’s because USCIS formally announced via a January 9, 2020 Federal Register notice that it will change the lottery system and implement its...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

In today’s edition of Sunday Book Review: 1. Mengele by David Marwell 2. The Enlightenment That Failed by David Israel 3. Machiavelli By Patrick Boucheron 4. The Impossible First by Colin O’Brady...By: Thomas Fox

Additional Categories under the Self-Employment Social Security Fund - New Order or Decree - The First Schedule to the Self-Employment Social Security Act 2017 will be amended effective January 1, 2020, to include another 18 categories of...By: Littler