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The Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) in Colombia issued Resolution No. 76544 of 2019, which establishes the value of operational income and/or total domestic assets that should be considered when evaluating the need for conducting...By: Holland & Knight LLP

A Pennsylvania judge has made the first move to clarify an employer’s liability under the state’s Medical Marijuana Act....By: Barley Snyder

Effective January 11, 2020, the New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”) has been amended to expand protections under the law to freelancers and independent contractors. Significantly, this includes the requirement that certain contractors now...By: Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) confirmed it will utilize a new electronic registration system for the Fiscal Year 2021 H-1B lottery.  By way of background, the H-1B visa program allows companies in the United States to employ foreign...By: Williams Mullen

The U.S. Department of Treasury published Final Regulations for the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program on January 13, 2020, which answer many, but not all, of the questions arising from the Proposed Regulations released in October 2018 and...By: Ballard Spahr LLP

The U.S. Department of Labor finalized its “joint employer” rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), replacing the Obama-era joint employer guidance rescinded by the Trump administration in mid-2017 with much-needed clarification and helpful...By: Barley Snyder

The Inflation Adjustment Act requires the Department of Labor to annually adjust its civil monetary penalties to adjust for inflation no later than January 15 of each year. Today, the Federal Register published the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

On January 10, the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice released a draft of their long-anticipated vertical merger guidelines and withdrew their 1984 Vertical Merger Guidelines. Vertical mergers received a significant amount of...By: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

It’s hard work keeping up with all nine of California’s state and municipal Paid Sick Leave Laws. But Tyreen Torner has done more than kept up. She’s compiled all of their various requirements in this handy chart. Maybe you prefer looking up the...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

This article is Part 2 of a two-article series. Part 1 discussed four main patterns of racial and gender bias in the legal profession, as identified in a report developed by the American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession, the...By: Baker Donelson