Legal News

The majority of U.S. states have legalized medical marijuana. Yet many of those same states do not have laws on the books regarding testing for marijuana in the workplace, and in the absence of such laws, many companies continue to test employees for...By: Locke Lord LLP

1. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has clarified its standard for evaluating the legality of employers’ facially neutral policies, rules, or handbook provisions. LA Specialty Produce Co., 368 NLRB No. 93 (Oct. 8, 2019). Overturning the...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Our Health Care Group explains new rules (final and proposed) from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on pricing transparency for hospitals and cost-sharing information for health plans....By: Alston & Bird

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: • Did Under Armour’s aggressive sales goals lead to accounting fraud? (WSJ) • Google says it will give advertiser less data. Do you believe them? (WSJ) • Managing risk. Smith & Wesson to be spun off....By: Thomas Fox

As previously reported by the Fast Laner, the EEOC announced that it would collect EEO-1 Component 2 data (“Component 2 data”) beyond the September 30, 2019 deadline.  On October 29, 2019, the district court overseeing the collection of Component 2...By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

The IRS has announced the 2020 annual dollar limitations for retirement plans based on the applicable cost-of-living adjustment guidelines. The annual limit for elective deferrals to 401(k) and 403(b) plans will increase from $19,000 to $19,500 and...By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Giant Retailer Refused to Accommodate Disabled Employee with Reassignment to a Nearby Store, Federal Agency Charged - BANGOR, Maine - Walmart Inc. will pay $80,000 and implement nationwide changes to its disability reassignment policy to settle a...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EU COMPETITION LAW AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big data are playing an increasingly important role in the economy. Competition law will have to evolve if it is to reconcile the positive and negative effects that...By: McDermott Will & Emery

The National Labor Relations Board recently held that a group of employees who were advocating on behalf of unpaid interns were not engaged in protected activity because the interns were not “employees” as that term is defined in Section 2(3) of the...By: Proskauer - Labor Relations

New York State has updated its guidance on the new rules under the New York State Human Rights Law (“NYSHRL”) regarding discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims. In particular, the Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) now provide additional...By: Epstein Becker & Green