Legal News

In the rapidly growing multi-billion dollar cannabis industry, new developments frequently occur in capital markets, investments, M&A, and regulation. Attendees of the Third Annual State of the Cannabis Industry Conference had the opportunity to...By: Burns & Levinson LLP

It’s the price and cost problem, stupid. That’s a fictitious but new tattoo that voters might want politicians to take up as they consider the many major problems with the American health care system, especially as yet more medical billing outrages...By: Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury

On November 5, USDOL’s Wage and Hour Division issued a press release with the enticing title, “U.S. Department of Labor Announces Proposal to Expand Access to Bonuses for America’s Workers.” Despite the title, the WHD is not unveiling any new FLSA...By: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.

Women often face a very different path than men when it comes to today’s workplaces. Often in our society, the working life of women changes dramatically after significant life events such as the birth of a child, a family member becoming ill, or the...By: Fisher Phillips

New rules to be introduced from April 2020 will make certain companies who engage workers through intermediaries (the “client”) subject to......By: Proskauer - Tax Talks

I’m not a big fan of target-date funds and that bias goes back to the implosion of the stock market in 2008-2010, where I thought older workers didn’t realize that their target-date funds had so much equity exposure. I also question the funds’ glide...By: Ary Rosenbaum

CEP Magazine (November 2019) - A statute on the books in Kentucky requires companies to post a bond for wages due from an employer, as protection against bankruptcy. Following the collapse of Kentucky coal company Blackjewel LLC—and the loss of...By: Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics

As we previously reported, Connecticut has enacted the Time’s Up Act (the “Act”), which expanded existing sexual harassment training and notice requirements on employers. Under the new law, employers with three or more employees must provide two...By: Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

On November 8, 2019, OFCCP released its Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (“CSAL”) Supplement. The list identifies 500 establishments selected for the new VEVRAA focused review compliance evaluation. In 2018, OFCCP announced that it would be...By: Proskauer - Government Contractor Compliance

Right of First Refusal EO Revoked. Last week, President Trump issued an Executive Order revoking Executive Order 13495 issued by President Obama in January 2009. EO 13495 required that successor Federal service contractors (in certain circumstances)...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP