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Often perceived – rightfully or not – as an overly employer-friendly forum, mandatory arbitration agreements between employers and employees have been the bane of the plaintiff’s bar’s existence for years. However, there has been a recent torrent of...By: Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Add this case to your “Be Sure to Document Your Non-Discriminatory Reasons” file. An employee doing bad things lost on summary judgment in an employment discrimination action, even though she alleged that the company did not properly investigate the...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Transaction expenses, including fees for legal counsel, accountants, financial advisors, brokers and other third parties, are an ineluctable aspect of mergers and acquisitions. The ability of parties to deduct at least a portion of such expenses...By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Even while fires rage throughout the State, the California legislature has been busy throughout 2019 enacting a host of new employment laws. Here are seven things to look out for in 2020: Restrictions on arbitration - Labor Code § 432.6 prohibits...By: Thompson Coburn LLP

In this article, we focus on investigation reports in disciplinary matters, and the lessons investigators can learn from the latest decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in the case of Dr J Dronsfield v. The University of Reading. In...By: Dentons

There have been significant recent developments in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulation of foreign private issuers, (FPIs) including changes that impact the annual report on Form 20-F for fiscal year 2019. Below we discuss some of...By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Yes. On-site tracking refers to the practice of scanning attendees’ badges manually (e.g., bar code) or automatically (e.g., RFID chip in badges read at doorways). Organizers track this information for various reasons, such as to award credit for...By: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Columbia, South Carolina Mayor Steve Benjamin has signed a new law prohibiting City employers - but NOT private employers - from inquiring about an applicant’s criminal history until receipt of a conditional offer of employment...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Resort implemented strict rules forbidding Spanish and retaliated against workers when they complained, Federal Agency Says - SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The former operators of the La Cantera Resort and Spa have agreed to pay $2,625,000 to settle a...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The IRS recently issued final regulations to standardize the administration of hardship distributions. Plans that permit hardship distributions must implement operational changes for hardship distributions by January 1, 2020, with plan amendments to...By: Bricker & Eckler LLP