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It’s a bit too early yet for our 2020 Construction Law Update but here’s a preview of some of the new laws taking effect next year. Earlier this month, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a slate of 18 bills to boost housing production in an effort to...By: Wendel Rosen LLP

One great about the Internal Revenue Service is that they tell us what they’re up to. They will tell us what their priorities on, so we will know what they will concentrate on. It’s best as a retirement plan provider to see when it’s coming....By: Ary Rosenbaum

NLRB News. Here are a couple recent developments at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that are worthy of note: ..Over the last two decades, the Board has flip-flopped three different times on the question of whether students who perform...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

California recently enacted Assembly Bill (AB) 51, a law that attempts to ban certain mandatory employment arbitration agreements in the state. But what is the practical impact of AB 51 in light of its possible preemption by the Federal Arbitration...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 provides specific time limitations for filing EEOC charges and subsequent lawsuits. What happens, however, if the employer and employee agree to shorten the period of time under which a suit must be filed?...By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

The U.S. Treasury Department recently signaled that it is close to finalizing new regulations that will apply to investments by non-U.S. investors in U.S. companies, assets, and real estate subject to review under the Committee on Foreign Investment...By: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on Oct. 23, 2019, published proposed rules for an alternative safe harbor approach for electronic disclosure of documents that must be provided to participants and beneficiaries in retirement plans under the...By: Holland & Knight LLP

The Trump administration’s public charge rule is on hold, at least temporarily. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of State each introduced a version of the rule....By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Residents of the Village of East Williston have prevailed (for now) over the East Williston Union Free School District’s plan to install a six-foot tall perimeter fence at the North Side School in the Village of East Williston, Nassau County....By: Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Synopsis: The Department of Labor (“DOL”) just issued proposed rule changes governing the disclosure of ERISA-required notices via an electronic format (e.g., emails, intranet sites, etc.). These proposed rules update final regulations issued by the...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP