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Speed read - New merger control guidelines in Indonesia provide that asset acquisitions are now transactions that need to comply with merger notification obligations, despite the Anti-Monopoly Law and government regulation clearly limiting the...By: Allen & Overy LLP

Are you ready for these new laws that take effect January 1? Recently, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed several measures into law providing for new rights and protections for California employees. The following provisions take effect January 1:...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

The holiday season is fast approaching. What should be a joyful time filled with family, friends and festivities is all too often the opposite for employers: a season filled with legal and logistical challenges with their employees....By: SmithAmundsen LLC

New regulations proposed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are slated to take effect for the 2021 H-1B cap filing period, which starts on April 1, 2020. Proposed in January 2019, the new regulations mandate that U.S. petitioning companies...By: Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Recently, we informed our readers about a new law making it more difficult to classify independent contractors as such. Unfortunately, that was just the tip of the iceberg. A number of additional new employment-related bills recently signed into...By: Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

In light of the decision rendered by the California State Senate misclassifying self-employed workers of ride-sharing services as employees of these platforms, Christine Artus, a French labor law partner at the Paris office of K&L Gates, warns about...By: K&L Gates LLP

A federal district court in Pennsylvania held that public policy did not bar termination of a nuclear power plant employee who tested positive for alcohol. Bennett v. Talen Energy Corp. et al., No. 3:19cv521 (M.D. Pa. Oct. 11, 2019)....By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Welcome to the 25th issue of the Blakes Pensions Newsletter. This newsletter provides a summary of recent jurisprudential developments that affect pensions and benefits and is not intended to be legal advice....By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Signed into law by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Fair Pay to Play Act will allow college athletes in that state to accept payment for the use of their name, image, and likeness. In response, the NCAA has threatened to bar colleges from postseason...By: Jones Day

The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals’ recent decision in Appeal of Watts Constructors, LLC gave life to a contractor’s claim that the government violated its implied duty of good faith and fair dealing. Under a contract awarded by the U.S....By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP