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Supreme Return. The Supreme Court of the United States kicked off its 2019 term this week with a few blockbuster oral arguments. On October 9, 2019, the Court heard oral argument in three cases concerning whether gender identity and sexual...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

On September 20, 2019, the Tenth Circuit held that cannabis industry employers are subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Defendant contended that because the employer’s employment activities are in violation of the Controlled Substances...By: Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

A federal court in Nebraska recently rejected a health plan’s fiduciary breach claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) against third-party service providers, holding that the service providers were not ERISA...By: Arent Fox

Since our March, 2019 alert on retirement plan guidance and compliance trends, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) have been quite busy issuing further waves of new guidance impacting tax-qualified retirement plans....By: Akerman LLP

On October 9, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intention to appoint Amanda Wood Laihow to serve as the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission’s (OSHRC) second commissioner. That addition will give the commission its first quorum...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Last year, Congress amended the Fair Labor Standards Act to clarify circumstances under which employers can require employees who receive tips to share (or pool) those gratuities with other employees. Last Tuesday, the Department of Labor released...By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

On October 11, 2019, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published to its website the long-awaited Educational Institutions Technical Assistance Guide (TAG). According to OFCCP, the 80-page TAG, “provides a general overview of...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Colleges and universities have witnessed major developments in September with student teaching and research assistants at private schools losing the right to unionize but student-athletes in California gaining the right to be paid. U.S. higher...By: SmithAmundsen LLC

Academic institutions will appreciate this. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has issued its much-awaited Technical Assistance Guidance for Educational Institutions. In publishing these materials, the OFCCP recognizes that academic...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

From Vaudeville to the Silver Screen to the Small Screen, the Marx Brothers made an impact wherever people found them. Now Tom Fox and Mike Volkov have wedded their love of the Marx Brothers with their passion for compliance and bring them into the...By: Thomas Fox