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Hiring the right lawyers is a critical component of any law firm’s success. But developing an interview strategy to heighten the chances of successful hiring is even more important for solo and small practices because they have little room for error....By: Major, Lindsey & Africa

The Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery is a means for any national who is not born in certain annually excluded countries to apply for a green card. The lottery picks the “winners” who are then eligible to register for a green card — often without a decade...By: Poyner Spruill LLP

Since 2016, the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) has provided employers with a federal cause of action against employees, former employees and other bad actors who misappropriate trade secrets.  In addition to injunctive relief, DTSA remedies include...By: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Recently, the Occupational Safety and Health Commission (OSHRC or Commission) issued a decision in Secretary of Labor v. Wynnewood Refining Co., LLC (Wynnewood) that constitutes a dramatic expansion of the Occupational Safety and Health...By: Arent Fox

USCIS Will Accept Only New Employment-Based and Adjustment of Status Application Forms as of October 15, 2019 - On October 8, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that will no longer accept previous editions of the...By: Epstein Becker & Green

In this episode of The Proskauer Brief, New York partner Howard Robbins and London partner Dan Ornstein discuss how U.K. laws affect U.S. employers. As if dealing with U.S. employment laws are not difficult enough, international businesses also have...By: Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Welcome to the third quarter edition of SuperVision, the e-newsletter for Spilman Thomas & Battle's Labor & Employment Practice Group....in this edition of SuperVision, and in case you missed the e-blast we sent out the day the DOL issued notice of...By: Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against employees because of their association with a disabled person. In practice, this means that an employer cannot refuse to hire, or take adverse action against an applicant or...By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Recently, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed two Public Acts that made significant changes to the statutes addressing sexual harassment in the workplace. These bills are collectively known as the Time’s Up Act....By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has recently updated and revised the regulations issued under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). These regulations govern whether employees are classified as exempt or nonexempt from the FLSA's overtime...By: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati