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If your company sponsors a 401(k) or 403(b) plan that allows participants to take hardship distributions, you probably had a conversation with your plan recordkeeper last year about changes to the rules on hardship distributions under those plans....By: Foley & Lardner LLP

The SHIELD Act will impose substantial new obligations on any employer with an employee residing in New York State, as well as on many employers across the country that conduct online hiring. Regardless of their location or size, employers that...By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

A recent California appellate court decision found that a wage and hour exclusion in an Employment Practices Liability Insurance (“EPLI”) policy did not bar coverage for claims under California Labor Code sections 2800 and 2802 alleging failure to...By: Farella Braun + Martel LLP

As an employer or manager, have you ever collected a resigning employee’s employer-owned laptop or cellphone and discovered that the employee left a personal email account automatically logged in? Did you have the urge to look at what the employee...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

Over a decade has passed since an appellate court in California ruled that employers could not average pay for productive activity to include unpaid non-productive activity in meeting their minimum wage obligations. That decision engendered...By: Fisher Phillips

Traditional companies are responding to the challenge of digital disruption by partnering with technology companies (large and small) to accelerate innovation. Allen & Overy partner Connell O'Neill discusses the opportunities and potential pitfalls...By: Allen & Overy LLP

Are your employees instructed on the proper (and improper) use of social media? Does your organization have policies and provide training on the appropriate handling of sensitive information? A recent United States Department of Health and Human...By: White and Williams LLP

In a market with soaring multiples, private equity buyers are increasingly on the hunt to mitigate high valuations by acquiring platform companies from which they can pursue add-ons at materially lower multiples and with the potential for synergies....By: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

As we know, a temporary residence permit (razreshenie na vremennoye prozhivanie) confirms a foreign national’s right to temporarily reside in the Russian Federation. It is usually issued for a three-year period. A permanent residence permit (vid na...By: Dentons

We have enjoyed the benefits of the longest economic expansion in U.S. history – over 120 months of positive economic growth. Like all expansions, our current one will at some point slow and reverse, though, hopefully, not as precipitously as in 2007...By: Major, Lindsey & Africa