Legal News

On August 30, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 778 into law, thereby giving employers more time to comply with the state’s sexual harassment training requirement. In September 2018, former governor Jerry Brown signed SB...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

In Rankin v. South Street Downtown Holdings, Inc., 2019 N.H. LEXIS 165, the Supreme Court of New Hampshire considered, pursuant to a question transferred by the trial court, whether RSA 508:4-b, the statute of repose for improvements to real...By: White and Williams LLP

Following the launch of the so-called “MeToo” movement, the California Legislature (controlled by a Democratic supermajority) has aggressively churned out new bills that further strengthen the ability for workers to sue their employers and increase...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

In today’s highly competitive healthcare environment, investors may find themselves in an auction process where they must conduct due diligence pre-exclusivity. With limited time and mounting pressure, it can be difficult to know what issues to...By: McDermott Will & Emery

Still hard at work as we head into mid-September, the National Labor Relations Board, in a 3-1 decision (Chairman Ring and Members Kaplan and Emanuel in the majority, Member McFerran dissenting) announced a three-step test which clarifies how...By: Proskauer - Labor Relations

The budget stand-off continued this week. Legislators rolled out a number of mini-budgets this week, but their futures are uncertain. The General Assembly will take a break next week for the Labor Day holiday, so it will September 9th before we know...By: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Continuing its trend of pro-employer rulings, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that instead of a “clear and unmistakable waiver” standard, a “contract coverage” standard should apply when considering whether an employer’s unilateral...By: Arent Fox

Can an employer ever win a motion for summary judgment on a discrimination case in state court? The prevailing wisdom is no. A fool’s errand, some might say. But a new Connecticut Appellate Court case (Alvarez v. City of Middletown) shows at least...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

In the summer of 2017, a District Judge sitting in the District of Columbia issued a decision holding that a surety could be held liable under the False Claims Act where it becomes aware of facts suggesting that a bonded principal is fraudulently...By: Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC

Under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 96-14.6, individuals are disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits if they are discharged due to misconduct associated with the work. On September 3, the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued two opinions that reached...By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP