Legal News

It’s been a long while since this blog went into the toilet.  But in this Employment Law Checklist Project, there are two employment laws we need to tackle together that highlight the very specific nature of some laws and how they remain on the...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

I used to use a lot of paper in my law practice. Then I had 10 feet of water in my office after Hurricane Sandy and my file cabinet was outside, drying off for the next six months. Let’s just say I went paperless after that....By: Ary Rosenbaum

The Supreme Court has considered the law on severance of restrictive covenants, and further developed the test to allow unreasonably wide words to be severed where this would not generate any major change in the overall effect of the covenants....By: Dentons

As we have previously written, the issue of employment arbitration agreements and their effect on class action matters has been an area of significant evolution over the years. Last week, on August 21, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

On August 20, 2019, the Bernalillo County, New Mexico Commissioners enacted the "Employee Wellness Act," which, though originally styled as a paid sick leave law, as amended requires covered employers to provide paid time off (PTO) that employees can...By: Littler

Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari to hear Retirement Plans Committee of IBM v. Jander, a case about the legal standard for pleading a claim for breach of fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...By: Goodwin

A property owner generally has the right to control access to its property, including the rights to restrict hours of access, to prohibit certain activities when access is granted, and exclude or prevent access. These rights were affirmed by the...By: Benesch

Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida held that Florida can enforce a law that voids noncompete agreements between doctors and their employers. The recently adopted legislation—section 542.336, Florida statutes—voids...By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Although employees won’t be able to receive the benefits of the new Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave (“MAPFML”) law until 2021, employers’ obligations under the legislation begin on September 30....By: Locke Lord LLP

Last week, the California Supreme Court ruled that a former start-up employee could not hold his former boss personally liable for unpaid wages based on the theory of common law conversion. Conversion is a legal term for theft. This is a win for...By: Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP