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The National Israeli Labor Court is an independent tribunal and thus only rarely does the High Court of Justice (HCJ) intervene in its decisions. Recently, in an unusual move, the HCJ twice reversed the rulings of the National Labor Court. In both...By: Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), health care providers can file legal actions to recover employee benefits if they obtain a proper assignment of the patient’s benefits. Increasingly, however, ERISA plans are including in...By: King & Spalding

A forum selection clause is often included in an agreement in order to specify where any later dispute regarding the agreement must be litigated.  In a recent decision, a federal magistrate judge in Ohio denied a defendant’s motion to transfer the...By: Murtha Cullina

I always believe that appearances are extremely important and if things just don’t look right, they should be avoided at all costs. I take issue with my school district where the children of the board of education members have been given full-time...By: Ary Rosenbaum

One of the quirks of discrimination law in Connecticut concerns sexual orientation.  Back in 1991, the General Assembly passed a wide-ranging bill that added sexual orientation as one of the protected classes that employers could not base decisions...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

On August 12, 2019, Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed without leave to amend a putative securities class action against a pharmaceutical company, and certain of its...By: Shearman & Sterling LLP

President Trump continues to push forward with his “Buy American, Hire American” initiative with the issuance of his third Executive Order No. 13881 (the “Order”) on July 15, 2019, entitled “Maximizing Use of American-Made Goods, Products, and...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

You and the person who offices next to you, or the person with whom you just shared a story in the break room, may not share the same employer. Some worksites contain a mix of workers that includes traditional employees, temporary workers placed by...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

Five In-Home Supportive Service (“IHSS”) providers filed a class-action lawsuit last month challenging their union’s practice of deducting union dues despite their quitting the union. The workers allege their First Amendment rights are being violated...By: Proskauer - California Employment Law

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Ninth Circuit has held that, under federal and California law, college student-athletes are not employees of either the NCAA or the Pac-12, the regulatory bodies that govern college sports....By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP