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Freedom To Compete, But At A Cost: Delaware Signals Forfeiture Clauses Could Be A Viable Non-Compete Alternative

The Delaware Supreme Court recently clarified that forfeiture-for-competition clauses under the Employee Choice Doctrine may be enforceable against a broader range of employees, including middle managers...

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Acting NLRB General Counsel Rescinds Biden-Era Policy Guidance On Non-Compete Agreements

On February 14, 2025, NLRB Acting General Counsel William B. Cowan rescinded a number of active General Counsel Memoranda citing an increasing "backlog of cases [grown] to the point where it is no longer sustainable."

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Washington State Makes Key Changes To Amend Equal Pay And Opportunities Act

On April 22, 2025, the Washington State Senate passed Substitute Senate Bill 5408, as amended by the House on April 15, 2025 ("Amended SSB 5408"), making substantial changes to the Equal Pay...

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

One Court Permits Tobacco Premium Surcharge Claims To Proceed Beyond The Pleading Stage, While Dispositive Motions Remain Pending In More Than A Dozen Cases

In fall 2024, plaintiffs filed a wave of putative class action lawsuits against employers challenging wellness programs that impose a health coverage premium surcharge on participants...

United States Employment

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Groom Law Group

Amendment To Virginia Law Prohibits Noncompetes Against Nonexempt Employees

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

EEOC Breaks Silence On 2024 EEO-1 Filing Cycle And Plans Shortened Filing Period

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Building A Legally Sound Talent Strategy: Employment Law As A Business Advantage

United States Employment

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Michael Best

Second Circuit Reinstates Discrimination Lawsuit Of Employee Fired For Unauthorized Removal Of Cash From Register

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Federal Court Website Accessibility Lawsuit Filings Continue To Decrease In 2024

United States Employment

SS

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Supreme Court Limits Complaint Allegations Required To State An ERISA Prohibited Transaction Claim

United States Employment

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Steptoe LLP

OMB Solicits Public Comment On Eliminating Regulations: A Bold New Frontier For OSHA May Await

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

EEOC Submits Request to Eliminate Optional Disclosure of Non-Binary Data for EEO-1 Reporting

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Cunningham v. Cornell: Supreme Court Lowers Bar For ERISA 406(a) Claims

United States Employment

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Groom Law Group

Supreme Court's Cornell Decision Sets Low Pleading Bar For ERISA Claims

United States Employment

AO

A&O Shearman

Tentative List Of Countries For Potential Travel Ban And Travel Restrictions

Worldwide Immigration

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Pryor Cashman LLP

[PODCAST] JAMS Neutrals Discuss How Austin's Growth Is Shaping Dispute Resolution

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Corporate Transparency Act Beneficial Ownership Information ("BOI") Requirements Are Paused (Again)

United States Commercial

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IR Global

[PODCAST] Utilizing Co-Mediation - Bringing Together Multiple Perspectives To Reach Effective Settlements

United States Litigation

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JAMS

The U.S. Customs Broker License Exam: Tips And Perspectives

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Contract of Employment

Freedom To Compete, But At A Cost: Delaware Signals Forfeiture Clauses Could Be A Viable Non-Compete Alternative

The Delaware Supreme Court recently clarified that forfeiture-for-competition clauses under the Employee Choice Doctrine may be enforceable against a broader range of employees, including middle managers...

United States Employment

SS

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Employment Authorization Disarray: What Employers Need To Know For I-9 Compliance

I-9 compliance is about to get complicated for American employers. The Trump administration has announced its intention to terminate multiple programs that grant work authorization...

United States Immigration

CD

Crowe & Dunlevy

Colorado Passes Bill Banning Most Physician Non-Compete Agreements

Ever since a reference to a "legislative ban on physician non-compete agreements" was made in the Colorado attorney general's Stipulated Consent Agreement and Judgment with U.S. Anesthesia Partners of Colorado, Inc., filed Feb. 26, 2024, health law practitioners in Colorado have waited to see if the Colorado General Assembly would enact such a ban...

United States Healthcare

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Amendment To Virginia Law Prohibits Noncompetes Against Nonexempt Employees

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

An Overview Of The International Arbitration Of Employment Law Disputes

Worldwide Litigation

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Tully Rinckey

Demand Letters May Support Justiciable Controversy For An Employee

United States IP

HK

Holland & Knight

What Do Employers Need To Know About The New DHS Alien Registration Requirement?

United States Employment

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Democratic Lawmakers Urge U.S. Department Of Labor To Abandon Proposal To Dismantle OFCCP

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Texas Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Ban Noncompete Agreements

United States Employment

PC

Perkins Coie LLP

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Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

GT's The Performance Review Episode 30: Arbitration Agreements – What, Why, And How (Podcast)

Brian B. Kelly and Michael Wertheim discuss changes in California's employment arbitration landscape and its integration with federal law.

United States Litigation

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

One Court Permits Tobacco Premium Surcharge Claims To Proceed Beyond The Pleading Stage, While Dispositive Motions Remain Pending In More Than A Dozen Cases

In fall 2024, plaintiffs filed a wave of putative class action lawsuits against employers challenging wellness programs that impose a health coverage premium surcharge on participants...

United States Employment

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Groom Law Group

Second Circuit Reinstates Discrimination Lawsuit Of Employee Fired For Unauthorized Removal Of Cash From Register

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently reinstated a former laundromat employee's discrimination lawsuit against her employer...

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

The New Standard For Reasonable Accommodations In The Second Circuit

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Idaho Federal Court Denies Beauty Product Manufacturer's Bid To Strike Punitive Damages In EEOC Retaliation Suit

United States Litigation

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Duane Morris LLP

Utah, West Virginia, And Wyoming Enact Laws Defining Male And Female

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

EEOC And DOJ Issue Guidance On DEI-Related Discrimination At Work

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

Finding Religion On A Motion To Dismiss: Federal Court Concludes That Plaintiff's Secular Concerns About COVID Vaccines Do Not Foreclose Religious Discrimination Claims

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Steps To Take If You Suspect Workplace Retaliation

United States Employment

Mizrahi Kroub

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Retirement, Superannuation & Pensions

One Court Permits Tobacco Premium Surcharge Claims To Proceed Beyond The Pleading Stage, While Dispositive Motions Remain Pending In More Than A Dozen Cases

In fall 2024, plaintiffs filed a wave of putative class action lawsuits against employers challenging wellness programs that impose a health coverage premium surcharge on participants...

United States Employment

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Groom Law Group

Supreme Court Limits Complaint Allegations Required To State An ERISA Prohibited Transaction Claim

In Cunningham v. Cornell, the Supreme Court unanimously held that a plaintiff can state a prohibited transaction claim under ERISA § 406(a) by simply alleging that a plan fiduciary caused...

United States Employment

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Steptoe LLP

Cunningham v. Cornell: Supreme Court Lowers Bar For ERISA 406(a) Claims

On April 17, 2025, the Supreme Court ruled in Cunningham v. Cornell University that, to state a claim under ERISA section 406(a), plaintiffs need only allege the elements contained in section 406(a).

United States Employment

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Groom Law Group

Supreme Court's Cornell Decision Sets Low Pleading Bar For ERISA Claims

United States Employment

AO

A&O Shearman

Taming The Tariffs: Employee Benefit Issues For Employers During Times Of Economic Uncertainty – Reducing Or Suspending Qualified Retirement Plan Contributions

United States Employment

FL

Foley & Lardner

District Court Holds Withdrawal Liability Claim Not Barred By Employer's Dissolution

United States Employment

PR

Proskauer Rose LLP

Supreme Court Ruling Eases Path For ERISA Prohibited Transaction Claims

United States Employment

HK

Holland & Knight

Taming The Tariffs: Employee Benefit Issues For Employers During Times Of Economic Uncertainty – Group Employee Terminations

United States Employment

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Foley & Lardner

Not So Fast: DOL Releases Annual Funding Notice Guidance Just Before The Distribution Due Date

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

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Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

Early Signs Point To Pullback On Prior Administration's Moves To Curtail Noncompetes Per Se

During the Biden administration, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sought to ban virtually all noncompetes per se, and the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) also took strong positions against them.

United States Employment

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Duane Morris LLP

Federal Judge Refuses To Dismiss Retaliation Claims Over Sephora's Hiring Practices

A U.S. District Court judge in Georgia has declined to partially dismiss a former store manager's discrimination and retaliation claims against Sephora.

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

California Employment Law Notes

In this case, the Court of Appeal reaffirmed the principle that an employee's tort claim is not separately actionable against an employer when it is premised upon the same conduct that gave rise to the termination...

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

State AG News: Executive Orders, Labor & Employment, Consumer Protection March 20-26, 2025

United States Consumer

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Crowell & Moring LLP

What Counts As Wrongful Termination Under Employment Law?

United States Employment

TR

Tully Rinckey

Employment Law Update: New Compensation Limits And Statutory Payment Rates

United States Employment

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Should You Use A Performance Improvement Plan?

United States Employment

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

The Employment Rights Bill

United States Employment

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Dechert

What Is Qui Tam? A Guide For Whistleblowers In New York

United States Employment

Mizrahi Kroub

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Latest Videos

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April 2025 Employer Regulatory And Legislative Update (Video)

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Marcum

Decoding Appeals, Episode 4: Clerks' Perspectives, Part 2 (Video)

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Legal Minute: Permanent Total Disability (Video)

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Ford Richardson

10 Changes From The Michigan Earned Sick Time Act Amendment (Video)

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Honigman

Compliant Hiring: Current Legal Obligations When Building Your Workforce (Video)

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Bracewell

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