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7.01.24
Notice to Our Valued Contacts in the Automotive Industry
The overturning of the Chevron Doctrine, which required courts to defer to administrative agencies’ interpretation of ambiguous statutes, may mark the beginning of a significant change in regulatory…
6.05.24
Insurer Quota-Sharing Lessons From $112M Bad Faith Verdict
Note: This article was originally published by Law360 as an Expert Analysis column. Following the rising trend in runaway bad faith verdicts, on March 22, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the…
5.22.24
Colorado just became the first U.S. state to pass a law (Senate Bill 24-205 “SB 24-205” or the “CAIA”) regulating consumer harms arising out of artificial intelligence (“AI”). While the CAIA will not…
5.21.24
Last month, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC’) unveiled its highly anticipated Enforcement Guidance on Workplace Harassment. After almost a decade of efforts to update its…
5.15.24
Federal Privacy Legislation Is Inching Toward the Finish Line With the American Privacy Rights Act
The American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA), proposed in 2022, is no more. The relay race of proposed federal privacy legislation has now entered its final leg with the American Privacy…
5.14.24
EEOC Unveils its Final Rule Implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
On April 19, 2024, the EEOC unveiled its final rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). This regulation goes into effect June 18, 2024. This final rule requires covered employers to…
5.06.24
Even When Section 280E No Longer Applies to Cannabis Businesses, Another Tax Problem Will Remain
Much has been written over the last week about the recommendation by Attorney General Merrick Garland to loosen restrictions on cannabis. That recommendation would, among other things, reclassify…
5.03.24
Michigan Secure Cannabis Transporter Does Not Get Quick Dismissal From FLSA Case
The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) is the law that, among other things, requires covered employees to be paid time-and-a-half for hours worked over 40 hours in a given week. As we have…
4.25.24
The Sixth Circuit has held under Michigan law that a reservation of rights letter including a right to reimbursement was sufficient to entitle an insurer to recoup defense costs paid when the insurer…
4.24.24
Federal Trade Commission Approves Final Rule Banning Nearly All Worker Non-Competes
In an open commission meeting on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-to-2 to ban nearly all non-compete agreements between employers and workers (broadly defined to…
4.24.24
New Overtime Exemption Rules Announced: What Employers Need to Know and Do
On April 23, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) published a set of final regulations dramatically increasing the salary level most executive, professional, and administrative employees must be paid…
4.18.24
On April 17, 2024, the United States Supreme Court delivered a pivotal ruling in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, fundamentally reshaping the landscape of Title VII litigation. This landmark decision…
2.05.24
Immediate Action Required by California Employers to Avoid AB 1076 Fines
Effective January 1, 2024, AB 1076 amended California law to codify existing California case law holding most noncompete agreements void and making it unlawful to include a noncompete clause in an…
1.31.24
Appeals of Classification of Cannabis Growing Real Property – Opportunity for Tax Savings
If you are interested in appealing your property classification, please contact Carl Rashid, Mark Magyar, Lance Boldrey, or John Fraser. Continue Reading
1.10.24
On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor issued final rules for employers to determine if a worker is an independent contractor or employee. Workers who do not meet the new criteria under the…
1.05.24
Will the New York Times Take Down Large Language Models?
That whistling sound you hear may not be an old-school newspaper walking past a graveyard—it may well be an AI industry-killing asteroid. On December 27, 2023, the New York Times filed a…
1.03.24
Legal Updates for Texas Employers in 2024
Workplace Violence Reporting Poster Required Effective September 1, 2023, Texas employers of any size are required to “post a notice to employees of the contact information for reporting instances of…
12.21.23
ALPHV/Blackcat Ransomware Group Announces New Rule: No Rules…Anything, Anywhere
The Department of Justice recently announced a “disruption campaign” against the Blackcat ransomware group (aka ALPHV or Noberus), including seizing the group’s darknet website and releasing a…
12.21.23
Cannabis Banking Bill Faces Challenges as 2023 Ends, Hopes for Passage in 2024
In 2023, historic strides were made in the efforts to pass federal legislation to protect financial institutions that do business with the cannabis industry. The SAFE Banking Act is a bill that aims…
12.20.23
Illinois 2023 Year-End Reminders and Changes Coming to Employment Law in 2024 and Beyond
Changes to Illinois and City of Chicago Labor and Employment Laws I. Passing of the Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act (PLFAW). The new Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act becomes effective…
