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Beyond Free Speech: How Clear Social Media Policies Protect Both Employers And Employees

In today's always-online world, a single tweet, TikTok, or Facebook comment can travel faster than a company's HR department can respond.

United States Employment

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Fennemore

Another Year, Another Flurry Of Illinois Employment Legislation Brings Expanded Employee Rights And Employer Obligations

In just one day, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed into law over 200 bills passed by the Illinois General Assembly.

United States Employment

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Duane Morris LLP

German Labor Court Expands Employer Rights To Scrutinize Dismissed Employees' Job Applications

When an employee in Germany is unlawfully dismissed and successfully challenges the dismissal in court, the employee is generally entitled under Section 615 sentence 1 of the German Civil Code...

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Canada's New Immigration Targets: What Employers And Global Talent Programs Need To Know

Canada's new federal budget provides an updated roadmap for both Permanent and Temporary Resident admissions and the outlook is largely positive for employers managing foreign talent.

United States Immigration

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Fakhoury Global Immigration

Employment Law Subscription Services: Lock In 2025 Pricing Now!

United States Employment

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Shulman Rogers

Circuit Courts Split Over NLRB Remedy Authority

United States Employment

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Genova Burns

Inside The Exclusive: DEI Developments: What Every Employer Needs To Know (Podcast)

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

NYC Expands Earned Safe And Sick Time Act: What Employers Need To Know

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Chemical Exposure Alone Is Insufficient For Toxic Tort Standing In Colorado

United States Litigation

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Lowenstein Sandler

Mass Dismissal Notification Failures Render Collective Redundancies Invalid, European Court Of Justice Rules

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

New York City Amends Sick Time Law To Require New Unpaid Leave And Permit New Covered Uses

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

California Exempt Employee Wage Increases For 2026

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Inside The Exclusive: The EEOC's New Enforcement Priorities, Part 4—Gender Identity (Podcast)

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

NYC Employer Obligations: Amendments Increase Earned Safe + Sick Time Act And Reduce Temporary Schedule Change Act Requirements

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

U.S. Immigration Updates – October 2025

Worldwide Immigration

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Klasko

California Air Resources Board Publishes Draft SB 261 Guidance

United States Commercial

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Ropes & Gray LLP

From Conflict To Clarity: Why The ADR Experience Matters In Successful Resolution

United States Litigation

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JAMS

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

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Federal Court Blocks Enforcement Of Texas Proxy Advisor Disclosure Law

United States Commercial

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Survey Shows CEOs Acknowledge Benefits Of Wellness Programs

According to Wellhub, a New York-based corporate wellness platform, a survey involving 1,500 CEOs earlier this year found that most CEOs recognized the benefits of workplace wellness programs.

United States Employment

HB

Hall Benefits Law

Can Attorney-Client Privilege Apply To Internal Complaint Investigations? Separating Fact From Fiction

A chief concern for employers conducting internal investigations is often whether the investigation will be subject to the attorney-client privilege.

United States Employment

JL

Jackson Lewis P.C.

The FTC's Rule On Non-Compete Agreements

The Federal Trade Commission made headlines in 2024 with the promulgation of a "Non-Compete Rule" intended to supplant state law and render most non-compete agreements unenforceable.

United States Commercial

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Klemchuk

U.S. Citizenship And Immigration Services Ends Automatic Extensions Of Most Employment Authorization Documents

As of Oct. 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will no longer permit automatic extensions of most Employment Authorization Documents (EAD).

United States Immigration

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Bonus Season Strategies: Getting Ready For Year-End Payouts

United States Employment

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Cohen & Buckmann

Work For Hire Law: Who Owns The Copyright—Employee Or Contractor?

United States Employment

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Klemchuk

Staying Ahead: Key California Workplace Laws Taking Effect In 2026 And Beyond

United States Employment

FL

Fennemore

OSHA Snapshot Updates

United States Employment

CO

Cozen O'Connor

NYC Employers Face New Obligations As City Council Changes Sick/Safe Leave And Pay Data Reporting Requirements

United States Employment

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Mintz

Immediate Elimination Of Automatic Employment Authorization Extensions: Impact Will Be Widespread

United States Employment

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Freedom To Post? Handling Employee Speech Outside The Workplace

United States Employment

TS

Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Massachusetts Pay Transparency Law Now Effective

United States Employment

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Casner & Edwards

Lyft Pays $19.4 Million To NJ Attorney General's Office For Driver Misclassification

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

USCIS Clarifies When $100,000 H-1B Fee Is Required, Exempting Most F-1 Students

United States Employment

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BakerHostetler

Freedom To Post? Handling Employee Speech Outside The Workplace

The past month has boasted no shortage of headlines about employees being placed on leave or losing their jobs because of posts on social media. But for Illinois employers, these headlines drag to the surface...

United States Employment

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Massachusetts Pay Transparency Law Now Effective

Employers with at least 25 employees in Massachusetts must disclose the "pay range" for a position in all job postings.

United States Employment

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Casner & Edwards

Lyft Pays $19.4 Million To NJ Attorney General's Office For Driver Misclassification

The New Jersey Attorney General's Office has announced that Lyft has paid off the $19.4 million it owed to the state for misclassifying drivers as independent contractors.

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

USCIS Clarifies When $100,000 H-1B Fee Is Required, Exempting Most F-1 Students

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued clarifying guidance regarding last month's proclamation that imposed a $100,000 fee on the entry of certain H-1B nonimmigrant workers into the United States.

United States Employment

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BakerHostetler

City Of Seattle Secures Preliminary Injunction On DEI And Gender Executive Orders

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Fifth Circuit Rejects NLRB's Expansive View Of "Make-Whole" Relief

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on October 31 issued a significant decision in Hiran Management, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board...

United States Employment

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Phelps Dunbar LLP

1099 Vs W-2 For Telehealth Providers: What's The Difference?

As telehealth companies continue to grow, many physicians and clinicians are classified as 1099 independent contractors—but under federal and state law...

United States Employment

MS

Miller Shah

Inside The Exclusive: The EEOC's New Enforcement Priorities, Part 3—Disability Discrimination (Podcast)

In this podcast recorded at our recent Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive® seminar, Tae Phillips (shareholder, Birmingham), Jim Paul (shareholder, St. Louis/Tampa), and Scott Kelly (shareholder, Birmingham)...

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Six Myths About Service Providers-How Believing These Can Increase ERISA Fiduciary Liability

Everyone following developments in the employee benefits field knows that fiduciary breach litigation has skyrocketed in recent years.

United States Employment

CB

Cohen & Buckmann

Understanding New York's Legal Activities Law And Its Protections For Off-Duty Political Speech

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

The Post-Ames Effect

United States Employment

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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

End To Automatic Employment Authorization Document Extensions

United States Immigration

CO

Cozen O'Connor

New Illinois Law Expands Employee Privacy Rights And Employer Obligations

United States Employment

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Roll-Ups, Rollovers, Retention: Europe's Playbook On Human Capital Businesses

Worldwide Commercial

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

IRS Issues Roth Catch-Up Contribution Rules For Highly Paid Participants

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Rhode Island's New Hire Notice Requirements Go Live Jan. 1, Impacting All Employers

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Shutdown Patience Wearing Thin? (Beltway Buzz, October 31, 2025)

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Ninth Circuit Upholds NLRB Authority And Structure – Creating Split With Fifth Circuit

United States Employment

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Pabian Law Client Alert: Weekly Video Is Posted!

United States Immigration

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Pabian Law

Supreme Judicial Court Rules That Retention Bonus Not A 'Wage' Under Massachusetts Law

United States Employment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Policy Week In Review – October 31, 2025

United States Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

Rejected: Ninth Circuit Denies Constitutional Attacks On NLRB

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Notice Delayed, Coverage Denied: Claims-Made Policies Exempt From Notice-Prejudice Rule Codified In Utah Statute

United States Insurance

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Wiley Rein

TRAPped No More? Navigating California's Stay-or-Pay Reform

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

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United States Litigation

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JAMS

Global Perspectives On Employment Disputes: Key Lessons From Cross-Border Cases

United States Litigation

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JAMS

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United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

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Worldwide International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

NLRB Rules Dartmouth Basketball Players Employees

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

Potentially New Schedule A Shortage Occupation Designations

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

USCIS Announces Premium Processing Increases In 2024

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

From Clashes To Clarity

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Forced Labor Due Diligence – Supply Chain Tracing Requirements To Comply With UFLPA, Withhold Release Orders, And More

United States Commercial

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

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We Get Privacy For Work — Episode 11: Beyond The Checkbox: Engaging Your Workforce In Privacy And Data Security Training (Video)

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Non-Financial Misconduct Miniseries: Episode 1 - Navigating the FCA's Regulatory Framework (Podcast)

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Ropes & Gray LLP

LaborSpeak: Pay Transparency Laws (Video)

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Class Action Weekly Wire – Episode 121: You're Invited! Our Year-End Review Of EEOC Litigation And Strategy (Video)

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Duane Morris LLP

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Offit Kurman

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