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Virginia's New "Vulnerable Victim" Law Increases Employers' Potential For Vicarious Liability In Personal Injury And Wrongful Death Suits Against Employees

A new Virginia law, effective July 1, 2025, adds Section 8.01-42.6 to the Virginia Code to address employers' vicarious liability for their employees' tortious conduct in personal injury...

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Littler Lightbulb – June Employment Appellate Roundup

This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment and labor law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal in the last month.

United States Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

Texas Widens Limitations On Noncompete Agreements With Healthcare Practitioners

Texas recently enacted a law that broadens the geographic and temporal restrictions on noncompete agreements with healthcare practitioners.

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

One Big Beautiful Bill – What Employers Need To Know

On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed "One Big Beautiful Bill" (that is its actual name) into law. This budget reconciliation legislation includes several provisions that employers should know about.

United States Government

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Fennemore

DOL Withdraws Rule Aimed At Eliminating Subminimum Wages For Workers With Disabilities

United States Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

WHD Drops Proposal To End Subminimum Wages For Workers With Disabilities

United States Employment

OD

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Key Changes To Chicago's Labor Ordinances, Effective July 1, 2025

United States Employment

OD

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Lessons From The Seventh Circuit On Relying On FMLA Certifications And Requiring The Use Of Paid Leave

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

One Big, Beautiful Bill . . . Simplified

United States Tax

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

DMCAR Mid-Year Review – 2025/2026: FLSA Conditional Certifications Remain High, And So Far In 2025 Courts Are Granting More Class Certification Motions Overall Compared To 2024

United States Litigation

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Duane Morris LLP

Florida On Verge Of Enacting Employer-Friendly Non-Compete Law

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Ends Heightened Evidentiary Hurdle For "Majority Group" Plaintiffs In Title VII Discrimination Cases

United States Litigation

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Jones Day

We Get AI For Work™: An Exclusive Interview With Bryon Bass, CEO At The Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC) (Video)

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Ritchie Trucking ESOP Case Settles For $1.9 Million

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

President Trump Restores Section 232 Tariffs

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Tariffs And The Future Of U.S. Beef

United States International

BG

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

New Montana State Income And Property Taxes For 2025 & 2026

United States Tax

PB

Parsons Behle & Latimer

U.S. Vs China As A Global Trade Partner, Are We (U.S.) The Bad Guys?

United States International

BG

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Trump's Plan B For Tariffs

United States International

BG

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Florida's CHOICE Act Offers Employers Two New Types Of Agreements To Prevent Unfair Competition By Highly Compensated Former Employees

On June 18, 2025, the Florida legislature presented Governor Ron DeSantis with the Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth (CHOICE) Act.

United States Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

Texas Judge Vacates HIPAA Reproductive Health Care Rule…What Happens Now?

On June 18, 2025, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas largely vacated the HIPAA Reproductive Health Care ("RHC") rule and severed the rule's provisions...

United States Employment

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Groom Law Group

What Employers Need To Know About No Tax On Tips And No Tax On Overtime

On July 3, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed H.R.1, the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," ending a dramatic journey through Congress that dominated headlines in recent weeks.

United States Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

Oregon Enacts Legislation Providing Unemployment Benefits For Striking Workers

Oregon recently joined several other states in ensuring unemployment insurance for workers participating in strikes.

United States Employment

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Perkins Coie LLP

Mid-Year 2025 (Video)

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

H-2B Visa Employment Guide: Rules & Application Tips

United States Immigration

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Akalan Law Firm

District Of Columbia's Pause On Tipped Wage Increase Signals Grim Future For Initiative 82

United States Employment

OD

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Policy Week In Review – July 3, 2025

United States Government

LM

Littler Mendelson

US Supreme Court Grants Review In One Erisa Case, And Has Now Called For Views Of The Solicitor General In Two Other Erisa Cases

United States Employment

MB

Mayer Brown

Plan Sponsor Considerations For In-Plan Annuity Offerings

United States Employment

KR

Kutak Rock LLP

SCOTUS On ACA Challenge: Seriously Guys, We're Doing This Again?

United States Employment

SS

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

If You're Experiencing A Massive Jury Verdict, Hang Up And Dial 911!

United States Employment

PR

Proskauer Rose LLP

Insights: Employment | Benefits | Mobility – Q2 2025

United States Employment

MB

Mayer Brown

Texas Governor Signs Host Of Bills Impacting Employment

United States Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

SCOTUS On ACA Challenge: Seriously Guys, We're Doing This Again?

In a closely watched decision, the Supreme Court has upheld the authority of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (Task Force), preserving the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) requirement...

United States Employment

SS

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

If You're Experiencing A Massive Jury Verdict, Hang Up And Dial 911!

A California jury did it again! Last Thursday, a Los Angeles jury awarded $27.5 million to a former chief nursing officer of a hospital for the alleged post-traumatic stress disorder...

United States Employment

PR

Proskauer Rose LLP

Insights: Employment | Benefits | Mobility – Q2 2025

In this edition, we highlight the ongoing challenges and opportunities for businesses operating across jurisdictions, including new laws and regulations on the horizon.

United States Employment

MB

Mayer Brown

Texas Governor Signs Host Of Bills Impacting Employment

Texas has enacted new laws on artificial intelligence; non-disclosure and confidentiality provisions in cases of sexual assault; health care staffing; physician non-competes; delivery network company regulations...

United States Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

New York Amends Labor Law To Limit Damages For Late Payments To Manual Workers

United States Employment

MB

Mayer Brown

Hot Topics In US Health & Welfare

There have been a number of important developments in the United States relating to health and welfare over recent months.

United States Employment

MB

Mayer Brown

City Of Los Angeles Hotel Workers' Minimum Wage Increase Put On Hold

The City of Los Angeles has put the minimum wage increase for hotel workers on hold.

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

DHS Final Rule: Quicker And Costlier Fines For Immigration-Related Violations

On June 27, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an interim final rule that compresses the civil penalty timeline under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

United States Immigration

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

New York City's Amended Rules For Paid Prenatal Leave: What Employers Need To Know

Following a public hearing and comment period, on June 3, 2025, New York City adopted the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection's (DCWP) proposed amended paid prenatal leave rules...

United States Employment

OD

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Amended Maine Mandatory PTO Law Increases Overall Accrual Cap

United States Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

BSF Q3 2025 Employment Law Update (New York And California)

United States Employment

BS

Boies Schiller Flexner

Hidden Costs Of Payroll Dysfunction: Implications And Strategic Solutions

United States Commercial

AM

Alvarez & Marsal

Virginia Expands Definition Of 'Low-Wage' Employees And Noncompetes

United States Employment

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

When Minor Variations In Prompts Lead To Problematic Outputs

United States Technology

JL

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Middle District Of Tennessee Dismisses Securities Fraud Claims Against Discount Retailer Chain

United States Commercial

AO

A&O Shearman

California Appellate Court Affirms Employer's Decertification Of Meal And Rest Period Class Action

United States Employment

OD

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Employment Tip Of The Month – July 2025

United States Employment

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Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Federal Parity Enforcement Freeze Results In Uncertainty For Benefits Attorneys

United States Employment

HB

Hall Benefits Law

This Week From The Hill (June 29 – July 5, 2025)

United States Employment

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Groom Law Group

The Temporary Exchange Rollbacks

United States Employment

GG

Groom Law Group

Major CEQA Reform Bills Exempt Variety Of Residential And Nonresidential Projects

United States Real Estate

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

DOL Proposes To Rescind Annuity Selection Safe Harbor, Insurance Company General Account Transition Policy Relief, And Other "Obsolete" Guidance

United States Employment

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Groom Law Group

Reminder – Annual Deadline (July 31) To Report And Pay PCORI Fee Is Approaching

United States Employment

BB

Bass, Berry & Sims

Decision Alert: Retirees Cannot Bring A Claim Under The ADA As A "Qualified Individual"

United States Employment

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Dykema

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

April 2025 Employer Regulatory And Legislative Update (Video)

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Marcum

LaborSpeak: Update On The State Of Non-compete Restrictions (Video)

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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