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The Retention Bonus Backlash Revisited: Shareholders Are Delivering Their Verdict

In our recent Comp & Benefits Brief, The Retention Bonus Backlash: What Executives and Compensation Committees Need to Know, we explored growing concerns about time-vested executive retention awards...

United States Employment

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Former DOL Officials Urge Federal Contractors To Continue Lawful Diversity Practices Despite Trump Administration's Efforts To End DEI

On April 15, 2025, a group of former U.S. Department of Labor officials issued an "open letter" urging federal contractors to continue voluntary diversity practices, including conducting self-assessments, despite the Trump administration's attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and the revocation of Executive Order (EO)11246, which mandated federal contractors' affirmative action and non-discrimination obligations...

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Deep Impact: The Trump Administration's Latest Executive Order Charts A Collision Course For Discriminatory Practices Proof

The Trump Administration issued its latest Executive Order entitled Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy (the "EO") on April 23, 2025.

United States Employment

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Mintz

Virginia Expands Non-Compete Ban: What Employers Need To Know

Effective 07.01.25, a new amendment to Virginia's non-compete law expands the definition of "low-wage" employees to include employees classified as non-exempt under the FLSA.

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Report From Day 2 Of The 2025 ABA OSHA/MSHA Law Conference

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Report From Day 1 Of The 2025 ABA OSHA/MSHA Law Conference

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Former Safety Director David Keeling Nominated To Lead OSHA

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Relief From Steep Pay Transparency Penalties For Businesses In Washington State

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Does Employer Disparate Impact Liability Still Exist? The Latest EO Pushes To Eliminate It

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Wyoming Bans Most Non-Compete Agreements Starting July 1, 2025

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Trump Administration Seeks To Stop Federal Enforcement Of Disparate Impact Liability

United States Employment

HK

Holland & Knight

Congress Out, Agenda Delayed (Beltway Buzz, April 25, 2025)

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Policy Week In Review – April 25, 2025

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Federal Judge Blocks Key DEI Executive Order Provisions

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Tentative List Of Countries For Potential Travel Ban And Travel Restrictions

Worldwide Immigration

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Pryor Cashman LLP

DOJ Memo Previews Immigration Enforcement Actions

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

Discovery Special Masters And Referees: A View From Both Sides

United States Litigation

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JAMS

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

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Tariffs, Contracts And The Negotiation Imperative: Why The Old Playbook Won't Work

United States International

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JAMS

Contract of Employment

Virginia Expands Non-Compete Ban: What Employers Need To Know

Effective 07.01.25, a new amendment to Virginia's non-compete law expands the definition of "low-wage" employees to include employees classified as non-exempt under the FLSA.

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Wyoming Bans Most Non-Compete Agreements Starting July 1, 2025

Wyoming, with the introduction of Wyo. Stat. §1-23-108, banned most non-compete agreements for contracts signed on or after July 1, 2025, but with several meaningful exceptions.

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Webinar Recap! Drafting Restrictive Covenants That Work – Insights From Recent Legal Battles

In our recent webinar, "Drafting Restrictive Covenants That Work – Insights from Recent Legal Battles," Seyfarth's Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud...

United States IP

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

FTC Requests Stay Of Appeals To Challenges To FTC Non-Compete Rule Citing New Administration

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

FTC Launches Joint Task Force To Investigate And Prosecute Non-Compete Agreements, As FTC Chairman Declares The GOP A "Workers' Party"

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Wage And Hour Around The Corner: From Zoom To Room: Staying On Solid Legal Grounds With A Remote Staff Or An Office Return

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Virginia And Wyoming Latest States To Tighten Restrictions On Noncompete Agreements

United States Employment

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Duane Morris LLP

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

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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

United States Immigration

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Crowe & Dunlevy

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Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

Former DOL Officials Urge Federal Contractors To Continue Lawful Diversity Practices Despite Trump Administration's Efforts To End DEI

On April 15, 2025, a group of former U.S. Department of Labor officials issued an "open letter" urging federal contractors to continue voluntary diversity practices, including conducting self-assessments, despite the Trump administration's attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and the revocation of Executive Order (EO)11246, which mandated federal contractors' affirmative action and non-discrimination obligations...

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Deep Impact: The Trump Administration's Latest Executive Order Charts A Collision Course For Discriminatory Practices Proof

The Trump Administration issued its latest Executive Order entitled Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy (the "EO") on April 23, 2025.

United States Employment

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Mintz

Does Employer Disparate Impact Liability Still Exist? The Latest EO Pushes To Eliminate It

Federal agencies are expected to limit their enforcement of disparate impact discrimination claims.

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Trump Administration Seeks To Stop Federal Enforcement Of Disparate Impact Liability

United States Employment

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Holland & Knight

Congress Out, Agenda Delayed (Beltway Buzz, April 25, 2025)

United States Employment

OD

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Policy Week In Review – April 25, 2025

United States Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

Federal Judge Blocks Key DEI Executive Order Provisions

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

False Claims Act Enforcement: Looking Back And What To Expect In 2024

United States Criminal

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Foley Hoag LLP

Sunsetting Of COVID-19 Paid Emergency Leave Law

United States Employment

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

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Retirement, Superannuation & Pensions

Congress Out, Agenda Delayed (Beltway Buzz, April 25, 2025)

The U.S. Congress is currently in the second week of its spring break recess and will return to Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2025. Upon returning...

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Policy Week In Review – April 25, 2025

The Policy Week in Review, prepared by Littler's Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), sets forth WPI's updates on federal, state, and local matters.

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Missing Participants – What To Do With Abandoned Accounts

Over the years, plan sponsors and administrators have wrestled with the question of what to do with the accounts of participants who left employment years earlier and cannot now be located. Notwithstanding their best efforts, plans continue to maintain accounts of participants who are either missing or unresponsive to plan correspondence

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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

United States Employment

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Groom Law Group

Workplace Civility And Return-to-Office Mandates

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

The Supreme Court Relieves ERISA Plaintiffs Of A Pleading Requirement: What's Next For ERISA Plan Fiduciaries?

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

SCOTUS Holds ERISA Requires No Additional Pleading Requirements Beyond § 1106 Elements For Prohibited-Transaction Claims, Acknowledging The "Serious Concerns" Of "An Avalanche Of Meritless Litigation" Against Plan Fiduciaries

United States Employment

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Baker Botts LLP

DOL Issues Late-Breaking Guidance On Defined Benefit Pension Plan Annual Funding Notices

United States Employment

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Split Decisions On Standing: Courts Diverge On Pension Risk Transfer Class Actions

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

Managing Labour Cost: Insights And Lessons For The Resource And Other Sectors For 2025

Employers in the resources sector are watchful of legal developments in 2025 that could significantly impact their labour strategies, particularly their ability to engage...

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Legal Protections For Employees During Security Clearance Investigations

Security clearance investigations are a regular part of the United States federal government employment process for any job that requires eligibility for access to classified information.

United States Employment

TR

Tully Rinckey

ALJ Backs Hospital's Right To Delay Returning Strikers To Work

An NLRB administrative law judge recently confirmed that a California hospital system had the right to keep replacement workers on the job...

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

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

United States Employment

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Duane Morris LLP

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

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

California Employment Law Notes

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

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Tully Rinckey

Employment Law Update: New Compensation Limits And Statutory Payment Rates

United States Employment

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

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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

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

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Legal Minute: Permanent Total Disability (Video)

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Ford Richardson

Navigating The Office: What Does "Cause" Mean? (Video)

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McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman

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