Nov 27, 2024 Wave of New Tariffs to Hit Imports from Canada, Mexico and China By Clinton Yu Following up on a key campaign promise, President-elect Donald Trump has announced plans that he will immediately impose a 25 percent...
Nov 25, 2024 DHS Adds 29 Companies to Forced-Labor Blacklist By Clinton Yu The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced that it will add 29 more companies to the expanding Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention...
Nov 20, 2024 Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. Highlights 2024 Increased Enforcement and Active Rulemaking By Clinton Yu On Nov. 19, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) hosted its annual conference, featuring speakers from across the U.S....
Nov 14, 2024 New Leadership at the Department of Labor: What It Could Mean for Business-Friendly Reforms By Mitchell Berry As President-elect Donald Trump is forming his cabinet and key leadership positions, the transition team is reportedly considering Andrew...
Nov 13, 2024 You Can’t Say That: NLRB Reverses Precedent on What Equals Permissible Statements About Unions By Colleen Schade On Nov. 8, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued yet another decision upending nearly 40 years of prior precedent. In Siren...
Oct 16, 2024 Union Election Petitions Have Doubled Since FY 2021, NLRB Says By David Pryzbylski Since the end of 2021, there has been a historic rise in the amount of union election petitions and unfair labor practice (ULP) charges...
Oct 11, 2024 Illinois Adds Family Responsibilities as Protected Class under Illinois Human Rights Act By Douglas Oldham Illinois already covers a lengthy list of protected classes under the Illinois Human Rights Act. As of Jan. 1, 2025, that list will be a...
Oct 09, 2024 NLRB General Counsel Takes Aim at Non-Competes, 'Stay-or-Pay' Provisions By Douglas Oldham On October 7, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued Memorandum GC-2501, attacking both non-compete...
Oct 02, 2024 Don't Bet Against Restrictive Covenants: Ex-DraftKings Exec Loses Non-compete Appeal By Christopher Rubey A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected a former DraftKings executive's appeal of an injunction that severely restricted the type of...
Sep 30, 2024 FTC Does 180 and Withdraws From Pact With NLRB, DOL By David Pryzbylski Less than a month ago, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced it was entering into an agreement with the Federal Trade...
Sep 27, 2024 Need a Mulligan? Caddies Prevail in Wage Suit By Christopher Rubey Wage and hour suits are becoming increasingly common, including by caddies against their golf clubs. Most recently this was in Anderson...
Sep 12, 2024 Illinois Judge Dismisses Suit, Saying Reproductive Health Act Not a Burden For Religious Employers By Charity Seaborn In January 2023, Gov. JB Pritzker signed the Illinois Reproductive Health Act (RHA) into law, granting increased insurance coverage for...
Aug 23, 2024 Status Update: Challenges to the Department of Labor's Overtime Rule By Benjamin Perry In April 2024, the Department of Labor published its final rule regarding salary thresholds applicable to the most commonly used overtime...
Aug 21, 2024 FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Is Unenforceable? Blocked? Gone? By Emily Lodge Christopher Rubey Yesterday, a Texas federal judge issued a nationwide injunction preventing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from enforcing its...
Aug 14, 2024 Statute of Limitations for Illinois Human Rights Act Claims More Than Doubled By Douglas Oldham These aren’t the easiest times to be an employer in Illinois. On Aug. 9, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an amendment to the Illinois Human...
Aug 12, 2024 Michigan's Revived Earned Sick Time Act: Does Your Leave Policy Comply? By Samantha Bartley Many employers have made the shift from traditional paid time off (PTO) policies allocating a specific number of days for vacation, sick...