12/31/2024 2:50:00 PM Patent Filings On the Rise in Asia: What Does This Mean for U.S. Companies? By Tina Dorr The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) outlined in its 2024 World Intellectual Property Indicators report a 2.7 percent...
12/20/2024 6:21:35 PM EEOC, Wearable Technology in the Workplace, and the American with Disabilities Act By Cody Woods Just after Apple was sued for using surveillance in technology, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued guidance for...
12/18/2024 6:29:51 PM 4 in 2024: An Employment Law Year in Review By William Amberger As the year comes to a close, we will start to see companies, news outlets, and other services publish their “best of” or “top x” lists...
12/13/2024 3:30:02 PM Old Standard, New Challenges: The NLRB Restores 'Clear and Unmistakable Waiver' Standard By William Amberger The National Labor Relations Board issued its decision in Endurance Environmental Solutions, LLC, 373 NLRB No. 141 (2024), in which it...
12/10/2024 5:31:20 PM Will Cyber Insurance Cover Losses and Costs Related to the Salt Typhoon Campaign? By Scott Godes Reports continue to emerge about a foreign government's campaign to hack U.S. telecom and internet companies. Worse still, the U.S....
12/9/2024 6:25:33 PM Worker Sues Apple Alleging Unfair Labor Practices, Employee Privacy Violations By Mitchell Berry Apple, Inc. faces a high-profile lawsuit brought under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) alleging violations of labor...
11/25/2024 7:58:01 PM 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...
11/20/2024 6:00:59 PM 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....
11/14/2024 8:59:35 PM 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...
11/13/2024 2:43:20 PM 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...
10/16/2024 8:01:24 PM 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...
10/11/2024 6:39:18 PM 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...
10/9/2024 4:13:00 PM 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...
10/2/2024 4:51:54 PM 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...
9/30/2024 2:48:33 PM 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...
9/27/2024 1:24:49 PM 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...