On May 23, 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a ruling in Kenrick Roberts v. Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 508...

On May 31, 2019, in Stein v. Blankfein, et. al., the Delaware Court of Chancery reaffirmed the Delaware Supreme Court’s...

Rejecting the strict “ABC” test adopted by its appellate court, Tennessee has enacted a new law (H.B. 539) adopting a 20-factor test to determine employee-versus-independent contractor status. The new law becomes effective January 1, 2020.

In a joint statement on Tuesday evening, June 11, 2019, Governor Baker, Senate President Karen Spilka and House Speaker Robert DeLeo announced a three-month delay in the rollout of the new Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave law (MAPFML...

New Jersey Governor Murphy signed Bill S-2986 into law on June 11, 2019 mandating that “larger” hotels protect workers from sexual violence, assault, and other acts of harassment and violence that can occur on hotel premises by co-workers and/or...

In general terms, an annuity contract involves the payment of money in return for a promise to receive payments on some periodic basis in the future.  An obvious question therefore might be whether an annuity contract is a security.  The answer...

Employers with locations in Westchester County, NY should be aware that Westchester has recently followed in the footsteps of other neighboring jurisdictions by enacting laws requiring employers to provide paid sick leave and leave for victims of...

On May 31, Connecticut’s legislature approved comprehensive legislation establishing paid family and medical leave and drastically increasing both the employers covered by the state family and medical leave law and the...

Oklahoma Heart Hospital (OHH) has agreed to pay $2.8 Million to settle U.S. and Oklahoma government claims that the hospital committed Medicaid Fraud. Jennifferr Baird, a retired registered nurse, filed the complaint, which reported that her...

With the original July 1, 2019 deadline for numerous provisions of the Commonwealth’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (“PFML”) legislation approaching in mere weeks, Massachusetts lawmakers have now issued a much-welcomed...

In Josef K. v. California Physicians’ Service, No. 18-cv-06385-YGR (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, June 3, 2019), Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers concluded that an independent medical review...

Employers, and likely all businesses, now have a specific duty to safeguard their employees’ personal data that is stored on internet-based computer systems, according to a recent decision by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania....

Last week, Maine enacted an internet privacy law requiring broadband internet service providers (ISPs) to obtain a customer’s express, affirmative consent before using their personal information, including browsing history. As the first state to...

This week, Governor Steve Sisolak signed a law requiring private employers with 50 or more employees in Nevada to provide 0.01923 hours of paid leave for each hour an employee works. Employees must be permitted to use up to forty hours of...

Recently, the State of New Jersey released its draft 2019 Environmental Management Plan (EMP), which aims to achieve 100 percent carbon neutral electricity generation and maximum...

Maine Governor Janet Mills has signed into law “An Act Authorizing Earned Employee Leave,” the first law in the nation to allow employees to use mandated paid leave for any reason. The new law, signed on May 28, will take effect on...

In a joint statement issued earlier this week, Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker, state senate president Karen Spilka, and state house speaker Robert DeLeo announced a three-month delay to the contributions that will fund the ...