When disclosure is not mandated, companies must confront the question whether to disclose or not disclose.  Some may hold that issuers minimize the risk of securities litigation by making early and voluntary disclosures.  By doing so, they cabin...

A district court has decided against giving an arbitration panel a third chance to get it right after the court found that the panel manifestly disregarded the law in its initial and modified arbitration awards.

Governor Murphy, Senate President Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Coughlin have just announced their plan to increase New Jersey’s minimum wage to $15 per hour. Currently, minimum wage in New Jersey is $8.85 per hour.

Under the proposed plan...

States have long been “laboratories of democracy” where policymakers can try out certain innovative policies on a local or regional level that could eventually, if successful, become national programs. On the tech side,...

Legislative Action by the Numbers:

498 bills introduced in the House of Delegates 

342 bills introduced in the State Senate 

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With the New Year, employers should make sure that they are up to date on the minimum wage laws applicable to their employees.  As of January 1, 2019, the minimum wage has increased in the following 19 states: 

The Mississippi Gaming Commission held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, January 17, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. at the Jackson offices of the Mississippi Gaming Commission. Executive Director Allen Godfrey, Chairman Al Hopkins...

According to a report issued earlier this month, the Maryland Financial Consumer...

After 16 years of debate and discussion, the New York State Legislature recently passed the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (“GENDA”), which would...

An employer successfully compelled arbitration under an arbitration agreement that the plaintiff-workers had with their staffing agency, even though the staffing agency was not a defendant in the lawsuit.

In 2017, courts across this country were split on whether plaintiffs could assert a class action alleging claims under the...

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) is here and it’s best to start now to learn what this law is, who it applies to, and what you and your business can do to be prepared. This article is a follow up to our...

A California federal judge held that a standard comprehensive general liability (CGL) aircraft exclusion barred liability coverage for injuries suffered as a result of drone operations. The injuries occurred when a wedding...

Did you know that as an investment advisor you may "own" your clients’ personal data? That’s right; for purposes of Massachusetts’ data privacy regulations, any person or entity that receives, stores, maintains, processes, or otherwise has access...

A federal magistrate judge in California has ruled that law enforcement personnel may not require suspects to unlock their phones with biometric identifiers like a fingerprint, iris scan or facial recognition, saying the...

Insurance companies often have their backs against the wall in any dispute.  Typically, in a coverage or premium action brought by the insurance company, it bears the burden of proving its insurance contract and any...

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