New Jersey recently joined a growing number of states limiting the use of non-disclosure agreements when settling claims of sexual harassment - and then took it one step further. On March 18, 2019, Governor Phil Murphy signed...

The New York City Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) has released a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page and other additional guidance for the City’s lactation...

The Indiana legislature, to the consternation of the State Attorney General, is considering two additional exemptions to calls covered by its “Do Not Call” statute. Both involve the established business relationship test.

On February 7, 2019, the California Supreme Court determined that an employee cannot sue a payroll company for breach of contract under the third party beneficiary doctrine, and that it is inappropriate to impose a tort duty of care upon a...

The biometric bandwagon keeps rolling along as more and more states seek to regulate the collection, use, and retention of biometric data. Currently, three states, Illinois [1], Texas [2], and Washington [3], have biometric...

"Whereof what's past is prologue, what to come"

Youngevity Int'l v. Smith, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31526 involved cross motions to dismiss a claim for breach of fiduciary duty...

As we previously reported, pursuant to a recent amendment to the New York City Human Rights Law,...

On March 18, 2019, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Senate Bill 121 (S121), which amends the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) in two...

The 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) introduced a number of provisions that fundamentally change the way that the US taxes income from the foreign operations of US groups. One of the more favorable TCJA provisions provides...

Eddie Money Beats Discrimination Lawsuit Based On Free Speech Right;

Don’t forget – April 1 marks the beginning of a new set of sexual harassment training requirements in ...

In one of the first ERISA cases to address claims against fiduciaries for excessive health plan fees, the court entered judgment in favor of the defendants on all counts. The decision addresses health plan fiduciary standards...

Yesterday, Wednesday March 20, 2019, the Board of County Commissioners for Adams County, Colorado (the “Board”) held a special public hearing on whether to impose a temporary ban on local oil and gas...

It is no secret that Colorado is, and has been in recent years, a hot state in the domestic energy sector. 

One of the reasons that the state has been a hotbed for development is due to the ...

On March 18, 2019, we wrote that both houses of the Maryland Assembly has passed bills that would...

Colorado’s Proposition 112, which gained national notoriety this fall, the full text of which can be found here, was a ballot initiative...

The South Carolina Supreme Court held that laboratories who perform workplace drug tests on behalf of employers owe a duty of care to the individuals who are tested and may be sued for negligence for failing to properly and...