The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) has adopted finalized new standards for overtime, minimum pay, and employee breaks. The changes affect most employers and significantly increase the number of Colorado workers eligible for...
Several pending rulings at the circuit court level have the potential to significantly influence class action law in 2020. Of greatest note, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit may determine the future of “negotiation” class actions, and...
On December 23, 2019, the New York State Department of Financial Services (the Department) issued a letter notifying regulated institutions that they are required to inform the Department of how they plan to address risk as the use of LIBOR ends...
In a significant development for ESG and corporate governance, BlackRock is now calling on the public companies it invests in to publish disclosures in line with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Task Force on...
New Jersey continues to become one of the country’s most employee-friendly states. On January 21, 2020, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a slate of employee-friendly bills. In this post, we discuss the significant expansion of rights for...
Recent U.S. court decisions demonstrate that international arbitration remains a widely used and potentially attractive method for resolving international business disputes, largely due to the relative ease of enforcing awards under the 1958 New York...
To help close New York’s $6 billion budget gap, Governor Andrew Cuomo introduced legislation that would legalize adult-use cannabis within the state as part of his proposed budget for fiscal year 2021, anticipating that tax revenue could bring in...
Das Jahr 2020 bringt bedeutende Änderungen im Bereich der markenrechtlichen Verfahren vor dem Deutschen Patent und Markenamt (DPMA) mit sich. Zum 1. Mai 2020 wird es erstmals ein amtliches Verfallsverfahren sowie ein Nichtigkeitsverfahren wegen des...
Reserve Quotas for Disabled Employees and Mass Dismissals - Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency - On October 15, 2019, the Italian Supreme Court clarified Article 10 of Law No. 68 of 1999, which protects disabled individuals...
