On July 1, 2019, a new law governing automatic renewals will go into effect in Vermont. Although the law includes two provisions that are more stringent than those found in other state laws, the Vermont law is more limited in scope. It only applies...

In December 2016, the French Parliament passed a landmark anti-corruption law, Law No. 2016-1691 on Transparency, Fighting Corruption and Modernising Economic Life (the “Sapin II” or the “Law”), which strengthened the country’s enforcement regime....

Governor Jay Inslee recently signed Senate Bill 5003 (“SB 5003”) into law, which amends the Washington Business Corporation Act (“WBCA”) to (1) change the default rule relating to preemptive rights; (2) change the default rule relating to cumulative...

In the final days of its 2019 Session, the New York State Legislature passed three bills that, respectively, will bar employers from inquiring about applicants’ past salary history, prohibit wage differentials based on protected class status, and ban...