USA - Illinois
July 1, 2024
The Supreme Court has rejected the bankruptcy court's authority to grant through confirmation of a plan nonconsensual third-party releases without consent of creditors in a narrow ruling that does not impact plans confirmed by final order and does not opine on acceptable forms of consent. For the jurisdictions that permit consensual third-party...
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USA
January 22, 2023
On January 20, the OFCCP released its 2023 Corporate Scheduling Announcement List, which notifies 500 supply and service establishments of upcoming audits. Federal contractors should immediately review the list because it serves as the only advance notification.
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USA
January 18, 2023
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, proposing to increase the filing fees for certain immigration and naturalization benefit requests. If adopted, employment-based petitions will see an increase in filing fees.
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USA
December 28, 2022
The ESG universe is ever-expanding. This alert highlights three trends to keep an eye on in 2023.
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USA
August 16, 2021
Overall, employers can use the general counsel's new memorandum not only to predict what may change in labor law during the current administration, but also to get ahead of those changes.
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USA
April 19, 2021
This podcast explores the pandemic's effect from the perspective of labor and employment. Discussion topics include evolving CDC guidance amid the vaccine rollout, advice for employer's with multi-jurisdictional operations, and the challenge of keeping up employee morale as uncertainties continue.
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USA
April 13, 2021
On the IPO and M&A markets over the last 15 months, the number of SPAC initial public offerings has exploded. This article offers both a generalized summary of the typical structure and some of the high-level questions to ask as a participant.
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USA
October 4, 2020
Ransomware attacks are on the rise in the wake of COVID-19, but attack victims could unknowingly be in violation of federal law. A new advisory from the U.S. Department of the Treasury warns that ransom payments to sanctioned individuals or entities may result in criminal or civil liability.
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USA
September 20, 2020
An overview of updates on immigration and global mobility issues, including those involving visa processing at U.S. embassies and consulates, restrictions on travel and the new U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services fee schedule.
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USA
August 11, 2020
On August 10, 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Authority (FEMA) announced that it would continue to halt the export of certain personal protective equipment (PPE) until December 31, 2020. With this announcement, FEMA also modified the list of covered PPE subject to the rule.
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USA
July 22, 2020
In June, the U.S. Department of Labor released several revised forms supporting certain qualifying reasons for employee leave under the Family Medical Leave Act. We detail the good and "not-so-good" features of the new revisions.
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USA
May 31, 2020
Enforcement of the CCPA is set to begin on July 1. With that key date just around the corner and companies facing a new slate of COVID-19 related privacy issues, we highlight the high-level action items covered businesses should address to help get their compliance programs up to speed.
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USA
May 10, 2020
Prevailing trends in COVID-19-related labor and employment litigation and proactive steps employers can take to help avoid a lawsuit.
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USA
April 21, 2020
The DOJ and FTC are monitoring employers, staffing companies and recruiters that may engage in anticompetitive behavior that hurts essential employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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USA
April 21, 2020
A discussion of federal and state laws governing electronic execution of contracts, along with some important considerations.
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