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State legislatures have accelerated efforts to limit restrictive covenants for healthcare professionals, creating a changing and fragmented legal landscape. To understand where we’re headed, we reviewed state legislation around the country enacted over the past two years. Over this period of time, fourteen states have enacted laws limiting the use…
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California Employment Law Update
Apparently, “It Ends With … $407,000” A Blake Lively/Justin Baldoni Update for Employers
When we last checked in on the Hollywood drama playing out in Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC, a federal court had permitted Blake Lively’s California Fair Employment and Housing Act retaliation claim to proceed, and the case was headed…
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OFCCP New Rule Eliminates Many Disability-Related Obligations
Quick Hit: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) has issued a final rule significantly revising the regulations implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Although the rule is scheduled for publication in…
Continue ReadingLabor Relations Update
On August 26, 2026, NLRB General Counsel Crystal Carey issued Memorandum GC 26-04, following the historic trend from recent predecessors, indicating the NLRB precedent she has asked or will ask the Board to revisit. Newly appointed General Counsels often…
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ARB Potentially Expands SOX Coverage for Private Companies and Broadly Interprets Protected Activity Standard
The U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Review Board (“ARB”) extended the potential reach of SOX whistleblower coverage to private companies whose subsidiaries are partially owned by a publicly traded company. It also confirmed that reports to external auditors and concerns…
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DOL Proposes E-Delivery for Group Health Plan Disclosures
In late July, the Department of Labor proposed new regulations that would extend the “notice-and-access” electronic disclosure model that the DOL finalized in 2020 for retirement plans to group health plans. The proposed rule closely tracks the current notice-and-access model…
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