Aug 16, 2024 Changes Abound for the Illinois Human Rights Act By Susan Lorenc Illinois employers take notice: Effective January 1, 2025, Illinois employees have more time to file a charge with the Illinois...
Dec 02, 2024 New York DOL Issues Paid Prenatal Leave FAQs By Howard Lavin Effective January 1, 2025, all private sector employers in New York state are required to provide employees with 20 hours of paid...
Oct 23, 2024 Potential Expansion of NYC Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law By Howard Lavin The New York Times reports that New York City Council member Shaun Abreu will introduce a bill amending NYC's Paid Safe and Sick Leave...
Oct 16, 2024 Up and Downs of Rollover Stock By Barry Fischer Here's a nice summary by my partner Nathan Viehl about the benefits and pitfalls of “rollover equity” when selling a business to a...
Oct 11, 2024 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau tells institutional lenders to cease withholding transcripts By Christopher Murray Aaron Lacey Scott Goldschmidt The use of transcript holds at institutions of higher education as a debt collection tool has recently become the subject of much debate...
Sep 09, 2024 The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it; “nonbinding” usually means nonbinding By Jeff Brown There can be a fine line between an unenforceable agreement to agree and an enforceable agreement with set terms. The Fourth District...
Sep 03, 2024 The Latest on ED’s Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment Rule By Aaron Lacey Hope Watson The U.S. Department of Education continues to release significant guidance relating to its Financial Value Transparency and Gainful...
Aug 28, 2024 FTC Submits Comment Supporting Proposed FDA Guidance on Interchangeable Biosimilar Drugs By Wil Holtz Biologic treatments for medical conditions are becoming increasingly prevalent. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), they...
Aug 21, 2024 Strike the Last Word By Christopher Murray A debate procedure used in Congress allowing any member five minutes to speak on an amendment under consideration. On the Waterfront ...
Aug 12, 2024 Governor Pritzker Signs Amendments to Illinois' Non-Compete Law By Susan Lorenc It appears Illinois is not waiting to see what is ultimately going to happen with the FTC's non-compete ban and is taking matters into...
Aug 01, 2024 Thompson Coburn Releases 2024 Title IX Training Series for Institutions of Higher Education By Aaron Lacey Scott Goldschmidt Thompson Coburn’s Higher Education Practice is pleased to announce the release of its new, four-part Title IX Training Series, designed...
Jul 19, 2024 NYC Council Introduces Sweeping Pay Data Reporting Bill By Howard Lavin On July 18, 2024, a bill was introduced in the New York City Council that would require New York City employers with 25 or more employees...
Jul 15, 2024 Student Loan Debt Relief: Is Forgiveness Really Divine? By Jim Matchefts On the presidential campaign trail in 2020, Joe Biden promised that, if elected, he would implement a program to forgive federal student...
Jul 08, 2024 Updated Financial Responsibility Reporting Guide 2024 By Thompson Coburn The U.S. Department of Education's new financial responsibility rules took effect July 1, 2024 (the “2024 Rule”). These rules are part of...
Jun 25, 2024 NLRB Joins the Fray in Crackdown on Restrictive Covenants By Howard Lavin Last year, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memo expressing her view that non-competes and non-solicits could interfere...
Jun 24, 2024 SCOTUS Grants Cert to Resolve Split on Sovereign Immunity for Fraudulent Conveyance Claims By Joe Orbach This morning, the United States Supreme Court granted the U.S. government's certiorari petition in U.S. v. David L. Miller Order List...
Jun 20, 2024 NY State Department of Labor Updates Model Breast Milk Expression Policy By Howard Lavin Effective June 19, 2024, every New York State employer is required to provide paid break time of up to 30 minutes and permit the use of...