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 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...
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...
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...
Jun 25, 2024 NLRB Joins the Fray in Crackdown on Restrictive Covenants By Howard Lavin As we previously shared, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a new nationwide Final Rule banning the use of non-competes by...
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...
May 16, 2024 When Payment in Full Isn't What You Hoped For ... By Joe Orbach In the abstract, unsecured creditors receiving 100% of what their claim is (plus interest!) is the best possible outcome in a bankruptcy...
May 01, 2024 Delaware Court Rejects "Portfolio Theory" Regarding Directors' Fiduciary Rights By Barry Fischer The Delaware Chancery Court rejected an attempt to hold directors of Meta liable for the implications their social media products have to...
Apr 19, 2024 New York Poised to Enact Paid Prenatal Leave By Howard Lavin This week, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a conceptual agreement with leaders of the New York State Assembly and Senate on key provisions of...
Apr 16, 2024 EEOC releases Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act rules By Susan Lorenc The EEOC released its long-awaited final rule on the federal Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act ("PWFA"). Set to go into effect on April 19,...
Mar 20, 2024 USTPO Issues Means-Plus-Function Memorandum By Wil Holtz On March 18, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a memorandum to the Patent Examining Corps regarding the...
Mar 15, 2024 New York City Jumps Into the Non-Compete Fray By Howard Lavin In the wake of Governor Hochul’s veto of a statewide ban on non-competition agreements, which we previously addressed, the New York City...
Mar 11, 2024 New York City Workers' Bill of Rights By Howard Lavin Earlier this month, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) released its Workers’ Bill of Rights, which...
Feb 19, 2024 CTA Reporting - Something You Need to Trust By Barry Fischer This article from Wolters Kluwer provides a good primer on some of the issues that trusts face under the new Corporate Transparency Act. ...
Feb 15, 2024 Learn More About the Corporate Transparency Act By Barry Fischer Under the terms of the newly implemented Corporate Transparency Act, by the end of this year, it is estimated that 32 million privately...