Artificial intelligence (or AI) technology is rapidly transforming industry norms and creating new possibilities along with moral, ethical, and legal implications. The Society for Human Resource Management has recently...more
8/22/2024
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Artificial Intelligence ,
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Biden Administration ,
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Health and Safety ,
Individual Accountability ,
Job Applicants ,
Legal Ethics ,
Moral Rights ,
Technology Sector ,
Transparency ,
Union Organizers ,
Wage and Hour
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a new rule broadly banning noncompete agreements, marking a sea change in their regulation, which previously has been primarily governed by state law. Once effective, existing...more
4/25/2024
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Employment Contract ,
Federal Bans ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
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FTC Act ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Non-Solicitation Agreements ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Trade Secrets
With the Supreme Court’s recent consolidated opinion on the affirmative action programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina (UNC) in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College and...more
On April 5, 2021, the Governor of New Mexico signed Senate Bill 152 (SB152) into law. SB 152 amends the Continuing Care Act (Section 24-17-4 NMSA 1978, (the Act) to address issues that have arisen involving the solvency of...more
On November 15, 2019, CMS issued a final rule pursuant to President Trump's June 24, 2019, Executive Order to ensure price transparency by healthcare facilities. This price transparency rule will go into effect January 1,...more
Surprise billing protections are part of both state and national policy agendas this year in an effort to provide health-care transparency and consumer transparency. New Mexico’s new law now protects consumers by specifically...more
10/17/2019
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Out of Network Provider ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Surprise Medical Bills ,
Transparency
What’s a New Mexico business to do if one of its key employees is absent from work due to a non-work-related injury? A pair of cases, one from the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and another recently...more
In 2019, the Legislature enacted several bills affecting healthcare practitioners in New Mexico. Although some bills have a general applicability to health care providers, others address more specific medical practices....more
7/1/2019
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Compassionate Use Act ,
Dentists ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Massage Therapists ,
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Nurses ,
Pharmacies ,
Prior Authorization ,
Safe Harbors ,
Surprise Medical Bills
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed bills into law from the 2019 legislative session that will impact private employers in New Mexico. Below is a summary of several bills that change the law applicable to private employers....more
6/14/2019
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Ban the Box ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Records ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Legislation ,
Nurses ,
Public Accommodation ,
Restroom Legislation ,
Right to Work ,
Safe Harbors ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety