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Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your November To-Do List

Fisher Phillips on 11/4/2024

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

Expect Focus - Volume IlI, September 2024

Carlton Fields on 10/16/2024

Gone With the Wind? Closed-End Funds Risk Extinction - Shares of SEC-registered closed-end funds (CEFs) have long held significant potential advantages for some investors. For example, unlike shares of mutual funds...more

New York Employment Legislation Update: A Preview of 2024

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 11/17/2023

Employers should prepare themselves for the multitude of employment laws slated to become effective in 2024. We summarize some of the key changes and offer practical advice below. ...more

Off the Bench: Understanding the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) Arena

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 11/3/2023

In an exclusive webinar produced by Ward and Smith, two attorneys coached participants through the changing landscape of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL). In addition to reviewing new guidance recently published by the NCAA,...more

There is never a need to troll

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C. on 3/22/2023

Social media is one of the great tools that I needed to start my own ERISA practice. While my Twitter handle can attract some interaction with non-retirement folks, I’m always mindful of what I post and how I handle myself....more

Social media lands clients

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C. on 3/21/2023

When I was at that semi-prestigious law firm on Long Island, I became convinced that I could draw business from around the country by creating content via social media that would allow me to develop relationships with...more

Facebook Messenger for FMLA leave requests? Maybe.

McAfee & Taft on 10/13/2022

The attendance policy - Gestamp West Virginia, LLC manufactures auto parts in South Charleston, West Virginia. Under Gestamp’s attendance and leave policies, employees must notify their group leader at least 30 minutes...more

Employees' Input On ESG May Reduce Risks Of Unionization

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 6/9/2022

Social media is a relatively new character in the classic tale of a unionizing workforce. Newer still is the impact that environmental, social and governance, or ESG, factors have on that same workforce. Originally...more

Watch your social media posts

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C. on 3/30/2022

The local school board member who posts ridiculous stuff on social media was just appointed Acting Parks Commissioner for my county. It’s a little disheartening....more

Watch those social media posts

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C. on 2/19/2020

I was a little irritated when a person from my community was appointed to an elected position because of a vacancy. I never met the man, but I’m a little disgusted by him because of his past posts on Facebook. Borderline...more

Don’t be that person

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C. on 10/3/2019

Social media is a great benefit for your 401(k) business, but sometimes it can be a disaster if you let it. I’ve seen too many business professionals and companies that get in trouble on Facebook for posting things that...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 4/26/2019

More fun for Facebook, just a day after it revealed a coming FTC fine, with the news on Thursday that Canadian privacy commissioners “violated national and local laws in allowing third parties access to private user...more

How to Find and Keep Talent in a Highly Competitive Market

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC on 3/4/2019

One of the biggest problems companies face, in particular middle market companies, is a lack of available talent or a lack of the right talent to fill vacant roles. In fact, the National Center for the Middle Market has...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 2/20/2017

We learned about KraftHeinz’s offer to merge with Unilever only after it had been rejected. And now it appears to be off the table completely—all $143 billion of it....more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 2/6/2017

RBS has agreed to pay $85 million to the CFTC to resolve allegations that its traders “manipulated the ISDAfix benchmark rate over a period of five years to benefit the bank’s derivatives positions”....more

Note to Self: Posting My Beach Vacation Photos on Facebook During FMLA Leave is Not a Good Idea

Franczek P.C. on 2/24/2016

I always love a good social media FMLA smack down. It’s even better when the employer handles the situation in textbook fashion. Today’s installment offers both, while also providing a road map for employers when...more

Tricks or Treats: Human Resources Challenges Ahead

Maynard Nexsen on 10/26/2015

Halloween is traditionally a time for “trick or treating.” For human resource professionals, many days can be Halloween-like, filled with unexpected events or career rewards. Recently, dozens of HR professionals participated...more

Employers Burdened By More New Laws

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/14/2015

The Oregon Legislature enacted several laws in 2015 that will significantly affect your workplace. The following laws go into effect Jan. 1, 2016: Paid Sick Leave - As expected, Oregon has enacted a mandatory paid sick leave...more

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