The End of COVID Waivers and Exceptions: What Now?
I Wish I Knew What I Know Now: Conversations with AGG on FDA Issues - Fee Waivers for Small Businesses: Who Qualifies for the Small Business User Fee Waiver for Drugs and Biologics and How to Apply
NGE On Demand: COVID-19 and IP Waiver for Patent Protection with Kevin O'Connor and Olivia Luk Bedi
Prohibitions on Use of Chinese Telecommunications Equipment and Services, Complying with the NDAA
COVID-19: Where are we now?
Compliance Perspectives: Changes to the Physician Self-Referral and Anti-Kickback Rules
Value-based health care: fraud & abuse laws
What patients misunderstand about their right of informed consent
Bill on Bankruptcy: ResCap Report, a Bargain at $83 Million
In this issue we discuss the new Labour government’s proposals to strengthen protections for employees; an Employment Appeal Tribunal decision that affirmed that an employee’s waiver of future claims that were unknown at the...more
On March 22, 2024, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law that amends the state’s Child Labor Law to allow minors sixteen and seventeen years of age to work more hours....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 26, 2023, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (“FMCSA”) announced they would be accepting comments from the public in response to multiple petitions requesting waivers from the...more
Acknowledging uncommon market conditions, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced Technical Update Number 23-1 (the Update), which provides a one-time waiver of certain reporting requirements for some...more
What Happens to the “Non-individual” PAGA Claims Now that Viking River Cruises Compels Arbitration of the “Individual” PAGA Claim? The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana was widely seen...more
Recent disruptions in the financial services sector as well as an economic downturn in certain industries, including high tech, may create an immediate and unanticipated liquidity crisis for impacted employers. When faced...more
Providing medical information about a person is a highly sensitive personal matter. Asking for it as part of the hiring process raises difficulties in relation to both Israeli labor and privacy protection laws. Employers may...more
The United States Supreme Court recently resolved a circuit split regarding when a party has waived its contractual right to arbitrate by participating in litigation prior to seeking to arbitrate a dispute. In Morgan v....more
On May 23, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, decided Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., No. 21-328, in favor of an employee who sued her employer, a Taco Bell franchisee, for wage theft. The Court concluded that...more
Resolving an issue over when a party has waived their right to arbitrate, the United States Supreme Court recently granted plaintiff’s a major victory, holding that litigants are no longer required to show prejudice when...more
The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA 740 ILCS 14/1 et seq.) requires businesses to notify individuals before collecting their biometric identifiers such as fingerprints (click here to read our previous client...more
In a matter of first impression, the Monmouth County Law Division in Janco v. Bay Ridge Automotive Management Corp., found that a former employee’s claims brought under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination were subject...more
Last week, we looked at some of the concerns businesses face when they consider whether to let an employee work the duration of their notice period or if it’s better to cut ties quickly. Read about the issues that notice...more
Every HR manager has had that moment where they’re trying to decide whether or not to waive a notice period for an employee who is terminating. Many also have a trickle of doubt about the repercussions waiving the notice...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”)—the agency tasked with enforcing federal labor laws—was deputized by Congress in 1972 with authority to bring lawsuits against employers for violating anti-discrimination...more
After a seemingless endless wait, news of COVID vaccine distribution has business owners, government offices and school district administrators faced with a legal question they could not have foreseen at the beginning of...more
When weighing liability risks arising from employees contracting COVID-19 at the workplace, many employers instinctively turn to the liability waiver, a document that — in theory — will protect the employer against lawsuits...more
As states allow businesses to reopen and employers begin returning to the workplace, questions arise regarding the potential liability of employers if employees and consultants contract COVID-19 in the workplace—which might...more
As businesses begin to re-open and re-engage their workforce, and in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is worth exploring requiring your employees (and in certain circumstances, customers) to execute a liability...more
With employees returning to work and companies reopening their doors to customers, employers are looking for ways to limit liability related to potential COVID-19 cases contracted in the workplace. To do so, many are...more
The COVID-19 crisis has led to much uncertainty regarding continuing pay for employees who are unable to work from home, as well as overall job security, in the face of employers’ financial uncertainty....more
On January 21, 2020, the governor of New Jersey signed into law arguably the most stringent provisions governing plant closings and mass layoffs in the nation. Senate Bill 3170, which goes into effect on July 19, 2020, amends...more
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed into law a bill which, effective immediately, prohibits employers from accessing information on employees’ or dependents’ reproductive health without prior consent....more
As of November 8, 2019, New York State prohibits employment discrimination based on an employee’s or a dependent’s “reproductive health decision making.” The New York State Legislature passed the bill in January 2019, and...more
A flurry of critical cases have issued out of the NLRB over the past two weeks. The latest is the Board’s decision in MV Transportation, 368 NLRB No. 66 (2019), and the Board’s decision provides critical cover to employers...more