Every year, private sector employers with 100 or more employees, and federal contractors with 50 or more employees who met certain criteria, are required to submit workforce demographic data to the federal Equal Employment…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Trees are beginning to bloom, and bees are buzzing in flower fields as spring is officially underway. As summertime approaches and temperatures continue to rise, employers should be prepared for “Spring Things,” such as…
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/ Education Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Commercial contracts tend to be full of “boilerplate provisions” that, to paraphrase Mark Twain’s assessment of classic novels, everyone knows are important, but no one actually reads.
When COVID-19 struck, manufacturers…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been a regular topic of the flurry of executive orders issued by President Trump since his inauguration. Even before his return to the Oval Office, there was speculation…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
It has been 50 days since the Trump administration took office, and there remains a tsunami of activity surrounding executive actions and announcements across the federal government. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
In putting together our thoughts on this post, it was hard not to think about the elephant in the room (see what I did there?). The change in administration has already brought significant changes in our nation’s environmental…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Toxic Torts
On January 21, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the Order), revoking Executive Order 11246, the long-standing order that required federal…
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/ Civil Rights, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
On January 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (collectively, the Agencies) released the updated Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers (the…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law
As we look ahead to 2025, several important labor and employment law changes, planned and potential, are on the horizon. With President Trump set to return to the Oval Office on January 20, 2025, labor and employment law…
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/ Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law
As most manufacturers know, the Connecticut Legislature passed significant amendments to the Connecticut Paid Sick Leave (PSL) law, which are set to go into effect on January 1, 2025, and pertains to employers with 25 or more…
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/ Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law
As the Biden-Harris administration draws to a close, EPA has issued its third annual report touting the progress made under the PFAS Strategic Roadmap.
In the report, EPA notes the major legal, technical, and policy…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Toxic Torts
Last week, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated and set aside the United States Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule raising the minimum salary threshold for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
What are you hearing? What do the “multiples” look like in my [insert sub-industry] in manufacturing?…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Mergers & Acquisitions
There is no greater Halloween horror for employers than a workplace celebration that creates legal risks such as inappropriate costumes or safety hazards, among other issues. Thus, there are many considerations when planning an…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
The recent enforcement activities of the newest federal strike force serve as a warning to U.S. manufacturers and other businesses involved in the export of products that the government is doubling down on prosecuting trade…
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/ Criminal Law, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
