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Amended Legislation Statutory Damages

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Washington State’s Revised Personnel File Law - Effective July 2025

On May 13, 2025, Washington State enacted Substitute House Bill (SHB) 1308, which goes into effect on July 27, 2025. This new law amends RCW 49.12.240 and 49.12.250, significantly changing employer’s obligations regarding...more

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Washington Legislature Loosens the Equal Pay Opportunity Act Vise on Employers

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The Washington State legislature recently passed SB 5408, amending the Equal Pay and Opportunity Act (“EPOA”). The EPOA was originally enacted to decrease the gender wage gap by requiring employers to include the salary range...more

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Year in Review: 2024 BIPA Litigation Takeaways

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Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) continues to drive a wave of privacy-related litigation across the United States, though a 2024 amendment to the act—the first since BIPA’s enactment in 2008—may slow the...more

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Breaking BIPA News: Illinois Curtails Massive Damage Awards in Biometric Cases

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Nearly one and a half years after the Illinois Supreme Court saddled businesses with the potential for massive damage awards under the state’s landmark biometric law, Governor J.B. Pritzker just signed into law amendments...more

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Effective November 1: Amendment of PRC Trademark Law Aims to Combat Bad Faith Applications

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On April 23, 2019, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China promulgated the fourth revision of the Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China which will come into effect...more

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Employee Privacy by Design: Guidance for Employers Beginning to Comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act

On September 13, 2019, the California Senate and Assembly unanimously passed an amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) that places onerous obligations on employers and entitles employees to statutory...more

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