Employer Liability Issues, Change in Control

Executive Contracts: What’s Common and What to Look For

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 7/30/2025

For both employers and executives, having a well-drafted executive employment agreement is key to defining the relationship between an employer and one of its most important employees. The contract also sets the parties’...more

New Job Protections for New Jersey Health Care Workers Following Changes in Control of Their Health Care Entity Employer

Epstein Becker & Green on 11/18/2022

Effective November 16, 2022, non-governmental health care entities must offer eligible employees continued employment for at least four months following a change in control without any reduction in their wages and benefits –...more

Ready for a Sale? Part 2: Change in Control Provisions and Treatment of Outstanding Equity Compensation

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits on 5/25/2022

This blog post is Part 2 in the “Ready for a Sale?” series, which is aimed at getting the human resources, benefits, and executive compensation functions of your organization ready for a potential sale or similar corporate...more

New Jersey Enacts Last-Minute Bill Tying the Hands of Successor Hotels

Littler on 1/18/2022

On January 18, 2022, Governor Philip D. Murphy signed NJ A6246 / S4295, which significantly restricts the business discretion of successor hotels. The New Jersey Senate and General Assembly passed this bill by an overwhelming...more

California Enacts a Raft of New Employment Legislation

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 10/21/2015

The latest legislative session has just ended, and, true to form, the California Legislature has added more than a dozen new laws affecting employers doing business in the nation’s largest state. These statutes are in...more

Bad Faith Termination Can Be Good ERISA Interference Claim

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog on 11/15/2013

It is not uncommon for employers to have executive severance plans that pay substantial severance if an executive loses employment in connection with a change in control. In a recent federal district court decision, a former...more