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The fashion industry’s legal makeover: What the New York State Fashion Workers Act means for the fashion world

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The New York State Fashion Workers Act (“FWA”), effective June 19, represents a significant shift in labor protections for the modeling industry. As the first U.S. law to impose fiduciary duties, contract transparency, and AI...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Wolfspeed, Durham-Based Semiconductor Producer, Fighting Financial Peril in the Market and Employee Exits in the Courts

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Wolfspeed, a Durham-based silicon carbide semiconductor business, has plenty on its plate these days amid media reports of an impending bankruptcy reorganization. While such a filing would be aimed at a short(ish) judicial...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

One Court Permits Tobacco Premium Surcharge Claims to Proceed Beyond the Pleading Stage, While Dispositive Motions Remain Pending...

In fall 2024, plaintiffs filed a wave of putative class action lawsuits against employers challenging wellness programs that impose a health coverage premium surcharge on participants if they do use tobacco or do not complete...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Court Issues a Double-Barreled Rejection of Litigants’ Common Interest Doctrine Claims

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The common interest doctrine can sometimes protect as privileged communications between separately represented clients. But litigants seeking the doctrine’s protection face many hurdles and often fail....more

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Does ERISA Work?

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On Labor Day, September 2, 1974, Gerald Ford signed the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) into law. ERISA governs the employee benefit plans (i.e., retirement and welfare plans) of most private employers in...more

A&O Shearman

Pensions in dispute - March 2025

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Welcome to our quarterly pensions litigation briefing, designed to help pensions managers identify key risks in scheme administration, and trustees update their knowledge and understanding. This briefing highlights recent...more

Saul Ewing LLP

The Friday Five: Five ERISA Litigation Highlights - March 2025

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This month’s Friday Five addresses cases covering ERISA preemption, the viability of a claim for benefits where the claimant alleges to have not received notice of a prior claim denial, an affirmance by the Circuit Court of a...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Key Update on WARN Act: Bankruptcy Court Limits Employer Liability in Mass Layoffs

The Federal Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers to give workers 60 days’ written notice of a plant closing or mass termination. In the latest update to an important case interpreting the...more

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Couture Compliance? The Fashion Workers Act Imposes New Labor Protections for Industry Workers

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On December 21, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the New York State Fashion Workers Act, which imposes new regulatory obligations on fashion companies, advertising agencies, model management companies, and...more

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP

WARN Update: Delaware Bankruptcy Court Issues Decision Analyzing the Application of the WARN Act in Chapter 11

The Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification Act (“WARN Act”), as well as certain state statutes, require employers to provide employees with advance notice of a plant closing or a mass layoff. A company’s failure to provide...more

White & Case LLP

COVID-19: UAE's Government Financial Assistance Measures

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This alert focuses on the position for onshore businesses in the UAE as well as in the Dubai International Financial Centre (the “DIFC”) and the Abu Dhabi Global Market (the “ADGM”) free zones.It sets out the measures being...more

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A WARNing to Directors and Officers — Failure to give proper WARN Act notice may breach your fiduciary duty

At first glance, Stanziale v. MILK072011, looks like someone suing over a bad expiration date and conjures up images of Ron Burgundy proclaiming “milk was a bad choice.” But in actuality Stanziale is much more interesting: it...more

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