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[Webinar] Start Smart: Your Back-to-School Legal Toolkit for Managing Misconduct, Accommodations & Critical Contracts - August...

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As the new school year approaches, schools across Washington are not only preparing classrooms and lesson plans—they are anticipating a range of complex legal responsibilities. Staying ahead of legal risks is essential to...more

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Michigan Standard Employment Forms May No Longer Hold Up in Court: 2 Steps Employers Should Take Now

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The Michigan Supreme Court just ruled that many boilerplate forms employees sign on day one – sometimes known as adhesive employment agreements – are no longer automatically enforceable if they shorten the timeframe for...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

How to Address Applicants' Noncompetes During the Hiring Process

Imagine this: You are filling a senior level position. You review hundreds of resumes, conduct dozens of screening interviews, and coordinate final interviews of the top candidates. After selecting the company’s top choice,...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Surprise! Misleading Statements and Time Pressure May Render an Employer’s Arbitration Agreement Unenforceable

Employers have long been scrutinized for perceived unequal bargaining power when it comes to enforcement of company-drafted arbitration agreements. Indeed, both the California legislature and the courts have aimed to protect...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

[Webinar] Multijurisdictional Employers, Part 2: 2025 State-by-State Updates on Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation Agreements - July...

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As the legal landscape around restrictive covenants continues to evolve, staying ahead of changes in non-compete and non-solicitation laws is critical for employers, their HR professionals, and in-house counsel. Don’t miss...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

[Webinar] Employment Law Issues Impacting Health Care Practices - May 13th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am EST

Harris Beach Murtha invites you to join us as we discuss key employment law issues affecting physician practices in New York State. Topics will include Restrictive Covenants, Handling Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Paid...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Wage and Hour Around the Corner: From Zoom to Room Staying on Solid Legal Grounds with a Remote Staff or an Office Return

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The rules governing the employment relationship are always changing. Laws creating new employer obligations, technology solutions making work more efficient and more complicated, and rules governing the resolution of disputes...more

Bennett Jones LLP

BC Court of Appeal Confirms that the Duty of Honest Performance Does Not Extend to Pre-Contractual Dishonesty

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In Ocean Pacific Hotels Ltd. v Lee, 2025 BCCA 57, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia confirmed that the duty of honest performance in contract does not extend to pre-contractual negotiations....more

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5 Points Employers Need to Know About Germany’s New Bureaucracy Reduction Act IV

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Employers in Germany are facing a significant shift in labor law under a new act that aims to streamline administrative processes and reduce bureaucracy. The goal of the German Bureaucracy Reduction Act IV (BEG IV) — which...more

Offit Kurman

Adjusting Job Descriptions for Business Needs – What You Need to Know

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Changing an employee's job description during business restructuring can be tricky, especially when balancing business needs with legal requirements. Can human resource managers change an employee’s job description to align...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Personnel Considerations in Outsourcing Transactions

Each outsourcing transaction has its own unique characteristics and business drivers and, therefore, will include its own deal-specific terms. A key initial consideration to think about when beginning an outsourcing...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

[Event] Workplace Horizons 2025 - April 30th - May 2nd, New York, NY

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The leading educational and networking conference — from the premier firm for employment + labor law - Join us at Workplace Horizons 2025, where attorneys, in-house counsel and HR leaders come together to share and solve...more

Ius Laboris

Re-skilling and Up-skilling: How to Win the ‘War for Talent’

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The digitalisation of work is having a profound impact on the skills that employers need from their workforce, resulting in the competing challenges of skilled worker shortages and widespread redundancies. The solution to...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

A Parting Gift to Labor Markets: Outgoing Antitrust Enforcers Issue Revised Guidelines on Practices Affecting Workers, But Will...

In the final days of the Biden administration, the FTC and DOJ jointly issued antitrust guidelines on business practices that impact workers that replace the 2016 Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals, which...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Agencies Issue Antitrust Guidelines for Business Practices Impacting Workers

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On January 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (together, “the agencies”) jointly issued Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers. The newly issued guidelines...more

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FTC and DOJ Jointly Issue Antitrust Guidelines Related to Labor

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Practically on the eve of the inauguration, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ), jointly issued antitrust guidelines for business activities affecting workers. The FTC's...more

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Documentación laboral en Alemania: guía legal para directores de RRHH y asesores internos estadounidenses

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Los directores de RRHH y asesores internos de empresas estadounidenses que operan a escala internacional, pueden enfrentar retos al momento de presentar la documentación laboral para operar en otros países. Por ejemplo,...more

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German Employment Documentation Law: 5 Things U.S. HR Managers and In-House Counsel Need to Know

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Navigating another country’s legal requirements can be challenging for HR managers and in-house counsel, but companies that operate internationally should recognize that employment law systems outside the United States are...more

Bennett Jones LLP

New Regulations Regarding the Hiring Process: Key Dates and Information for Ontario Employers

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Ontario has recently published regulations offering employers further details on the new amendments to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) related to the hiring process....more

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Legal Precedent on Restrictive Covenants in Employment Agreements—A Case Study

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Employee restrictive covenants are often a contentious issue, especially when employees leave to form (or join) competing firms. A recent Alberta Court of King’s Bench decision, People Corporation v Quinn et al. (2024 ABKB...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

For Non-Signatories to Contract, Initial Question of Arbitrability Left Up to Court

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On November 6, 2024, in Isernia v. Danville Regional Medical Center, the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia issued an Opinion denying multiple defendants’ motion to compel arbitration. The...more

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FTC Appeals Order Striking Down Noncompete Ban

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On October 18, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appealed to the Fifth Circuit a Texas federal court’s decision to strike down the FTC’s nationwide noncompete ban. This comes hot on the heels of the FTC’s September 24,...more

Dentons

No Poaching Agreements Targeted by the NLRB

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In 2023, Chief Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Jennifer Abruzzo, issued two memorandums addressing non-disparagement agreements, non-competes, and a variety of other contractual terms such as...more

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Three Key Considerations in Crafting Effective Multistate Separation Agreements

One of the main reasons for a separation agreement with an employee is to obtain an effective release of claims against the employer. However, ensuring release agreements are effective and enforceable is becoming increasingly...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Navigating the Changing Landscape of Non-Compete Agreements: What Employers Need to Know

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The recent federal court ruling striking down the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule banning non-compete agreements has left many employers breathing a sigh of relief. However, this does not mean that non-compete...more

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