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Fisher Phillips

Employer Cheat Sheet for Workplace Laws Taking Effect July 1

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Most employers are prepared for new laws at the start of each year – but did you know that a heap of new workplace laws take effect at the halfway point? Here’s your employer cheat sheet to prepare for July 1 effective dates…...more

BakerHostetler

In Case You Missed It - Here Are California’s New Employment Laws for 2025

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The California minimum wage has now increased from $16 per hour to $16.50 per hour. Correspondingly, the minimum salary threshold for exempt employees has increased to $68,640 annually, $5,720 monthly or $1,320 weekly....more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

California Supreme Court Cases Employers Should Watch in 2025

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The California Supreme Court issued several important decisions in 2024 about issues such as the application of PAGA to public employees and the definition of “hours worked.” Several cases are pending before the state’s high...more

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SEC Again Cracks Down on Companies That Restrict Whistleblowers

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As discussed in our December 15, 2023 client alert, the SEC has waged an aggressive effort to enforce alleged violations of the whistleblower protection rule.  On September 9, 2024, the SEC announced settled charges resulting...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The SEC Reminds Companies Not to Forget the ‘S’ in ESG: Activision Blizzard Reaches $35 Million Settlement Over Disclosure...

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Key Points - On February 3, 2023, Activision Blizzard settled charges with the SEC, agreeing to pay $35 million to resolve novel claims that the company failed to maintain adequate disclosure controls to track workplace...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

How Safe Is That Harbor? The Impact of the Defend Trade Secrets Act's Whistleblower Immunity Provision on a Trade Secret Owner's...

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Imagine that your company has just commenced an internal compliance investigation in response to an allegation that the company is violating various federal laws. The next day, a longtime employee with access to the company’s...more

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation

The Whistle Keeps Blowing: SEC Whistleblower Office Releases Its 2017 Annual Report

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The SEC released its Fiscal Year 2017 Annual Report (the “Report”) to Congress on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program on November 16, 2017. The Report analyzes the tips received over the last twelve months by the SEC’s...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Supreme Court To Clarify Who Is A Whistleblower Under The Dodd-Frank Act; Employers Have A Reason To Be Hopeful

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Following oral argument, employers can be cautiously optimistic that the U.S. Supreme Court will hold that the Dodd-Frank Act’s anti-retaliation protections apply only to those employees who have made a...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Supreme Court Preview: 2017-2018 Term

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The U.S. Supreme Court will begin its 2017-2018 Term with no shortage of cases significant to employers and businesses. Cases to watch involve questions about employment arbitration agreements, Dodd-Frank Act’s protections of...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

A Review of Recent Whistleblower Developments

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SEC Brings First Stand-Alone Whistleblower Retaliation Enforcement Action - On September 29, 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought its first stand-alone whistleblower retaliation case under...more

The Volkov Law Group

5 Key Takeaways from AB InBev SEC FCPA Settlement

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The Justice Department and the SEC have been busy over the last 2 weeks in the FCPA arena. For those who have raised doubts about DOJ and the SEC’s continuing commitment to FCPA enforcement, you should forever hold your...more

Ladas & Parry LLP

Trade Secrets: Changes In The Law On Protection Of Trade Secrets In The United States And European Union

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Concerns about trade secret theft have been increasing in both the United States and Europe in recent years. Traditionally, American law disfavored trade secret protection vis à vis patenting on the basis that publication of...more

Littler

OSHA Joins the SEC in Attacking Confidentiality and Other Provisions in Private Settlement Agreements

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On September 15, 2016, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released new policy guidelines for its review of private settlement agreements presented to the agency for approval in whistleblowing...more

Maynard Nexsen

OSHA Issues Rules for Food Safety Whistleblower Cases

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On April 18, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued final procedural rules for investigating whistleblower cases under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act Clears the Senate: Is the Uniform Act on Life Support?

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The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved a bill increasing the protections available to companies for their commercial secrets. The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA or the Act) provides for the first time a truly...more

Littler

OSHA Continues to Turn Up the Volume on Whistleblowing

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Rushing to put final rules in place before the current Administration’s term ends, on March 17, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its final rule for implementing the whistleblower...more

Epstein Becker & Green

OSHA’s New Whistleblower Investigations Manual Lowers Pleading Standards

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) just changed the way that it evaluates whistleblower retaliation complaints in a manner that should concern employers in nearly every industry. This is important...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New Year, 7 New Laws in Oregon: What You Need to Know Going Into 2016

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Oregon decided to participate in New Year’s resolutions this year. As the season becomes colder, Oregon employers will be required to follow a host of new laws passed by the state legislature that will significantly affect...more

Miller Canfield

Job Applicant Denied Whistleblower Protection in Sixth Circuit

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Job applicants lack standing to bring whistleblower retaliation claims under the False Claims Act (FCA) and the Energy Reorganization Act (ERA) because they are not “employees,” according to the Sixth Circuit Court of...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Court Allows Counterclaim Against Whistleblower for Breach of Employment Agreement

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A federal court in New Jersey has permitted a defendant in a False Claims case to defend itself on the grounds that the whistleblower/ex-employees breached their employment agreements by using and disclosing confidential...more

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