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Fisher Phillips

Maine Approves 12 Private Insurance Plans for Paid Family and Medical Leave Program: What Employers Must Know About Private Plan...

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The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) just announced that it has certified 12 fully insured, private policies providing paid family and medical leave (PFML) coverage that employers may use to meet their obligations under the...more

Cooley LLP

From Employee to Plaintiff: What to Do When You Get Sued by a Former Employee in the US

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Getting sued by a former employee can be a stressful experience for any employer, especially for a company that has just started to grow its workforce and is not experienced with these kinds of claims. Unfortunately, the cost...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

[Webinar] 2024 Construction Law Forum - October 16th, 10:00 am PT

We invite you to attend a complimentary virtual event hosted by Procopio’s Construction & Infrastructure Law attorneys, along with guest industry experts, on Wednesday, October 16, 2024. This engaging half-day program will...more

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Bermuda Regulatory Outlook 2024

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As we enter 2024 the myriad of regulatory changes can appear overwhelming. We are here to help and have set out below some key changes and issues that can impact Bermuda entities. Bermuda has introduced a corporate income tax...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Wage and Hour Violation Exclusion Applies to Allegations of Untimely Payments in Connection with Scheme to Underpay Employees

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A Pennsylvania federal court, applying Pennsylvania law, held that a policy’s Wage and Hour Violation exclusion applied to the entirety of underlying class actions that alleged the insured employer schemed to underpay its...more

Carlton Fields

NLRB Stacks Deck in Favor of Employees: Employers Must Play Cards Defensively or Go Bust

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The National Labor Relations Board has made a series of employee-friendly moves over the past few months that have significant adverse implications for employers, including those in the insurance and securities industries....more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Employment-Related Litigation Risks and Insurance Coverage for Hospitality Companies in 2023

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Entering 2023, businesses in the hospitality industry continue to face significant litigation risks arising out of employment-related claims. In this article, we will highlight three areas of employment-related litigation...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 30th Annual Employment Practices Liability Insurance Conference - January 25th - 26th, New York, NY

ACI’s Forum on Employment Practices Liability Insurance is returning to New York City on January 25 – 26, 2022! IN-PERSON and LIVESTREAM options available. This annual conference is the one-stop, must-attend meeting place...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Food and Beverage Law Update: July 2021

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"The overwhelming majority of courts have concluded that neither COVID-19 nor the governmental orders associated with it cause or constitute property loss or damage for purposes of insurance coverage." So concluded the...more

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One ESTOPP Shop: The Ninth Circuit Weighs In On The Use Of Equitable Estoppel To Compel Arbitration In Two Recent Decisions

When can you compel arbitration of a putative class action? The law is developing quickly and still doesn’t provide a crystal clear answer. The Ninth Circuit recently weighed in on two cases examining what happens when the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Food and Beverage Law Update: March 2021

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Insurers have prevailed in several lawsuits filed by restaurants in connection with losses related to COVID-19. For example, in Emerald Coast Restaurants, Inc. v. Aspen Specialty Ins. Co., No. 3:20cv5898-TKW-HTC, 2020 WL...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

Striking the Right Balance: Rep & Warranty Due Diligence Coverage

Rep and Warranty Insurance (RWI) generally provides coverage for financial losses resulting from breaches of representations and warranties made by target companies or sellers in company purchase agreements. Like all...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] Employment Practices Liability Insurance - January 26th - 28th, 10:15 am - 4:15 pm EST

29th Annual Employment Practices Liability Insurance - ACI’s 29th Annual Employment Practices Liability Insurance conference returns on January 26-28, 2021 in an interactive, virtual format! This yearly conference is the...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Oil and Gas, Cable, Shopping, Pet Sitting, and Shipping Companies Lose Ground in Independent Contractor Misclassification Cases:...

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In October, a diverse group of industries experienced adverse court rulings defending independent contractor classification class and collective action cases. Two cases involved courts granting conditional certification of...more

BCLP

UK HR Two Minute Monthly: philosophical belief; equal pay; sexual harassment

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Our February 2020 update outlines key UK employment law developments from January. It includes cases on ethical veganism as a philosophical belief, equal pay and the difficulties in defending such claims, the impact of the...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

EPLI Wage and Hour Law Exclusion Bars Some, But Not All, Claims Pled in Employee Class Action for Labor Code Violations

In Southern Cal. Pizza Co., LLC v. Certain Underwriters, etc. (No. G056243, filed 8/27/19), a California appeals court held that an employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) policy exclusion for wage and hour or...more

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New Jersey District Court Rules Insurance Agents Appropriately Classified as Independent Contractors

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In a state where the independent contractor model is under attack and squarely in the crosshairs of multiple enforcement agencies, a New Jersey federal court refused to allow independent insurance agents to convert their...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Insurance Agent for Northwestern Mutual Found to be Independent Contractor, Not Employee

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In a very favorable ruling for insurance companies, a federal district court on May 6 held that Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company had not misclassified as an independent contractor (IC) a life insurance agent who...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Second Favorable Ruling for Insurance Companies on Independent Contractor Misclassification

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Following on the heels of a very favorable decision by a federal appellate court earlier this year that insurance agents for American Family Insurance were not misclassified by the company as independent contractors in a...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Insurance Policy’s Promise to Advance Claims Expense for Covered Claims Does Not Create a Duty to Defend

In United Farm Workers of America v. Hudson Insurance Company, (E.D. Cal.) 2019 WL 1517568, the United Farm Workers of America union (UFW) sued Hudson Insurance Company for breach of contract and bad faith arising out of a...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Amazon announced yesterday that it will immediately raise the minimum wage it pays to all 250,000 of its employees (and the 100k it plans to hire for the holiday season) to at least $15/hour, more than double the current...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Helping Handbook for Those Affected by Northern California Wildfires 2017-2018

This handbook provides an overview of some issues that individuals, families, and small businesses may face as a result of the wildfires, mudslides, and related disasters that hit Southern California in December 2017 and...more

Snell & Wilmer

Under Construction - December 2017

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Letter from the Editor - Welcome to the final 2017 edition of our Under Construction newsletter. It is hard to believe that 2018 is right around the corner! In this issue, we highlight several topics affecting the...more

Carlton Fields

New York Appellate Court Sides Against The Second Circuit And Holds Class Action Waivers Violate The NLRA

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Plaintiffs, former insurance agents for defendants New York Life Insurance Company and its related companies, brought a putative class action seeking recovery for allegedly illegal wage deductions and violations of overtime...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Massachusetts Supreme Court Ruling will Lead to More Disappointments for Employers who Purchase EPLI Policies

Are you sleeping better knowing that you have purchased Employment Practices Liability Insurance (“EPLI”) to cover your company against employment claims? Well it may be time to wake up....more

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