Wage and Hour, Non-Solicitation Agreements, Corporate Counsel

Employer Cheat Sheet for Workplace Laws Taking Effect July 1

Fisher Phillips on 6/24/2025

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

Ending Where It Began?: DOJ No-Poach Prosecutions Take Another Hit

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP on 11/16/2023

The Department of Justice’s years-long campaign to criminally prosecute no-poach agreements may be taking a hiatus. On November 13, 2023, the DOJ moved to dismiss its indictment against Surgical Care Affiliates, LLC (“SCA”),...more

Crossing the Atlantic: Comparison of US and UK Employment Concepts

Cooley LLP on 4/5/2023

For US companies contemplating an expansion into the UK, there are a number of employment-related factors to consider, as the requirements for employers and rights of employees differ significantly across the pond. Below,...more

California Employment Law Year in Review: Important Developments of 2018

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 12/6/2018

2018 saw a number of new and important cases and other developments that affect California employers. U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Class Action Waivers - The U.S. Supreme Court finally and conclusively established that class...more

New Jersey Proposes to Drastically Restrict the Use of Non-Compete Agreements

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/7/2017

Last month, the New Jersey State Senate introduced Senate Bill 3518 (the “Bill”), which, if passed, will severely restrict the use and enforceability of employee non-compete agreements in the state of New Jersey. Most...more

Wage Suppression Antitrust Class Allegations Against Oracle Dismissed As Untimely

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/12/2016

A 2009 Department of Justice (“DOJ”) investigation of the employment and recruitment practices of a number of Silicon Valley technology companies resulted in DOJ lawsuits against seven companies, followed by consent decrees...more