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A California Court of Appeal examines whether conflicting language in multiple arbitration-related documents undermines the parties' intent to arbitrate employment disputes. The decision addresses how courts should interpret procedural and substantive unconscionability when evaluating arbitration agreements containing PAGA waivers and class action provisions.

The California Supreme Court is considering the answer to the question of whether businesses have a duty to have defibrillators on hand.

As residents and employers on the East Coast are aware, Hurricane Florence is expected to make landfall shortly.

At the end of April, the State of California updated the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers list that was first issued in March in furtherance of Gov. Gavin Newsom's Stay At Home order.

New Jersey has officially adopted the Uniform Construction Code 2024, introducing significant updates to building, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and energy standards that will impact construction projects across the state. The new requirements bring enhanced permitting processes, expanded inspection oversight, and stricter energy conservation standards that construction companies and project owners must navigate.

The IRS recently released final 2015 forms that employers will use to report on health coverage they offer to their employees.

In Kopetic v. The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (April 12, 2018), Lewis Brisbois' client, a governmental entity who owns a container terminal in New York Harbor, was sued by an injured longshoreman...

On June 19, Governor Wolf announced that 12 of the remaining 13 counties in the Commonwealth's Yellow phase of reopening will be eligible to move into the Green phase this coming Friday, June 26. This list includes Philadelphia, ...

WEBINAR, Associated Builders and Contractors, Ohio Valley Chapter, April 17, 2020.

On December 7, 2021 a U.S. District Court judge in Georgia granted a nationwide preliminary injunction putting a hold on the Biden Administration's implementation of its Executive Order...

As we previously reported, on September 6, 2021, New York State Commissioner of Health Howard A. Zucker issued a designation determining COVID-19 to be "a highly contagious communicable disease that...

On April 20, 2021, the Department of Labor Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) issued guidance related to adverse reactions after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination.

On December 2, 2021, President Joe Biden made comments announcing the White House's plan for combating COVID-19 and the emerging new variant, Omicron.

High on that list is navigating hybrid work models and what a return to physical workplaces looks like – especially when, as our survey reveals, the percentage of employees who prefer remote or ...

On March 18, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") published its "Q&A About the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and COVID-19."

Activist investors continue to make liberal use of the SEC's Rule 14a-8 to submit proposals for inclusion in company proxy statements.

Last night, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (the "5th Circuit") granted the petitioners' motion for a stay pending judicial review of OSHA's COVID-19 Vaccination...

On the heels of other jurisdictions that have enacted similar legislation over the past few years (see links below), Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed the CROWN Act into law on July 26, 2022, making Massachusetts the 18th state to enact such protections.