As civil liberties continue to be politicized, consumers have a growing expectation for the private sector to be part of the solution and fill the trust gap between consumers, government...

As the Massachusetts legislative session comes to a close on July 31, there has been a renewed push for a bill that would "reform" current Massachusetts common law by placing various procedural and substantive restrictions on employee noncompetition agreements.

In a recent decision, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge clarified the standard for determining whether employers must pay employees for time spent on meal breaks under Massachusetts law.

Yesterday, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ("PWFA") into law.

Last week, Governor Deval Patrick signed into law "An Act Relative to Gender Identity," also known as the Massachusetts Transgender Equal Rights Bill. This law, which will go into effect in July 2012, extends the state’s equal rights provisions to transgendered individuals by prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity in employment, housing, credit and education.

On August 25, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board implemented a rule which requires virtually all private employers in the United States to post notices about workers’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act.

New York has passed a new law intended to ensure that workers are permitted to take lawful absences from work without being penalized.

On May 1, 2019, the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave announced that it is extending two deadlines for compliance with the new Paid Family and Medical Leave Act.

President Biden promised during his campaign that if elected he would take federal action against non-competition agreements.

Yesterday, President Obama signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, which changes the time period for filing a charge of discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Rehabilitation Act.

On December 1, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor's new overtime rule will take effect. Most significantly, effective December 1, 2016...

On December 9, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held in Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk, that Amazon warehouse employees were not entitled to pay for the time spent waiting to go through security checks at the end of their shifts.

Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court clarified the scope of the anti-retaliation provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), holding that oral complaints by employees may constitute protected activity.

It’s always satisfying to find an open-minded judge who is willing to change his decision when he is shown to be wrong, but Judge Greisbach of the Eastern District of Wisconsin may be crossing the line from open-mindedness into a chronic inability to make up his mind.

In our recent alert, we noted that while a Texas federal court's decision in Ryan LLC v. FTC to preliminarily enjoin the FTC's noncompete rule applied only to the parties in the case, there was still potential...

On May 18, 2020, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule eliminating a list of businesses prohibited from taking advantage of the commission sales exemption...

US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has announced that beginning October 1, 2017...

Trade secrets are essential to compete and grow most businesses.

Earlier this month, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a bill prohibiting employers from asking job candidates about their salary history. The new law will go into effect on October 31, 2017.

Cyberattacks on the energy sector have been rapidly growing since 2017, and we saw an all-time high of cyberattack events on the sector in 2022.