Recent decisions signal that courts will carefully scrutinize "no-hire" and "no-poaching" agreements between companies, and that the enforceability of such agreements is not guaranteed.

As part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), employers with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees must offer qualifying health care coverage to their full-time employees or pay a tax.

The newly enacted Workplace Know Your Rights Act requires California employers to provide employees annually and at the time of hire with a stand-alone written notice of key workplace rights.

The amount contributed can be provided pre-tax, but it must be reported on an employee's Form W-2.

Familiarity might breed contempt, but it seems nothing brings out the detractors like success

For many years, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has required that sellers who solicit buyers to order merchandise through mail or telephone have a reasonable basis to expect that they can ship ordered merchandise within the time frame they advertise or, if they do not specify a time frame, within 30 days.

On January 18, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed suit against the nation's largest student loan servicer, Navient Corporation, alleging a litany of bad acts in the servicing of private and federal student loans that, if true, would mean shoddy and suspect practices may have already robbed students and their families of the opportunity for financial stability and success.

In the wake of the global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued dozens of warning letters to various companies...

Google recently announced that it will no longer act as a service provider to advertisers under California law for certain Google services starting July 1, 2023 (when California Privacy Rights Act...

A third version of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) draft regulations were released by the California Attorney General's (AG)

States, backed by brick-and-mortar stores, have been in a long-running battle with Internet vendors to collect sales taxes for online sales by out-of-state Internet retailers to their residents.

The massive data breach at Equifax has quickly spurred a number of lawsuits on behalf of consumers. That was to be expected.

The FTC remains focused on seeking monetary relief – and will be able to seek civil penalties of up to $50,120 for violations of the CARS Rule.

Staples has agreed to pay $2 million to end a class action filed in California federal court alleging that the company engaged in deceptive rewards program practices.

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), signed into law by President Biden on March 11, 2021, included a voluntary extension of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA).

Effective March 18, 2019, New York City employers with four or more employees must provide lactation rooms to nursing employees that meet certain minimum requirements

Several changes recently went into effect for New Jersey's law requiring employers to provide notice when shutting down a facility or conducting a mass layoff.

Wells Fargo is being put on a highly restrictive diet by the Federal Reserve and won't get any relief until its compliance and governance shape up. Under the terms of the Fed's Consent Order ...

While 2015 saw the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) increase its focus on social media campaigns, native advertising, and data security and privacy...

Regulators and industry members continued to focus attention on children's privacy, particularly in response to the rush of technology involving child-directed toys and child-directed apps.