Vicky Slade is an employment lawyer at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and co-leads the firm's DEI Counseling Practice.

New York employers who require repayment of signing bonuses and tuition payments from employees who voluntarily resign within a given period of time after payment may breathe a sigh of relief.

Paid Leave Oregon (PLO) and the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA) will undergo significant changes as of July 1, 2024.

On Tuesday, November 18, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction suspending enforcement of SB 261, one of the two laws that comprise California's Climate Accountability Package, against certain plaintiffs.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality just announced that it would not appeal a recent decision by the Oregon Court of Appeals invalidating the Climate Protection Program...

In Nauset, the contractor submitted a claim for additional time and money arising out of a construction project.

"It is well-settled that a terminated contractor's recovery is limited to the contract price, less the monies already paid to the contract during performance, plus settlement expenses.

Governor Hochul signed Senate Bill S6997A into law, enacting sweeping new administrative, enforcement, and penalty provisions applicable to utility pole owners and attachers across the state.

Last Friday, staff in the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau issued a report summarizing the results of the FCC's Lifeline broadband pilot program.

In a perfect world, every property owner would promptly pay their contractor's bill. Of course, we do not live in a perfect world.

Following years of bolstering residential tenant protections, Ordinance 126982 marks one of the City of Seattle's first major forays into policing...

Creating and distributing AI-generated content internationally implicates diverse—and often conflicting—laws. Part of a series: The Generative Slate...

On August 1, 2024, the Small Business Administration (SBA) will temporarily stop accepting applications for small-business certifications while it upgrades the certify.sba.gov website. This will affect new...

Alaska contractor, Slayden Plumbing & Heating, Inc., filed a lawsuit on November 5, 2025, in the U.S. District Court in Anchorage, Alaska, challenging the legality of a federal mandate requiring contractors...

As development picks up for the summer, Washington state property owners facing easement disputes will benefit from understanding the Uniform Easement Relocation Act (UERA), 64.65 RCW, which came into effect last year.

Much of the nation's infrastructure, from energy to transportation, depends upon telecommunications for safe and efficient operation.

Advertisers must certify that they are not buying stations' ad time with discriminatory intent