Under the National Labor Relations Act, a quorum of the NLRB consists of three members.

On August 12, 2013, Governor Brown signed SB 292, which amends California’s law prohibiting harassment to clarify that sexual harassment need not be motivated by sexual desire.

The NYDFS announced that it will consider formal proposals and applications for the establishment of regulated virtual currency exchanges operating in NY.

On October 28, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") finalized Rule 18f-4 under the Investment Company Act; a new rule designed to provide an updated and comprehensive framework

Today, the USPTO issued a memorandum providing guidance on the use of Applicant Admitted Prior Art ("AAPA"). The guidance limits the use of AAPA, stating "admissions by the applicant

On July 17, the PTAB posted two representative/informative opinions on its website. One dealt with the scope of estoppel, and the other with discovery requests.

The amended accredited investor definition will become effective December 8, 2020. We previously posted a blog regarding the SEC's recent expansion of the accredited investor definition

On January 23, 2014, the New York Department of Financial Services released details relating to its public hearing on the regulation of virtual currencies, which will be held on January 28th and 29th in New York City.

The practical takeaway from the Early case (and many others like it issuing regularly from Georgia's appellate courts) is the importance of auditing key existing agreements containing restrictive covenants.

Often times, commercial entities will give to charity by donating a certain portion of sales to the charity.

Two years ago, the National Labor Relations Board published a rule that would require all employers covered by the National Labor Relations Act to post a workplace notice informing employees of their rights under that Act.

The IRS has issued Notice 2020-65, which implements President Trump's August 8 memorandum calling for a deferral of withholding of the employee portion of payroll taxes attributable to certain wages

Under the previous standard, a company such as a franchisor could be a joint employer if it had direct and immediate control over working conditions.

FinCEN issued an administrative ruling clarifying the circumstances in which a dealer in foreign exchange may accept alternative travel documents as ID.

On November 14, 2013, the New York Department of Financial Services ("NYDFS") issued a Notice of Intent ("Notice") to hold a hearing on Bitcoin and other virtual currencies in their continued effort to establish the appropriate regulatory guidelines and standards for this emerging form of currency.

Cyber risk events – hacking and other forms of data privacy breach – unquestionably have hit the big time.

Gorski v. The Gymboree Corp., 14-CV-01314-LHK, 2014 WL 3533324 (N.D. Cal. July 16, 2014)

The Los Angeles Clippers are in the news again: this time for an ill-advised promotional text message marketing campaign.

The Internal Revenue Service recently issued final regulations under Internal Revenue Code section 336(e) which provide for an election to treat certain qualified stock dispositions as asset sales, similar to a Section 338(h)(10) Election.

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") entered an order ("Order") yesterday against a broker-dealer for failing to retain text messages relating to the firm's business.