Like many troublesome legal concepts, "reasonable accommodation," a cornerstone of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), seems simple enough at first glance.

On August 3, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency released its Final Rule to regulate Carbon Dioxide emissions from existing power plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act; commonly referred to as the Clean Power Plan.

"Green" construction means different things to different people, but it seems that every owner, developer, property manager, elementary and higher education campus, employer, and board room wants a "green" building. Contracts and insurance products need to be tailored to be certain that your project's goals are insurable.

In the event a plan participant files bankruptcy—typically chapter 7 or 13—a number of issues can arise for a pension plan. Since the modern Bankruptcy Code of 1978 was enacted, many courts...

The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA) became law on December 27, 2020, and many of its provisions took effect in December 2021. A few remaining provisions became effective...

In the short time since the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on January 5, 2023, released its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the Non-Compete Clause Rule, much has been written about it and its potential effects.

It is commonly understood that under the FMLA, an eligible employee of a covered employer is entitled to 12 workweeks of leave during a 12-month period for the birth of a child, the placement of a child for adoption or foster care, . . .

$1.6 billion is estimated to be invested in 3D printing in 2015. More staggering is that the amount of investment is predicted to escalate to $13.4 billion by 2018.

It may seem counterintuitive for banks and other lenders to provide loans to companies in bankruptcy, but they often do.

After decades of declining numbers, organized labor has achieved a flurry of notable organizing successes so far in 2022, including in businesses and industries previously ignored by union organizers.

Indiana has become the first state after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization to pass a nearly total ban on abortion. On Friday, August 5, Governor...

Masks, quarantine, social distancing, hand-sanitizer, super-spreader events, all may be new parts of your daily vocabulary thanks to the COVID-19 world pandemic.

The world in which we live and work has changed drastically in the last 24 months. An evaluation of today's business landscape would be impossible to conduct without considering the extent to ...

The text of the ADAAA expresses Congress' intention to broaden the definition and coverage of the term "disability."

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("ACA") imposes an "excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage" through Section 4980I of the Internal Revenue Code ("Code").

Workers' compensation systems are generally designed to cover the costs of any injuries or accidents that occur on the job. While each state has its own specific regulations, most require the injury to be work-related.

In a recent decision illustrative of the war on overbroad language in employee non-compete agreements, one court made it clear that trying to use "catch all" language and "blue pencil" provisions may backfire in a big way.

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act prohibits "unsolicited advertisements" sent to fax machines. 47 U.S.C. § 227(b)(1)(C). But when is a fax considered an "advertisement" for purposes of the TCPA?

On July 8, 2021, Colorado became the third state in the country to pass a comprehensive privacy law, following what seems to be a national trend. The Colorado Privacy Act (CPA)...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on November 9, 2020 settled with Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (Zoom) over the company's problematic approach to cybersecurity dating back to at least 2016.