The Department of Justice's National Security Division declined to prosecute Robert Bosch GmbH despite alleged re-exports of over $70 million in sensor products to Huawei without required authorizations. What factors led DOJ to forgo criminal charges in this significant export control case, and what does this decision signal about the value of voluntary self-disclosure and cooperation in national security matters?

Certain to become a major factor in employment litigation, an opinion issued by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 23, 2020 clarifies the burden for plaintiffs to meet in discrimination claims filed...

Earlier this summer, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released its revised Case Processing Manual.

In May 2016, we brought you a client alert detailing the U.S. DOL changes to the minimum salary level for the executive, administrative, and professional exemptions to $913 per week, or $47,476 per year.

On March 29, 2021, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Florida Statute 768.38, granting significant protections to business entities, educational institutions, governmental entities

In a unanimous decision issued January 25, 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court held in Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, et al., 2019 Ill. LEXIS 7...

On June 9, 2022, Governor Pritzker signed the Family Bereavement Leave Act...

On January 1, 2021, Massachusetts increased its minimum wage to $13.50 per hour (from $12.75 per hour). The Bay State will continue to raise this wage annually in steps ($0.75 per year)...

As a result of a new ordinance passed by Philadelphia City Council, employers, labor organizations, and employment agencies in Philadelphia may not require a prospective employee to submit...

Tampa, Fla. (June 29, 2022) - The Florida Third District Court of Appeal unanimously expanded the rights of private employees to sue for workplace discrimination under a local Miami-Dade County ordinance.

Our recent alert described the OSHA emergency temporary standard (ETS) – promulgated on November 5, 2021 – requiring vaccinations or testing by employers with at least 100 employees, ...

Recent years have seen multiple court rulings addressing whether certain allegedly discriminatory and retaliatory actions by employers that do not cause significant harm to the employee can nevertheless be the subject of a viable claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended.

Organizations that experienced a data incident in 2019 affecting the protected health information of less than 500 individuals have just a few more days to submit their notification to the HHS/OCR.

A nine-year-old struck in the mouth by a baseball hit by a coach during practice required extensive treatment and would require future treatment and surgeries as he grew older.

Many of you may have read or heard in the media that the Washington Redskins lost their trademark because "Redskins" was disparaging to native Americans

On March 4, 2019, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision overturning the Ninth Circuit Court's award of $12.8 million in costs in the copyright ...

Washington, D.C. (June 7, 2022) - Signed into law December 23, 2021, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) is set to go into effect June 21, 2022, without the benefit of implementation...

Chicago Partner Charles Cole recently secured a complete defense verdict for a doctor client in a medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff sought more than $28 million.

The Connecticut Supreme Court issued a key ruling on August 8, 2023 regarding the immunity conferred under Executive Order 7V for civil lawsuits against health care professionals and providers.

The e-mail from counsel for Defendants/Cross-claimants/Appellees, Thomas Keaty Jr. and Fair Hills Farms, LLC read, in part: "After much thought, my clients have agreed to the settlement proposal...