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On February 28, 2019, the staff of the SEC's Division of Investment Management granted no-action relief in connection with the 1940 Act's in-person meeting requirements ...

On December 19, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued what it describes as a "user-friendly webpage where workers, employers, and government agencies can find information and resources" about misclassification of workers as independent contractors.

Businesses in the trucking industry may soon face increased scrutiny from the Federal Government respecting the classification of drivers as independent contractors

Under Kyrgyz Republic’s labour legislation, if a self-employed individual or contractor is misclassified and the actual relationship shows elements of employment...

On May 29, 2024, South Africa heads to the polls, and following the substantial legislative reform brought on by the New Nation Movement judgment, voters can vote for an independent candidate for the first time.

In its original form, the Turkish Commercial Code ("TCC") dated 13 January 2011 and numbered 6102 required all joint stock and limited liability companies to perform independent audits...

January 1, 2015 is fast approaching, and with it, the first year the "Play or Pay" rules apply to employers with 100 or more full-time employees.

On April 30, 2018, the California Supreme Court unanimously rejected the common law test for independent contractors used in California for the last three decades and, for purposes of California's wage orders...

Recently, courts in highly-publicized independent contractor misclassification cases in the transportation sector have issued determinations finding the workers to be employees.

Generally speaking, an independent contractor is hired by a person or entity to perform a certain service for a fee.

As we have reported in the past, federal and state governmental agencies have announced "crack downs" on independent contractor misclassifications, and employers found to be misclassifying employees as independent contractors face severe penalties and damages.

Today, buzzwords like 'good governance', 'independent directors' and 'minority interest' are an integral part of any corporate discussion or debate.

A judge in the Eastern District of Virginia recently held that cancellation of independent claims in an inter partes review (IPR) did not preclude the plaintiff from asserting infringement...

The case presented two issues to the court: 1) whether a court must determine the applicability of the FAA to the case when asked to compel arbitration, where parties delegated questions of arbitrability...

All you need to know about the Independent Directors Rules.

On January 10, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule (the Final Rule) regarding independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

On October 11, 2022, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking to undo the Trump administration's 2021 independent contractor regulations and revert to the six-factor economic realities test.