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The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently ruled, in EEOC v. United Airlines, Inc., that the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") does not require employers to reassign disabled employees, who will lose their positions due to a disability, to vacant positions for which they are qualified if better qualified candidates apply and it is the employer’s "consistent and honest" policy to hire the best qualified applicant.

On January 23, 2019, the Department of Labor ("DOL") passed along another potential bombshell rule ...

The IRS has posted a "Question and Answer" that effectively prohibits employers from reimbursing employees for premiums for individual health insurance polices.

In a recent decision, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") ruled, in Mezonos Maven Bakery, Inc., that it did not have the authority to award back pay to undocumented workers, even where the employer violated federal immigration law by failing to ask for work authorization documents when it hired the workers.

The National Labor Relations Board recently held that union members have the right to engage in "bannering," displaying large banners at a secondary employer's worksite to publicize a labor dispute with a primary employer and attempting to "influence" the secondary employer.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ruled Monday that the National Labor Relations Board’s ("NLRB" or "Board") controversial rule aimed at streamlining union elections is invalid because it was enacted without the required three-member quorum.

On March 8, 2013, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services released a new version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.

The recent settlement of two overtime class actions against Pennsylvania healthcare providers highlights an important issue for all employers - the need to comply with both the federal Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") and state wage and hour laws.

Many employers have implemented workplace safety incentive programs in an effort to reduce time lost to injuries or illness. The programs generally reward workers for reporting near-misses or hazards

In January 2010, the New Jersey State Legislature amended New Jersey's "Statute of Frauds" and for the first time, requires that all agreements for support between nonmarried partners be in writing

A recent decision of the Delaware bankruptcy court serves as a reminder of a key risk for lenders who finance leveraged transactions—namely, that a bankruptcy court may "collapse" the components of a leveraged transaction in order to avoid the lender’s liens and the debtor’s loan obligations as fraudulent transfers.

Lenders, servicers, and developers should continue to consider whether their policies and procedures result in unintended discrimination that may subject them to disparate impact claims under the Fair Housing Act

If a contractor's policies and agreements do not carve out whistleblower reporting, the contractor could find itself facing a default termination, a bid protest, or even a False Claims Act suit.

Last week, the filing period for candidates in state elections closed in Idaho, Iowa, and Nevada.

The U.S. Supreme Court today unanimously held that suits filed by State AGs based on harm to consumers are not removable to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA).

The EB-5 Investor Visa Program has been extended with no changes until September 30, 2016. The extension of the EB-5 Program came as part of the omnibus spending bill that Congress agreed to on December 15.

Given the broad scope of AG investigations, different types of policies may be applicable, from Comprehensive General Liability to Directors' and Officers' policies or Crime/Fidelity Insurance.