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Many employers have made the shift from traditional paid time off (PTO) policies allocating a specific number of days for vacation, sick and personal purposes to PTO banks, allowing employees to use their time off...

Minnesota's Paid Family and Medical Leave program will be effective on January 1, 2026. The program is a form of insurance like unemployment insurance and, like unemployment...

If you attended the latest State of Employment Law webinar Bill Nolan and I presented (and, if you didn't, it's not too late to keep an eye out for our next webinar!)...

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently was forced to accept a First Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling earlier this year that a hospital's hiring preference policy applicable to its non-union...

The National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) attack on personnel policies has been well-chronicled over the years.

The State of California has added bisphenol A (BPA) to the California Proposition 65 list of chemicals "known to the State of California to cause Cancer or Birth defects."

On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Act").

In April, one of our Alerts noted that the Food Safety Modernization Act contained a requirement for the FDA to issue within eighteen months regulations in several areas related to food safety.

In September 2013, the FDA issued a draft Guidance titled, "Investigational New Drug Applications (INDs) — Determining Whether Human Research Studies Can Be Conducted Without an IND."

The FDA recently issued the last of the seven major proposed rules required by the Food Safety Modernization Act, one governing the safe transportation of food that actually has its origins in the Sanitary Food Transportation Act of 2005.

On Dec. 4, the state of Illinois enacted Public Law 098-1127, with both houses of the legislature passing the bill over the Governor’s amendatory veto.

On March 1, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a reminder pertaining to updated forms taking effect on April 1, 2024.

This time of year is always a good reminder to brush up on basic insurance coverage principles relevant to your industry.

A pharmaceutical company lost valuable patent rights to a bile duct cancer treatment after filing its Patent Term Extension application just one day late, despite arguing that FDA approval date ambiguities should have extended their deadline. The District of New Jersey ruled that the 60-day filing clock begins on the same business day FDA approval is transmitted, with no discretion available to excuse even a single-day administrative oversight.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is aiming to revamp the Empire State Film Tax Credit by proposing significant enhancements. The proposed changes include a new $100 million pool specifically allocated.

The Department of Homeland Security's weighted H-1B cap selection rule has fundamentally transformed the visa lottery process, prioritizing higher wage levels and creating new challenges for employers seeking to hire foreign workers. How will this shift impact entry-level positions and what strategies should companies employ to navigate the increasingly competitive landscape?

On Sept. 28, 2012, California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation that will create the nation’s first state-run retirement plan for private sector employees.