The National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") recently released a webpage highlighting the rights of employees.

On March 31, 2011, Philadelphia City Council approved a highly controversial "ban the box" ordinance.

After much anticipation, a bill requiring certain businesses in Philadelphia to provide full-time employees with paid sick leave recently became law.

The United States Supreme Court's landmark ruling in United States v. Windsor struck down section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act ("DOMA"), which defined "marriage" for purposes of federal benefits as a union between a man and a woman. In addition to extending federal recognition to lawful same-sex unions, the Windsor decision also raises a number of important employment and benefits issues for employers in states that recognize lawful same-sex marriages and partnerships.

The Tennessee Supreme Court today appointed Republican Herbert Slatery III as the state’s next Attorney General.

The United States Department of Defense (DOD) recently published an interim rule prohibiting defense contractors from requiring employees and independent contractors to arbitrate claims.

Today, the City of Philadelphia's Office of Property Assessment is expected to release Tax Year 2014 proposed market values pursuant to the City’s "Actual Value Initiative."

On September 13, 2012, Philadelphia City Councilman W. Wilson Goode, Jr. introduced Bill No. 120651.

A discussion on the new rule which expands the military family leave provisions under the FMLA in a number of important ways.

National Labor Relations Board ("Board") Acting General Counsel Lafe E. Solomon recently issued a report reviewing Board decisions involving employees' use of social media.

A National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge recently held that confidentiality policies instructing or requesting employees not to discuss workplace investigations with other employees violated the National Labor Relations Act.

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs rescinded prior guidance on pay discrimination investigations and issued a new Compensation Directive, effective February 28, 2013, governing procedures to be used in reviews of federal contractor and subcontractor compensation systems and practices.

The United States Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") recently issued an interim final rule revising the regulations governing whistleblower complaints under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ("SOX").

On March 4, 2014, the United States Supreme Court expanded the scope of the whistleblower protections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in "Lawson v. FMR LLC".

"[T]he United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s trademark decisions rendered during 2010 provide colorful applications of well-founded substantive trademark law principles and illustrate numerous procedural cautionary tales.

Blank Rome LLP Partner Alan Lieberman authored the chapter on "Major Developments in SEC Enforcement" in New Developments in Securities Litigation (2015 ed).

The Environmental Protection Agency recently published its formal Notice of Final Permit Issuance in the Federal Register announcing that the Vessel General Permit currently in force, will be replaced by a Phase II VGP Regime.

Delaware is in the midst of reforming its unclaimed property audit rules, a move that will inevitably affect the myriad businesses headquartered or incorporated there.

This InfoPAK is designed to help a company understand three areas of US law that regulate efforts to influence government decision-making: campaign finance law, lobbying disclosure law, and gift law.

In August 2012, the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 became law.