A correlate of the notably significant global increase in the volume and value of merger and acquisition transactions since the 1990s has been the marked increase in related private equity purchases.

Every business owner wants his or her business to evolve whether it moves slowly in the pursuit of short-term goals or swiftly in the achievement of long-term growth.

The Obama administration breathed a sigh of relief today, as the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, upheld the use of health insurance subsidies that was the central issue in King v. Burwell.

In July we wrote about the California Supreme Court's landmark decision in Dynamex v. Superior Court, which abandoned a long-followed, multi-factor approach to analyzing ...

In an opinion announced on June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court overturned Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, which set forth the decades-old Chevron doctrine...

The U.S. Supreme Court decided that conciliation efforts by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") are subject to judicial review, but that review is limited.

On April 15, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") issued a preview notice of the final rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ("PWFA").

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (the "District Court") recently entered a temporary injunction halting enforcement of certain benefits-related provisions...

On May 5, 2015, Governor Nathan Deal of Georgia signed a law amending O.C.G.A. § 34-7-2 and allowing Georgia employers to pay their employees through credit to a payroll card account.

The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division ("WHD") released two new materials concerning the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.

On April 12, 2018, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the New York State Legislature's anti-sexual harassment legislation.

The Order prohibits covered federal contractors from discriminating in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

Employers may want to revisit their policies and practices on pregnancy accommodations after the Supreme Court's recent decision in Young v. United Parcel Service.

The Communication Workers of America ("CWA") as well as three named plaintiffs filed suit against named defendants and an unspecified class of "hundreds of major American employers...

Consider this your three-month warning. The time has come for employers nationwide to begin preparing for new Department of Labor ("DOL") overtime exemption requirements.

The EEOC is making waves with a new electronic notification system for employers and by filing its first two sex discrimination cases based on sexual orientation.

On February 19, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to review a unanimous decision by a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that underground wastewater injection into a groundwater

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) March 16 proposed regulations for natural gas pipeline safety focuses on legacy pipe integrity.

The Supreme Court of the United States announced on Friday, December 1 that it would hear an Arizona utility's appeal of a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision ruling that a rooftop solar ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said on May 29, 2020 that the Federal Reserve's Main Street Lending Program was "days away" from providing loans through its Main Street program for...