The SEC recently issued two new FAQs clarifying certain reporting requirements in Form ADV.

UPDATE: On December 29, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California issued an order temporarily enjoining the enforcement of AB 51

A district court recently held that the federal Stored Communications Act protects private Facebook wall posts from access by unauthorized users.

The California Online Privacy Protection Act of 2003 requires online service providers to disclose, through a conspicuously posted privacy policy, certain information to consumers regarding the OSP’s collection of personally identifiable information online.

Please note that tax returns containing the old tax rate were mailed prior to the approval of Bill No. 120173-A.

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

On November 9, 2010, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") published its final rule implementing Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 ("GINA").

President Obama issued a memorandum directing the Secretary of Labor to propose revisions to the Department of Labor's existing overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act

The US Supreme Court recently rendered its decision invalidating Vermont's prescription restraint law, which prevented the sale of information about individual doctor's prescribing records without the doctor's permission.

Bonnie Glantz Fatell, partner in Blank Rome’s Wilmington office, recently authored a chapter for ExecSense’s The Most Important Corporate Law Lessons for CEOs.

New York City's Earned Sick Time Act is tentatively scheduled to take effect in April 2014.

As the new year approaches, California employer associations have taken action to prevent Assembly Bill ("AB") 51 from taking effect. As referenced in this BR Workplace Post

Effective January 1, 2020, private employers in New Jersey are prohibited from asking job applicants about their salary, wage, and benefit history.

Please take note that effective July 1, 2014, the following California laws take effect.

National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") Acting General Counsel Lafe E. Solomon recently issued a third report reviewing seven NLRB decisions involving employer policies governing the use of social media.

As we have advised you in previous blog posts, New York State has passed legislation mandating that employers adopt an anti-harassment policy and conduct harassment training for all employees.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently ruled that an initial offer letter to an employee was not a binding agreement.

The United States Supreme Court recently clarified the scope of equitable relief available under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, holding inU.S. Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen that equitable principles cannot trump the unambiguous terms of an ERISA benefit plan.

As set forth in our August alert, New York City’s Earned Sick Time Act tentatively was scheduled to take effect in April 2014.

In our last two updates, we reviewed the new definition of prior art as well as the exceptions thereto. In view of the intricacies imposed by the upcoming expansion of the definition of prior art, patent applicants should consider the following.