Initially announced in November 2008, this new rule requires federal contractors to use E‐Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all persons hired during a contract term and to confirm the employment eligibility of federal contractors’ current employees who perform services for the federal government in the United States.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a complaint for injunctive relief with the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, southern district (Case 8:08-cv-03444-AW).

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published a new rule updating the list of acceptable documents for the Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification process, along with changes to Form I-9 itself.

Starting January 15, 2009, federal government contractors and subcontractors will be required to use the E-Verify system to verify their employees' employment eligibility in the United States.

Recently, the Department of Labor has expanded its activity with respect to audits of employee classifications.

The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 implemented certain amendments to the Bankruptcy Code that govern the operation of health care businesses while in bankruptcy.

On Wednesday, December 17, 2008, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia approved the sale by LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc.

Owners of businesses, whether the businesses are organized as corporations, LLCs or partnerships, frequently agree that they will not compete with the business while they are owners and for a specified period after they cease to be owners.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN"), the agency that is responsible for creating and implementing sponsored top-level domains (sTLD), recently approved the implementation of the domain ".xxx" to be used for adult or pornographic sites on the Internet.

The practice of using pre-employment credit checks has come under attack for a variety of reasons. Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law Assembly Bill 22 (AB 22) that restricts California employers from using consumer credit reports for employment purposes.

California’s Proposition 65 permits "private enforcers" to send Notices of Violation and bring lawsuits on behalf of the "public interest" where they purport to find trace amounts of banned chemicals at elevated levels in consumer goods.

Do you employ 50 or more employees? If so, you may be covered by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.

Subject to limited exceptions, California law requires employers to provide employees who work more than five hours per day with at least one meal period of 30 minutes or more and a 10-minute rest period for every four hours worked or "major fraction thereof."

This article makes 10 predictions about the effects the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act will have on community banks.

The merger and acquisition market for community banks as of mid-2011 presents real challenges for participants on either the buy or sell side.

A receiver is generally responsible for paying federal income taxes incurred during the pendency of the receivership, but this will also depend on the type of receivership.

On September 27, 2011, Governor Brown signed AB 900 into law.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has increased the maximum period of stay for Trade-NAFTA professional workers from Canada and Mexico from one year to three years.

n a big win for creditors, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled on May 29, 2012 that a secured creditor must be granted the right to credit bid up to the full amount of its claim where the debtor pursues a Chapter 11 plan that proposes to sell assets free and clear of liens.

Despite the recent economic downturn, landlords continue to lease office space and tenants continue to enter into new leases.