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FMLA Coverage Expanded: New Forms And Posters Required

by CMCP - California Minority Counsel Program on 5/22/2013

The U.S. Department of Labor recently issued new regulations expanding coverage under the Family and Medical Leave Act for certain classes of employees....more

Family Military Leave Will Soon Be Mandatory In Maryland

by Melissa Burdorf | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 5/22/2013

Under a new law taking effect October 1, 2013, Maryland employers with 50 or more employees will need to provide each eligible employee with a one-day leave of absence on the day that employee's immediate family member is...more

Spotlight On The SCRA (Part 2 Of 3): Ensuring Compliance

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/20/2013

Recent enforcement activity has demonstrated the agencies have taken to viewing the SCRA as a strict liability statute. This shift in interpretation makes financial institutions legally responsible for compliance with the...more

CIS Legal Update - May 2013: Developing Russia’s Military-Industrial Complex

by Dechert LLP on 5/18/2013

On October 16, 2012 the President of the Russian Federation signed a federal law establishing the Advanced Research Foundation (“ARF”) , a specialized legal entity that will be responsible for research and development in the...more

DOL Issues Final Regulations Implementing the 2009 FMLA Amendments

by Lavon Ammori, Megan Norris | Miller Canfield on 5/17/2013

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) regulations issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) in 2009 addressed the new military leave requirements established in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (FY...more

Legislation Roundup: Maryland General Assembly Mandates that Employers Provide "Light Duty" to Pregnant Disabled Women, Leave for...

by Joseph Harkins, Steven E. Kaplan | Littler on 5/17/2013

In May 2013, Governor Martin O'Malley signed three noteworthy statutes that will affect virtually every Maryland employer. Effective October 1, 2013, Maryland employers with 15 or more employees must provide their pregnant...more

Export Control Reform to Move Wide Array of Aircraft Parts off the Munitions List

by John Burke | BakerHostetler on 5/15/2013

The Departments of State and Commerce published final rules in the Federal Register on April 16, 2013, moving export control jurisdiction from the State Department to the Commerce Department for a wide range of aircraft and...more

Spotlight On The SCRA (Part 1 of 3): Increased Enforcement Activity

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/13/2013

The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) is designed to provide protection for military members as they enter active duty. The Act has origins dating back to the Civil War, but was first solidified in 1940 with the passage...more

CFPB Issues Semiannual Servicemember Complaint Report

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/13/2013

On May 1, the CFPB’s Office of Servicemember Affairs published its Semi-Annual Complaint Report, which states that the volume of complaints from servicemembers, veterans, and their families has steadily increased since the...more

U.S. Export Control Reforms to Become Effective

by Joseph D. Gustavus | Miller Canfield on 5/13/2013

The first significant reforms to the U.S. export control regulations in International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR) are about to take effect....more

At-Will Employment

by Michael Kelsheimer | Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 5/10/2013

What does “at-will” employment mean: You might be inclined to think that it means that employees serve at the will of the master, or at the master’s pleasure. While this historically makes sense, “at-will” employment is...more

Think the Government’s Claim Against You Is Time-Barred? Not So Fast!

by Joshua Sherman, Claude Tusk | Dechert LLP on 5/9/2013

When a company understands that the United States Government may have a claim against it, the company’s directors and officers are usually very aware of the applicable statute of limitations and the passage of time. When the...more

New DOD Internal Policy Guidance on Counterfeit Parts: A Preview of Contractor Regulations?

by Frank Murray Jr. | Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/8/2013

The Department of Defense (DOD) has issued a new instruction that establishes internal DOD policies for detecting, avoiding, and remediating counterfeit parts in the DOD supply chain, and allocates responsibility among...more

The SCRA and Motor Vehicles - Auto Loans Vroom into the Forefront of Enforcement

by King & Spalding on 5/8/2013

In 2003, Congress passed the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA or “Act”), which updated and replaced the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act. The SCRA has been described as the “greatest single statutory source of...more

$8 Million Penalty for Weak ITAR Compliance: How the Price of Maintenance Beats the Cost of Repair

by Reid Whitten | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/8/2013

On April, 30, 2013, Raytheon Company, a major military electronics and weapons manufacturer, agreed with the U.S. Department of State to pay $8 million in civil penalties and remedial expenditures to settle alleged violations...more

CFPB issues report on servicemember complaints

by Barbara S. Mishkin | Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/3/2013

The CFPB’s Office of Servicemember Affairs has issued a report on complaints submitted by servicemembers, veterans or their spouses and dependents (“servicemember complaints”) over the period from January 1, 2012 through...more

Employers Must Update Several Policies, Forms and Posters

by Dwight L. Armstrong, Marlene Moffitt, John M. Scheppach | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 5/2/2013

As the first four months of 2013 come to a close, employers should ensure that their human resources departments have updated several policies, forms and posters requiring attention after the first of the year. The posting of...more

Empoyment Law Update: FMLA Protections

by Mark Herron | Messer & Caparello, P.A. on 5/1/2013

The U.S. Department of Labor issued a final rule implementing two important expansions of FMLA protections. In 2008 the FMLA was amended to provide employees with family members serving in the Armed Forces, National Guard...more

11th Circuit Grounds U.S. Air Force Reservist’s USERRA Claim

by Michael Mattingly | Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 4/26/2013

On April 5, 2013 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit issued its opinion in Landolfi v. Melbourne1, holding that although an employee’s military service motivated the employer’s promotion decisions, his Uniformed...more

Oregon Employers Now Required To Provide Time Off For Veterans Day

by Melissa Burdorf | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 4/26/2013

Effective April 4, Oregon employers must provide employees who are veterans with paid or unpaid time off on Veterans Day unless doing so would cause a significant economic or operational disruption or undue hardship on the...more

DoD Commercial-Scale Energy Initiatives Update: PPA RFI, MATOC Announcements, and Alternative Contracting, Oh My!

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 4/25/2013

While many in industry assume that months of virtual silence indicates that the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD's) commercial-scale energy initiatives have been subjected to drastic sequestration measures, the opposite...more

Mortgagee and Mortgagor Standing and the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act

by Mark Adelman | Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP on 4/23/2013

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, in HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Trustee v. Jodi B. Matt, No. 11101 (Jan. 14, 2013), recently clarified the issue of standing for both plaintiffs and defendants in actions under the...more

TBTF Servicing: Another Issue for Originators to Consider

by Russell Koonin, Robert Siegel | Bilzin Sumberg Mortgage Repurchase Group on 4/18/2013

As widely reported recently, close to 1.2 million borrowers (about 30% of the more than 3.9 million households that faced foreclosure proceedings by the 11 leading financial institutions in 2009 and 2010), had to battle...more

Fourth Circuit Applies the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act to False Claims Act Relators and Limits the FCA’s First-to-File...

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 4/18/2013

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in United States ex rel. Carter v. Halliburton Co, et. al (No. 12-1011), recently vitiated two traditional defenses in actions under the False Claims Act (“FCA”). First, the...more

How To Demonstrate Ethics And Compliance – Earn It, Re-Earn It And Re-Evaluate It

by Thomas Fox on 4/15/2013

What should your company do if it finds itself in a situation where some of its senior leadership has engaged in conduct which violates its own ethical standards or external legal standard such as the Foreign Corrupt...more

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