North Carolina employees are increasingly testing positive for illegal marijuana use while contending that they were only using legal hemp-derived products sold over the counter in this State. Some employees assert that these…
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/ Civil Rights, Health, Labor & Employment Law
Earlier this year, we wrote about the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enacting a final rule to ban most all forms of non-compete agreements between employers and employees in the United States (available here). The ban was set…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Labor & Employment Law, Consumer Protection
The Family and Medical Leave Act provides leave and job protection to eligible employees who need to be absent from work “because of the birth of a son or daughter of the employee and in order to care for such son or daughter.” …
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Business Torts, Family Law
On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine. In overturning forty years of precedent, the Court has shifted power away from federal agencies to judges. The impact of this decision will be felt by all…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Torts, Labor & Employment Law
First Republic vs Republic First: A Comparison -
First Republic’s Troubles -
First Republic, which had been supervised by the FDIC since 2018 and received largely positive examination ratings throughout, was determined…
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/ Bankruptcy, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
The first bank to meet its demise in 2024 is smaller than its 2023 counterparts. In 2023 we saw Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) and First Republic Bank (“First Republic”) fail. The most recent bank to experience a failure bears a…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions
A federal judge in Louisiana granted a temporary injunction that prevents the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) from enforcing protections for workers seeking an abortion…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
On Monday, June 3, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that a contest providing venture-capital funding to only Black women was substantially likely to violate section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
2023 and the start of 2024 presented challenging economic conditions to the market, with debt costs at a historic high. Following a series of increases over the last two years, the Federal Reserve’s federal funds rate is…
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/ Bankruptcy, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
Effective Date: 120 days after the final rule is published in the Federal Register, likely in late August or early September 2024…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its final regulations and interpretative guidance implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) on April 15, 2024. The Guidance will be effective on June 18,…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Many construction contracts, especially on private projects, contain alternative dispute resolution provisions. These provisions often incorporate the Construction Industry Rules and Mediation Procedures of the American…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law
Today, April 19, 2024, the United States Department of Education (“Department”) released its much-anticipated amendments to the existing Title IX Regulations (“2024 Regulations”). Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis…
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/ Education Law
The Equal Pay Act of 1963, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d) (“EPA”) requires men and women to receive equal pay for equal work. In order to assert a claim under the EPA, an employee must show that she was paid less than a male comparator…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Buying and selling the stock or assets of a business is a complicated process. There are always a number of issues to consider. It is critical that proper attention is given to employment and benefits matters…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
