In our complimentary four-part webinar series, Shipman's labor and employment attorneys will guide private-sector employers through some of the most pressing legal challenges in the modern workplace.
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Privacy
On September 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”), the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) jointly released regulations entitled “Requirements Related to the…
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/ Health, Insurance, Labor & Employment Law
Effective September 15, 2024, the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) has announced a series of updates to its cannabis policies and procedures. These changes, spanning everything from lab testing to licensing…
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/ Agriculture, Business Organizations, Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The United States Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an order which will allow the Biden administration to withhold $4.5 million of federal funding from the Oklahoma State Department of Health. This decision is one in a wave of…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Health
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently established a one-time per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances reporting rule pursuant to the federal Toxic Substances Control Act. Pursuant to the rule, most companies that…
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/ Business Organizations, Environmental Law, Toxic Torts
On August 23, 2024, an Ohio state court issued a preliminary injunction in Preterm-Cleveland et al. v. Dave Yost et al., No. 24-cv-02634, staying the enforcement of multiple Ohio civil and criminal abortion-related statutes. The…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health
A federal court in Texas yesterday issued a permanent nationwide injunction barring the Federal Trade Commission’s Non-Compete Agreement Ban from going into effect. As a practical matter, and barring an unlikely reversal from…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
The recipients of some merchant cash advances have an opportunity to defend, and even counterclaim for treble damages and attorneys’ fees, when funders of certain loans characterized as merchant cash advances sue them in…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a category of several thousand human-made chemicals, have been used for decades in consumer and industrial applications. As more is learned about them, including their resistance to…
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/ Environmental Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Science, Computers, & Technology, Toxic Torts
In June 2024, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the U.S. Supreme Court sunk what remained of Chevron deference. Under that doctrine, tracing back to the 1984 decision Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
Most U.S. employers and workers have heard of E-Verify, but what is it?
More critically, is it required for your manufacturing business?
E-Verify is a free internet-based program, run by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently established a one-time per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) reporting rule pursuant to the federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Environmental Law, Toxic Torts
In its 2024 regular and special sessions, the General Assembly made a number of changes to the statutes that affect public education in Connecticut. This summary provides a brief overview of some of the more significant changes…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Last week, the Kansas Supreme Court issued two decisions striking down a series of state anti-abortion laws passed by the Kansas Legislature. The first case challenged S.B. 95, a bill enacted by the Legislature in 2015…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health
