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How to Handle a Cross-Border Anticorruption Investigation

Juggling conversations with multiple enforcement agencies simultaneously in the course of a cross-border anticorruption investigation can be a difficult and daunting task for legal and compliance teams. Getting it right can...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

DOJ Announces Another Wide-Ranging COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Action

For the last few years, we have been closely monitoring and reporting on COVID-19 related fraud enforcement efforts by federal agencies. We detailed those findings in our Health Care Enforcement 2020 Year in Review & 2021...more

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DOL’s Proposed Revisions of Davis Bacon Act Rules Will Have Significant Impact on Federal Construction Contractors

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Federal wage and hour officials recently issued proposed rules that will make it easier for unions to have their hourly rates of pay established as the prevailing wage rates and will increase the Department of Labor’s...more

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Beltway Buzz - September 2021 #4

Congressional Update, Part I: Budget Brinksmanship. This time next week, we could be in the middle of a government shutdown. Always the masters of brinksmanship, our congressional legislators still do not have a deal to...more

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Podcast: What's New for Insurers in Mental Health Parity Compliance - Diagnosing Health Care

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The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury jointly released a set of frequently asked questions (“FAQs”) related to recent changes made to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act effective...more

Franczek P.C.

The First 100 Days of the Biden Administration: Labor and Employment Activity (UPDATED)

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Each week during the first 100 days of the new administration, we will provide a recap of significant initiatives and events that will impact employers.  In week nine, the Biden administration’s labor and employment...more

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The Department of Labor Establishes New Whistleblower Protocols

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On February 19, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will oversee worker retaliation complaints filed under the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act...more

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U.S. Government Extends Certain Deadlines For Employee Benefit Plans Due To COVID-19 National Emergency

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Recognizing the challenges facing employee benefit plan sponsors, administrators, and participants, on April 28, 2020, the Departments of Treasury (“DOT”), Labor (“DOL”) and Health and Human Services (“HHS”) extended certain...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Top 10 Developments and Headlines in Trade Secret, Non-Compete, and Computer Fraud Law for 2019 & 2020

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Continuing our annual tradition, we have compiled our top developments and headlines for 2019 & 2020 in trade secret, non-compete, and computer fraud law. Here’s what you need to know to keep abreast of the ever-changing law...more

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Beltway Buzz - January 2020 #3

Where is Everybody? Perhaps due to the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, it’s been a relatively quiet week in the labor and employment arena in Washington, D.C. President Trump and U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene...more

Jackson Walker

The Workplace Mobility Act of 2019: Will Congress Ban Employee Non-Competes?

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Non-compete agreements have a long, conflicted history under the law. In the first known case on the topic—John Dyer’s Case from 1414!—an English judge found that a non-compete agreement was an unenforceable restraint on...more

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What’s the Deal with Federal Contractors and the OFCCP? The Basics

Any employer doing business with the federal government should be aware of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and the various laws administered by this agency. In this podcast, Columbia shareholder...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Compliance With the ERISA Fiduciary Advice Rule for Private Investment Fund Managers and Sponsors and Managed Account Advisers:...

The DOL's "fiduciary advice rule" (the "Rule") will take effect on June 9, 2017. The DOL has published FAQs on the implementation of the Rule applicable to the period between June 9th and December 31st (the "Transition...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Workplace Law Under President-Elect Donald Trump: What to Expect

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President-elect Donald Trump will assume office on January 20, 2017, with a Republican majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. While it is difficult to predict whether the new administration will be able...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

US DOL and PA DOL Partner to Prevent Employee Misclassification

On August 4, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (“U.S. DOL”) and the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (“PA DOL”) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to coordinate efforts, by sharing information and...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

NCDOL to Cooperate with Federal Agencies to Crack Down on Employee Misclassification

On Wednesday, the North Carolina Department of Labor (NCDOL) announced the completion of an agreement with the federal DOL to share information intended to identify companies misclassifying employees as independent...more

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