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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Competition authorities crackdown on employment markets: a new era for cartels

At the end of last year, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) secured a guilty plea for wage fixing, resulting in its first criminal conviction with Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter saying: “[t]oday’s guilty plea...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Due Diligence: The Key Ingredient in Restaurant M&A

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Due diligence on restaurant companies should factor in industry-specific legal and operational risks. Buyers acquire restaurant companies to access new brands, expand and diversify, or vertically integrate. Attractive...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Doing a Deal? Include your Labor and Employment Lawyer

While engaging a talented corporate transactional lawyer is critically important to the success of a merger, sale or acquisition, a lesser-known -- but integral -- part of the transaction team should be a skilled labor and...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

Striking the Right Balance: Rep & Warranty Due Diligence Coverage

Rep and Warranty Insurance (RWI) generally provides coverage for financial losses resulting from breaches of representations and warranties made by target companies or sellers in company purchase agreements. Like all...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Class Action Trends Report Fall 2020

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to alter work lives in profound ways, employers are confronted with additional liability risks. The pandemic has created a wave of litigation that is unlikely to ebb until well after the...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The challenge of compliance

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Almost daily, we read about employer failure to comply with award or enterprise agreement obligations. Opportunistically and in keeping with the sport of “business bashing”, the failure is termed “wage-theft”, as if to brand...more

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Compliance Perspectives: Supply Chains, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

Matthew Friedman is the CEO of The Mekong Club, an organization supporting the private sector in the fight against modern slavery. Previously he worked for the United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking and US...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Commonwealth Court Grants Over Four Years of Additional Back Pay to A Teacher, Overturning Pennsylvania Secretary of Education on...

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Vladimirsky v. School Dist. of Phila., 206 A. 3d 1224 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2019).  The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court overturned a finding of the Pennsylvania Department of Education that teacher did not exercise reasonable due...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Legal Advisor Newsletter - Fourth Quarter 2018

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You’ve Decided to Sell Your Business— How to Be Prepared to Execute the Deal - After years of building, growing, and investing in your business, there comes a point at which you start to think about an exit strategy....more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

FLSA Successor Liability - More Than You Bargained For

A common method for business expansion is for one company to acquire another company’s operations and then merge the operations into the acquiring company. However, even when care is taken to structure such acquisitions to...more

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In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - May 2016 #3

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Some interesting links we found across the web this week: - Don’t Expect New Crowdfunding Rules to Create a Startup Boom - Equity crowdfunding went live this week under the SEC’s recent rulemaking, but many...more

BakerHostetler

Government Contracts Quarterly Update - January 2015

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The Government Contracts Quarterly Update is published by BakerHostetler’s Government Contracts Practice team to inform our clients and friends of the latest developments in federal government contracting. Topics in...more

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Wage And Hour Due Diligence Solutions In The M&A Context

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As I mentioned yesterday, in order to avoid costly lawsuits or DOL enforcement actions, FLSA and state wage and hour due diligence should be a substantial part of the overall due diligence process in any deal involving a...more

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Limiting Successor Liability Under The FLSA: Wage And Hour Due Diligence

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Recently, my colleague Lindsey Marcus guest authored a post on yet another successor liability case, this time out of the Third Circuit. Her post reminded me of another case in the Seventh Circuit from 2013, and a larger...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Because M&A Due Diligence Was Not Already Complicated Enough…

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A recent federal appeals court decision suggests that businesses looking at potential acquisitions or mergers have yet another, relatively new concern to their due diligence list when examining the target business: an...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Working at the Car Wash, Yeah

As most employers know, laws are filled with little surprises for the unwary. As part of our regular employment department meetings, we read and summarize recent court opinions and new legislation to ensure that our clients...more

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