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2021 Trade Secrets End of Year Report: Analysis of the Year’s Key Cases & Trends

In 2021, trade secrets and non-competes continued to garner attention on the national stage. Non-competes were the focus of significant legislative activity at both the federal and local levels, while trade secrets lead to...more

Supreme Court Blocks OSHA Vaccine/Testing Rule but Allows Health Care Vaccine Mandate To Proceed

On January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court reinstituted a stay blocking OSHA's COVID-19 vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard (ETS), which mandated that employers with 100 or more employees require their employees...more

Sixth Circuit Revives OSHA Vaccine/Testing Emergency Temporary Standard

On December 17, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an Opinion lifting the stay of OSHA's emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring employers with 100 or more employees to implement mandatory...more

Fifth Circuit Extends Stay of OSHA’s Vaccine/Testing Mandate

On November 12, the Fifth Circuit extended its stay on OSHA’s COVID-19 vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard (ETS), which mandated that employers with 100 or more employees require their employees to get...more

Attention Employers: OSHA Issues Emergency Temporary Standard on COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing

On November 4, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its long-awaited emergency temporary standard (ETS) mandating that large employers require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19...more

OSHA COVID-19 Vaccine Rule Under Final White House Review

Large employers should soon have specific guidance on complying with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) vaccine and testing mandate. On September 9, President Biden announced that OSHA would issue an...more

Trade Secrets 2020: Analysis of the Year’s Key Cases & Trends

As increasing scrutiny was cast at the state and federal level on noncompetition agreements and other restrictive covenants, companies were forced to assess their ability to safeguard trade secret information. Not to mention...more

Biden Administration Takes Early Action Focused on COVID-19 and Worker Health and Safety

On January 21, 2021, the Biden Administration issued an Executive Order outlining its objectives with respect to worker health and safety during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Order reflects President Biden’s promises...more

COVID Vaccination and Returning to Work: What Employers Need to Know [Audio]

In light of the development of a COVID vaccine, employers across all industries are beginning to plan for their employees to return to the workplace. In today’s episode, Partner Brian D. Schneider and Associate Alexandra M....more

Virginia Adopts First COVID-19 Workplace Safety Standard: Requirements for Hazards or Job Tasks Classified as “Moderate” Exposure...

This is our fifth and final Alert on Virginia’s groundbreaking emergency, temporary COVID-19 workplace safety standard. In the first, we summarized the standard’s general employer mandates. In the second, we covered...more

Virginia Adopts First COVID-19 Workplace Safety Standard: Requirements for Hazards or Job Tasks Classified as “Very High” or...

This is our fourth Alert that addresses Virginia’s groundbreaking emergency, temporary COVID-19 workplace safety standard. In the first, we summarized the standard’s general employer mandates. In the second, we covered...more

Virginia Adopts First COVID-19 Workplace Safety Standard: Mandatory Employee Training

This is our third Alert that addresses Virginia’s groundbreaking emergency, temporary COVID-19 workplace safety standard. The first summarized the standard’s mandates for all covered employers. The second addressed the...more

Virginia COVID-19 Workplace Safety Standard: Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response Plans

In our previous Alert, we summarized general employer mandates contained in Virginia’s groundbreaking emergency, temporary COVID-19 workplace safety standard. Today, we focus on a mandate applicable to covered employers...more

Virginia Adopts First COVID-19 Workplace Safety Standard

Last week, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced the nation’s first statewide COVID-19 workplace safety standard. Northam said, “Workers should not have to sacrifice their health and safety to earn a living, especially...more

DOL Issues Troubling Guidance on CARES Act Unemployment Benefits Impacting Certain Non-Profits

On April 27, 2020, the US Department of Labor (DOL) issued Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 18-20 (the Guidance) to provide states with instructions on implementing the emergency unemployment relief provisions in...more

Workers’ Compensation Expands in Response to COVID-19

The workers’ compensation system was created to ensure that employees who suffer work-related accidents or illnesses are compensated while, at the same time, protecting employers from lawsuits by these employees. It was a...more

DOL Issues FAQs on WARN Act and COVID-19

We previously reported on how the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) and its state law equivalents would apply to layoffs, furloughs, and closings during the coronavirus pandemic. The US...more

DOD Clarifies Use of Section 3610 of the CARES Act to Reimburse Federal Contractors For Keeping Employees in a Ready State

The CARES Act provides another resource for federal contractors seeking to retain personnel, but actually obtaining the money requires circumspection and strategy. Section 3610 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...more

OSHA Issues Guidance Addressing Enforcement Procedures During COVID-19 Pandemic

Earlier this month, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued two memoranda detailing the agency’s plan for conducting enforcement actions during the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 13, OSHA released an...more

Treasury and IRS Release FAQs On Paid Sick and Family Leave Tax Credits for Small and Mid-Size Employers

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service have published more information on refundable tax credits that reimburse small and mid-size employers, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, for the cost of...more

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser Issues Order Limiting Gatherings and Closing Certain Non-essential Businesses

Yesterday, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser issued an order aimed at significantly slowing the community transmission of COVID-19. The order, which went into effect immediately, bans all gatherings of more than 10...more

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan Issues New Closure Order

With COVID-19 diagnosed in 21 of Maryland’s 24 counties and the disease’s death toll increasing, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has issued another order designed to stem the virus’s spread. Effective at 5:00 on Monday evening,...more

Temporary Office Closings, Furloughs, and Layoffs: What Employers Should Know About the WARN Act

The disruptions resulting from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic present difficult questions for many employers who must decide whether to close offices, furlough employees, or layoff all or part of their workforce....more

The District of Columbia Responds to COVID-19 Pandemic with New Workforce Protections

On March 18, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser signed into law the COVID-19 Response Emergency Amendment Act of 2020. The statute, which the City Council passed unanimously, contains two major workforce protections applicable to...more

President Trump Signs Bipartisan Coronavirus Relief Bill

The package was sent to the President’s desk after undergoing technical changes to paid medical leave and public health emergency medical leave provisions that will limit costs for small businesses. Employers with 500...more

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