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An investigation by the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (DOL WHD) recently found that J. Solano HVAC LLC (the Company), a subcontractor on two Washington, D.C. affordable housing projects, willfully violated the...more
Effective July 1, 2026, the minimum wage rate for the Los Angeles metropolitan area will increase to $18.42. Los Angeles employers are accustomed to minimum wage increases based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage...more
What Happened: In McKee Foods Corp. v. BFP Inc., decided April 7, 2026, the Sixth Circuit affirmed that ERISA preempts two Tennessee laws intended to prevent pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from steering patients to...more
On March 27, 2026, President Trump designated Board Member James R. Murphy as Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. Chairman Murphy was nominated by President Trump to be a Member of the NLRB and was sworn in on...more
On March 31, 2026, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a proposed regulation (the Proposed Regulation) creating a new safe harbor for Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) named fiduciaries such as a...more
Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) have proven to be powerful tools for aligning employee interests with company success and creating significant retirement wealth for participants while providing business owners with...more
Quick Hit: On April 10, 2026, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the first False Claims Act (“FCA”) resolution secured under its Civil Rights Fraud Initiative. The settlement resolves allegations that International...more
On this episode of Culture & Compliance Chronicles, Amanda Raad and Nitish Upadhyaya from Ropes & Gray’s Insights Lab, and Richard Bistrong of Front-Line Anti-Bribery, are joined by Rebecca Mayfield, group compliance director...more
What if the biggest shift in US immigration isn't a new executive order, but a form change most people barely noticed? In this episode of The Inside Track, Grace Shie and Morgan Bailey reveal how the immigration system is...more
As employers prepare for a fresh crop of summer interns, they should review their 401(k) plan documents to determine whether summer interns would be eligible to participate in the plan. Often, employers incorrectly assume...more
New FCRA Class Action Expands Potential Scope of AI Litigation - In January 2026, job applicants Erin Kistler and Sruti Bhaumik filed a class action against Eightfold AI Inc., alleging that the company’s AI hiring platform...more
In the wake of Loper Bright, many employers have questioned whether long-standing federal regulations remain on solid footing. On April 1, 2026, in DOL v. Americare Healthcare Services, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth...more
On April 10, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a nearly $17.1 million settlement with IBM to resolve allegations that IBM engaged in “illegal DEI practices” and violated the False Claims Act by failing to comply...more
Our Immigration Team reviews a proposed Department of Labor (DOL) rule that would significantly increase prevailing wage requirements for employers sponsoring foreign workers, impacting hiring costs and workforce strategies...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) titled “Fiduciary Duties in Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives.” The NPRM would pave the way for participant-directed...more
In Brown-Forman v. NLRB, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit became the first federal circuit court to review the National Labor Relations Board’s recent Cemex decision. The court found the Board engaged in...more
About half of this year’s Sweet Sixteen starters in the men’s NCAA March Madness tournament began their college careers at a different program. Michigan State was the only Sweet Sixteen team with all five starters...more
Internal investigations are on the rise. As governments and regulators step up enforcement measures and whistleblower complaints surge, the number of internal investigations is increasing across a variety of industry sectors....more
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) quietly issued updated guidance in March that materially changes how Form I‑9 violations are classified. ICE revised its long-standing Form I‑9 fact sheet to reclassify numerous...more
Introduction: The Urgency of the Question - Will AI take my job? That question is no longer speculative. It is now front-page relevant, driven not only by rapid advances in AI, but by two recent events that reveal how quickly...more
For the second straight fiscal year, the White House has proposed to defund and eliminate the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)....more
On January 13, 2025, Conduent Business Services LLC (Conduent) discovered it was the subject of a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to its systems between October 21, 2024, and January 13, 2025....more
On March 24, 2026, the Western District of Texas handed down a $21 million judgment against defendant Perry’s Restaurants. The case, Paschal et al. v. Perry’s Restaurants Ltd. et al, serves as a stark reminder that missteps...more
Sometimes employers struggle with whether to pay an employee for overtime hours that the employer didn’t know were being worked by the employee. As two recent court cases demonstrate, what an employer knew and when they knew...more
Last month, Washington state passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1155 (SB 1155), legislation that bans virtually all non-compete agreements and significantly narrows the scope of permissible non-solicitation agreements in...more
