Employers are understandably reluctant to allow employees with medical restrictions to resume working. A concern that returning the employee to work risks worsening their condition causes some employers to require a “complete…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Late last month, a federal judge in Georgia blocked the U.S. Department of Labor from enforcing its “Farmworker Protection Rule,” also known as the “Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the…
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/ Agriculture, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
On August 30, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration published a proposed rule to protect millions of workers from a leading cause of weather-related deaths in the United States: heat. You know, that weather…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Labor & Employment Law
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has long allowed employers and unions to resolve cases arising from unfair labor practice charges without a full adjudication on the merits. The most common way in which this is…
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/ Administrative Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Labor & Employment Law
On Friday, September 6, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor confirmed that its cybersecurity guidance applies to all employee benefit plans, including health and welfare plans. In 2021, the DOL issued guidance providing best…
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/ Health, Labor & Employment Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
There is no federal workplace violence prevention standard, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations do not expressly address workplace violence. Yet, when a convenience store employee was shot during a…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law
With another presidential election only a few months away, escaping coverage and conversations about candidates and campaigns seems nearly impossible. While there is nothing new about political coverage increasing during an…
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/ Constitutional Law, Elections & Politics, Labor & Employment Law
Just two weeks before the Federal Trade Commission’s nationwide ban on non-compete agreements was set to go into effect, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas struck down the FTC’s non-compete rules. For a…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
On August 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice published a final rule implementing new ADA requirements for accessible medical diagnostic equipment (MDE) used in hospitals, emergency departments, physicians’ offices, clinics…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Health
With just two weeks to go before the Federal Trade Commission’s nationwide ban on non-compete agreements is set to go into effect, and with a Texas federal court still deciding whether to block the rule from going into effect…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a tIPsheet article titled “SCOTUS rules Lanham Act does not have extraterritorial reach” published on July 20, 2023, we discussed Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic Int’l, Inc., 600 U.S. 412 (2023), a U.S. Supreme Court case…
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/ Business Torts, Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade
Investment and administrative committees for employer-sponsored retirement plans have long been the gold standard for a company to carry out its fiduciary obligations to plan participants as required by the Employee Retirement…
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/ Health, Insurance, Labor & Employment Law
In today’s competitive market, the visual appeal and unique ornamental design of a product can be as crucial to its success as its name or functionality. Protecting the distinctive look and feel of your company’s products can…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Earlier this year, federal agencies teamed up to issue two rules that will require healthcare providers to update certain policies related to the use and disclosure of health information and to update their Notice of Privacy…
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/ Consumer Protection, Health, Privacy
In earlier articles titled “FTC announces nationwide ban on noncompetes in the workplace” and “FTC’s ban on noncompete agreements halted … sort of”, we reported on the Federal Trade Commission’s efforts to invalidate employers’…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
