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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Due Diligence

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Key Considerations in AI-Related Contracts

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Keypoint: Companies onboarding AI products and services need to understand the potential risks associated with these products and implement contractual provisions to manage them. With the rapid emergence of artificial...more

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Navigating the AI Frontier: Legal and Operational Insights Into Generative AI

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In our ever-changing technological environment, artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to exert its influence on numerous sectors, revolutionizing our approach to work. As businesses and organizations worldwide adopt...more

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Buyer Beware: Tenth Circuit Issues Decision Emphasizing Critical Need for Employment Diligence

A recent decision from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals highlights some of the pitfalls of entering into commercial transactions without conducting thorough employment diligence – even in the asset purchase context....more

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Buying a business? Don’t buy an employment lawsuit

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When acquiring a business, companies sometimes unwittingly buy an employment lawsuit. Recently, the 10th Circuit – the federal appeals court that applies to Oklahoma employers – explained when a successor business can be held...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

When Due Diligence Can Get You in Trouble: Due Diligence Provision in Purchase Agreement Allows EEOC to Plead Successor Liability

Purchase agreements almost always attempt to limit potential successor liability for the purchaser in the deal. However, in EEOC v. Roark-Whitten Hospitality 2 et al. (“EEOC v. RW2”), the Tenth Circuit determined that a...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Tenth Circuit Case Points Out the Need for Employment Due Diligence in Merger and Acquisition Deals

We once had a client opine that he was looking to acquire a new business and not a lawsuit to go along with it. The risk of buying a company with poor human resource practices or pending claims should make review of labor...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

EEOC Has Begun Denying Employers’ Requests For Extensions Of Time To Respond To Discrimination Charges

What used to be a routine request – asking the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for an extension of time when responding to a charge of discrimination or harassment and assuming extra time would be granted –...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Help Wanted: Avoiding Inadvertent Participation in Labor Trafficking

Is your company a labor trafficker? Surely not. But if your company employs large numbers of foreign seasonal workers, you could be implicated in trafficking even if you don’t mean to be. Employment of foreign seasonal...more

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Background Checks? That is the Question

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Has your company decided yet whether it will conduct criminal background or credit checks? If you are already using that tool as part of your job screening process, are you keeping up with legal developments in every city,...more

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