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Michigan Precedent on Michigan Franchise Investment Law Held to Trump Inconsistent Sixth Circuit Precedent on Private Right of...

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A federal court in Michigan recently granted several related franchisors’ motions to dismiss a franchisee’s claims for violations of the Michigan Franchise Investment law. Benjamin Franklin Franchising SPE LLC v. David...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Pay Range Will Be Required in Massachusetts Job Ads Starting July 31, 2025

On July 31, 2024, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed into law new legislation that requires employers with 25 or more employees in Massachusetts to include pay range in job ads. The statute requires that the posted...more

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Underground Storage Tank/Groundwater Contamination: Negligence/Trespass/Nuisance Action Filed in Pulaski County, Arkansas Circuit...

Larry and Barbara Ann Morris (“Morris”) filed a Complaint in the Pulaski County, Arkansas Circuit Court on August 22nd alleging groundwater contamination pertaining to fuel related to a North Little Rock, Arkansas retail...more

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New Illinois Law Aims to Curtail Employers’ Mandatory, Captive Audience Meetings

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Illinois joined a handful of other states in limiting employers’ ability to conduct “captive audience” meetings when Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law SB3649, commonly known as the Worker Freedom of Speech Act. The Act...more

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Massachusetts Mandates Wage, Salary Transparency

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Massachusetts employers with 25 or more workers will soon be required to include pay ranges in all job postings under a new state law aimed at increasing salary transparency. The Commonwealth joined the wave of states and...more

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Illinois Passes Law Limiting 'Captive Audience' Meetings

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On July 31, 2024, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 3649, the “Worker Freedom of Speech Act,” (the “Act”) which prohibits employers from using “captive audience” meetings with employees to discuss an...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Illinois Revises Biometrics Law To Reduce the Prospect of "Ruinous" Damage Awards

In a major change to a law that produced extraordinarily high damages claims and settlements, the Illinois General Assembly amended the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) to substantially reduce potential liability for...more

Holland & Knight LLP

New York Consumer Protection Laws Gives Rise to Per-Violation Statutory Damages

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Relatively few consumer class action cases reach trial; most are settled or resolved through motion practice. The paucity of cases tried to judgment makes it notable when, as in the case discussed here, one goes all the way...more

King & Spalding

Illinois BIPA Reform Takes Effect

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The long-awaited amendment provides immediate relief to corporate defendants from business-destroying liability - On August 2, 2024, Senate Bill 2979 went into effect limiting available damages under Illinois’ Biometric...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Employer FAQ: Massachusetts’s New Pay Transparency And Pay Data Reporting Requirements

Massachusetts has passed into law An Act Relative to Salary Range Transparency (the “Act”), which means that pay transparency and pay data reporting requirements will soon become official.  In advance of the effective dates...more

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Appellate Ruling Affirms Dismissal of NY Private ‘Green Amendment’ Claims

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Often motivated by the lack of federal engagement on environmental issues, various states have evaluated adding “Green Amendments” to their state constitutions. The practical impact of these amendments will be borne out as...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

BIPA Amendment Bill Signed into Law

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On August 2, 2024, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed SB 2979 into law. The bill amends the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) to limit the number of claims that can be brought under the law’s private right...more

Smart & Biggar

Cleaning up the Act: Canada's new greenwashing laws

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Last year, we discussed the ever-increasing interest in green branding and how marketing claims related to the environment are receiving increased scrutiny by Canadian regulatory authorities. It should therefore come as no...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed

Passing On Preemption: Ninth Circuit Holds That California’s Sherman Law Is Not Impliedly Preempted

While it rarely rules on questions of preemption, the Ninth Circuit took an even rarer step on July 1, 2024 when it took up the question of whether private parties can seek to enforce the provisions of California’s Sherman...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Learn About Data Privacy and How to Navigate the Information Security Regulatory Landscape

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Insights for this month’s article are provided by ARDA members Gregory Szewczyk, partner at Ballard Spahr Practice Leader of the firm’s Privacy and Data Security Group, and Aaron Tantleff, partner in Foley & Lardner’s...more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Changes to Commercial Guarantees in Seattle

Landlords that lease commercial property in Seattle need to be aware of major changes to the Municipal Code. Seattle recently enacted Ordinance 126982, which introduces significant regulations for commercial property lessors...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

The Supreme Court’s Latest Rulings on Administrative Agencies: Implications for ‎Consumer Product Companies

In the final week of this year’s Supreme Court term, the Court issued several decisions that alter the role of federal agencies in the way laws are interpreted and enforced, and thus the way that business will be done in the...more

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SCOTUS Ruling Makes Federal Agency Rules Susceptible to Previously Untimely Challenges

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​​​​​​​At the close of an extended term, on July 1, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court expanded the time period for bringing a facial challenge to a federal agency rule....more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Maryland Employers: Amended Pay Transparency Law Requires Wage Range Disclosure in Job Postings

Maryland was one of the first states to implement a pay transparency law in 2020, and now it joins several states in broadening that law to require employers to disclose a wage range for open positions (Washington, D.C.’s pay...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Navigating the New Norm: Further Changes to Canada’s Competition Act in Effect

Parliament recently passed Bill C-59 (the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023), which include important changes to Canada’s Competition Act, many of which are now in force. These amendments follow the already...more

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Vermont Governor Vetoes Data Privacy Act

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Following the Vermont Senate’s failure to override Governor Phil Scott’s veto of the Vermont Data Privacy Act (VDPA), the much-discussed bill will not be enacted into law – at least in its current form. As passed by the...more

K&L Gates LLP

Litigation Minute: State Statutes and the Private Right of Action (Generative AI Series: Part Two of Three)

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What You Need To Know In A Minute Or Less - Class action litigation challenging generative artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly become a familiar feature of the legal landscape. While early, headline-grabbing complaints...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Vermont Governor Vetoes Comprehensive Privacy Bill

Governor Phil Scott has vetoed the state’s proposed comprehensive privacy law. In rejecting the bill, he stated he was worried it created an “unnecessary and avoidable level of risk.” He had concerns in three areas....more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Sticky Situation: Vermont Governor Puts the Lid on Privacy Bill

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On Thursday, June 13, 2024, Vermont’s Governor Phil Scott vetoed the Vermont Data Privacy Act (H.121) (“VTDPA”), potentially delaying what has been hailed as one of the most robust consumer data privacy laws in the nation....more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

As Online Sports Betting Proliferates, Authorities Tighten The Screws On Gambling Advertising

On May 14, 2018, the United States Supreme Court decided the pivotal matter of Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assoc., repealing the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992. The decision cleared the way...more

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