[Podcast] What to Expect in Government Contracts This Year
State AG Pulse | The Age of the Multistate is Here
The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance Episode 22: "Focus on Iran: Protests, Sanctions and Oil"
The Labor Law Insider: The Pandemic Economy - Do Recent Strikes Portend the Resurgence of Unions?
How an Am Law 200 Firm is Working Towards Solutions to 2020’s Challenges with Jeremy Sacks: On Record PR
Nota Bene Episode 90: U.S. Q3 Check In: Stimulus, Relief, Election, and Direction with Elizabeth Frazee and Jonathan Meyer
Higher education has faced dramatic challenges these past few years, prompting high-profile changes to university leadership and a rethinking of campus policies. It’s been a bumpy road for school administrators and legal...more
Welcome to summer and the fifth issue of The Academic Advisor for 2024 - In this issue, we examine the following topics of import for schools, institutions of higher education, and other education-focused organizations: ...more
The Canadian Institute’s 13th Annual Law of Policing Conference, Eastern Edition is returning to Toronto on May 4 – 5, 2022. For 2 days, chiefs of police, in-house counsel, and a wide-variety of government and civilian...more
Texas AG Ken Paxton issued a Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act to crowdsourcing platform GoFundMe Inc. over GoFundMe’s removal of a fundraising campaign for the Canadian truckers...more
Please join us for BakerHostetler’s The ‘New’ Normal: The State of Labor Relations and Employment Law Master Class. Our 9th Annual Master Class will be virtual again this year, as it was last year, due to the continuation of...more
COVID-19 continues to present challenges to employers, who are generally obligated to provide their employees with a safe and healthy workplace. One of the most significant challenges as of late is addressing employee...more
Employers remain entangled with COVID-19 and vaccinations, including internal and external protests. COVID-19 cases continue climbing, fueled by the Delta variant. Vaccinations are lagging behind, but may increase now that...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
Tune In - Downtown Minneapolis is preparing for Minnesota’s first live broadcast, high-profile trial. Jury selection is set to begin on Monday in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin is...more
The past year brought plenty of surprises with the pandemic, civil unrest, and wildfires all leaving a stamp on public policy in Oregon. Throughout 2020, lobbyists and lawyers alike worked hard to keep up with the...more
In Washington: The House and Senate early Thursday morning affirmed President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. The joint session to count electoral votes was delayed hours by a violent insurrection at the Capitol after President...more
1.National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Peter Robb has issued guidance addressing employer assistance in union organizing and decertification elections. In Memorandum GC 20-13 (Sept. 4, 2020), “Guidance...more
This 26th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us returning to now-familiar topics involving liability protection for businesses, wrongful death lawsuits (particularly those...more
How is one Am Law 200 firm working towards solutions to the hardships small businesses are facing in 2020? Join us as guest host and Furia Rubel Public Relations Account Director, Caitlan McCafferty, goes on record with...more
Six months into a global pandemic, employers across the United States continue to deal with a series of new economic realities. More employees are working from home, with companies continuing to reevaluate their business...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The Senate is back in session, while the House returns from recess next week. Congress is now working on talks to pass a short-term funding bill to avoid a government...more
As we hit the dog days of August, government at all levels continues to battle COVID-19 while supporting businesses and families. Nationally, negotiations over a relief package have stalled, and President Trump has issued an...more
While most agree that Congress must do something to help the U.S. economy and the American people, there is some disagreement as to how, when, and what needs to get done. That is precisely what we’re exploring in today’s...more
This 14th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, showcases new and evolving trends. Employers are facing claims for both doing too much and too little in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....more
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter demonstrations, the U.S. Congress has stepped up its election year efforts by threatening heightened sanctions on China and Russia. The latest such bill, the Hong Kong...more
As we have reported, a state court judge in California recently issued a Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the reopening of a business until the employer complied with nearly one dozen COVID-19 safety-related...more
A group of employees in California recently went on strike to protest their employer’s refusal to close its business despite the employer’s alleged knowledge of a rising COVID-19 infection rate among employees and its failure...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In light of recent events, the Employment Law Lookout Blog provides some reflection and thought on returning to work in uncertain times....more
Legacy of the George Floyd Protests Start to Ripple Into the Workplace. As the George Floyd protests sweep the nation, a sizable amount of reformative legislation is being introduced into state legislatures. While the...more