Podcast: Antitrust Updates – Changes Affecting Merger Review and Enforcement in 2024 and Beyond – Diagnosing Health Care
Employment Law This Week®: DOL’s Final Overtime Rule, CA Codifies “ABC Test,” Pay Data Collection Beyond 2018, NLRB’s Busy Summer
Jones Day Talks: Navigating Foreign Direct Investment in Germany
I-18- DC Update on Joint Employer and OT Issues, and Part 1 of an Expert Interview on Pay Equity Audits
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In a merger control environment that has been steadily evolving over the past several years, M&A parties can less and less rely solely on traditional notification thresholds to assess filing obligations and antitrust risk....more
In the first Omnibus packages, introduced on February 26, 2025, the European Commission (EC) has (among other proposals, which we have covered in detail here) proposed changes to streamline the Carbon Border Adjustment...more
Friday, a federal judge in Texas invalidated the United States Department of Labor’s (DOL) rule that raised the minimum salary levels under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) “white collar” exemptions. This ruling impacts...more
Earlier today, November 15, 2024, United States District Court Judge Sean D. Jordan of the Eastern District of Texas, granted summary judgment against the Department of Labor determining that the United States Department of...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with the concurrence of the Department of Justice, has unanimously adopted sweeping changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) rules. ...more
On Friday 30 August 2024 the Australian Government released its much-anticipated proposed mandatory merger notification thresholds, marking a significant milestone in Australia’s shift to a mandatory merger regime. The...more
Spotlight on below-threshold merger reviews: doubts over European Commission’s powers while in depth probes launched in Italy - Last month, we reported on the landmark Advocate General (AG) opinion in Illumina/GRAIL. The AG...more
Effective July 1, 2024, the federal Fair Labor Standards Act salary threshold for exempt, white-collar employees will increase to $43,888 (or $844 per week). However, a bigger increase is in store for next year. On January 1,...more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new rule to raise the minimum salary thresholds for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) white-collar overtime exemptions could be delayed as it faces multiple legal challenges, alleging...more
Hot off the press – here is Littler’s mid-year report! As federal regulators, states and cities continue to pass new workplace regulations through the calendar year, we summarize each state’s notable labor and employment law...more
On April 23, 2024, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced a final rule which will raise the salary threshold required to classify employees as exempt from overtime pay requirements under federal law.[1]...more
Earlier this year, Indiana joined a growing number of states by enacting a new notification requirement for certain healthcare transactions. Indiana Senate Bill Number 9 (SB 9), effective July 1, 2024, is likely to require...more
The United States is among the minority of large economies in the world without a comprehensive national privacy law. In the absence of such a law, numerous states are filling the void with a complex assortment of often...more
On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its much-anticipated final rule raising the salary threshold for employees to be exempt from federal overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more
With the New Year here, new laws, rules and regulations are now in effect that may impact your company’s business. While finalizing employee handbook revisions and preparing for the year ahead, employers should consider the...more
Gov. Hochul signed S5572/A6796, which increases the threshold for applicability of wage-payment protections under Article 6 of the New York Labor law for certain persons employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or...more
On 7 November 2023, in the King’s Speech, the UK government announced three draft laws aimed at supporting tech companies’ growth and competitiveness: the Automated Vehicles Bill (AV Bill), the Digital Markets, Competition...more
We are often asked if one has to pay taxes when selling goods or services online. That question became even more relevant this week when the IRS postponed the new “$600 Rule.” This is a particular relief for those wo receive...more
Editor’s Note: The Hart Scott Rodino Act (HSR Act) is a federal law that requires companies planning to merge or acquire certain assets or voting securities to notify the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of...more
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in consumer products continue to be in the regulatory and litigation spotlight in 2023. Manufacturers and downstream businesses should be actively preparing to comply with the...more
The AML reform brings about significant changes to Chinese merger control. Modifications to the notification thresholds and clarifications on the “controlling right” concept may lead to fewer filings being required. At the...more
UPDATES AT A GLANCE — FEBRUARY 2022 MARKET TRENDS: - 2021 U.S. PE Market Trends in Review - Goodwin Private Equity Deal Database – Reverse Break Fees - R&W Insurance – Rate on Line and Insurer Appetite KEY TRANSACTION...more
Member States are introducing or expanding investment screening regimes, and the European Commission is now playing an active role - While there is no standalone foreign direct investment (FDI) screening at the EU level, the...more
On 11 February 2020 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it has issued Special Orders to five large technology firms requiring them to “provide information about prior acquisitions not reported to the antitrust...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on January 28, 2020, the reporting thresholds under Section 7A of the Clayton Act, known as the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the Act), will be...more