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Know Your Rights

USCIS Launches New Organizational Accounts Platform to Facilitate the H-1B Lottery Registration Process

February 28, 2024

Via: JD Supra

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) launched its new organizational accounts platform which allows multiple individuals within an organization, as well as their legal representatives, to collaborate on and prepare H-1B registrations on behalf of qualified candidates for […]


Business Law & Regulations, Privacy

EDPB Provides Guidance on Determining Primary Supervisory Authority

February 28, 2024

Via: JD Supra

This month the EDPB shed light on the question of lead supervisory authorities. The issue arose in response to a question late last month from the French supervisory authority. Some background. As most international organizations are aware, GDPR provides for […]


Know Your Rights

Will Virginia Finally Allow Recreational Cannabis Sales?

February 27, 2024

Via: JD Supra

Cannabis industry participants are keeping close tabs on a potential breakthrough in the Virginia recreational cannabis market. Virginia legalized adult-use recreational cannabis in 2021, but legislation that would have allowed sales of recreational cannabis died the following year when the […]


Business Law & Regulations, Privacy

Brazil Data Protection Law – Litigation in the Context of Employment

February 27, 2024

Via: JD Supra

The Brazilian Data Protection Law (LGPD) in effect since 2020 is starting to show its effects in the litigation landscape. Although the Brazilian National Data Protection Agency (ANPD) has been fairly active since it started operating in 2021 to promote […]


Business Law & Regulations, Privacy

CCPA Enforcement Surprise: Regulations Effective Immediately

February 27, 2024

Via: JD Supra

On Friday, February 9, as the country collectively packed up and prepared to head home for Super Bowl weekend, the Third Appellate District of the California Appellate Court issued an Order granting the California Privacy Protection Agency (the Agency) the […]


Business Law & Regulations, Employment & Labor

DEI Under Scrutiny, Part V: Proposed Utah Bill Would Have Extended Restrictions on DEI to Private Employers’ Training Programs

February 20, 2024

Via: JD Supra

States across the United States have been taking up or passing laws to prohibit diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and programming in public schools, colleges, universities, and other institutions, but a bill recently considered by Utah lawmakers raised concerns […]


Business Law & Regulations, Finance

Profit-Sharing Arrangement Tied To Employer’s Overall Profits Not Subject to Massachusetts Wage Act

February 20, 2024

Via: JD Supra

Employers with Massachusetts-based employees know that the Massachusetts Wage Act (the “Wage Act”), with its strict liability and automatic treble damages and attorneys’ fees, is a powerful and exacting statute with which they must comply. Powerful as it may be […]


Business Law & Regulations, Finance

CFPB seeks approval for new auto finance data collection

February 19, 2024

Via: LexBlog

The CFPB recently published a notice in the Federal Register indicating that it is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the collection of additional auto finance data pursuant to its authority under the Dodd-Frank Act […]


Business Law & Regulations, Privacy

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Update: Part Deux! New FTC Rulemaking Proposal

February 19, 2024

Via: LexBlog

As we discussed last year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has increased its focus and its enforcement related to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), especially in the educational context. Now the FTC is taking further steps to secure […]


Business Law & Regulations, Employment & Labor

Union Petitions Spike in 2022 and 2023, Ogletree Deakins NLRB Data Tracking Shows

February 19, 2024

Via: JD Supra

Labor organizing activity rose over the past two years with nearly as many representation election (RC) petitions filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from 2022 through 2023 as the previous three years, while the average time to close […]


Business Law & Regulations, Employment & Labor

Important Changes to French Labor Law in 2024

February 13, 2024

Via: National Law Review

Employers have additional obligations to provide employees with specific information during the recruitment process Employers are now required to provide in writing “key information relating to the employment relationship” to newly hired and current employees. It is not a legal […]


Business Law & Regulations, Employment & Labor

The Fight Continues for Employee Status – Dartmouth Men’s Basketball Players Are Employees Under the NLRA

February 13, 2024

Via: JD Supra

In September 2023, the Service Employees International Union Local 560 (SEIU) filed a petition for a representation election with Region 1 for a bargaining unit consisting of 15 Dartmouth College men’s basketball players. The SEIU petition is the first to […]


Advertising & Marketing, Business Law & Regulations

How B2B Companies Can Incorporate Valentine’s Day Into Their Content Marketing and Social Media Efforts

February 12, 2024

Via: National Law Review

Who says Valentine’s Day is reserved solely for the world of consumer romance? There’s a unique opportunity for businesses to craft content that resonates with the themes of love and appreciation, not just for partners and spouses but for clients, […]


Business Law & Regulations, Employment & Labor

Non-Compete Clarity: California Employers Must Provide Notice of Non-Competes to Employees By February 14, 2024

February 12, 2024

Via: JD Supra

New California laws intended to strengthen the state’s long-standing ban on non-competition agreements are set to create immediate headaches for employers in the state that have, or plan to, impose non-compete or non-solicit clauses on their employees in the Golden […]


Business Law & Regulations, Privacy

CCPA/CPRA enforcement delay overturned

February 12, 2024

Via: JD Supra

In an opinion filed on Friday, California’s Third District Court of Appeal reversed a lower court ruling that postponed until the end of March the enforcement of regulations promulgated pursuant to the California Privacy Rights Act. The CPRA amended the […]


Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health

New California Bills Would Require Naloxone in the Workplace to Respond to Drug Overdoses

February 6, 2024

Via: National Law Review

Democratic Assembly Member Matt Haney introduced Assembly Bill (AB) No. 1976, which, if enacted, would require the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board to “adopt revised standards” under Section 3400 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations […]


Tax Code, Regulations and Guidance

UK Government Publishes Response to Consultation on AI Regulation White Paper

February 6, 2024

Via: National Law Review

On February 6, 2024, the UK government published a response to the consultation on its AI Regulation White Paper, which the UK government originally published in March 2023. The White Paper set forth the UK government’s “flexible” approach to regulating […]


Business Law & Regulations, Finance

What’s Love Got to Do With It – Why Negotiating a Buy-Sell Agreement Is a Good Idea Even Among Family Business Owners

February 5, 2024

Via: LexBlog

Family members who enter into a private business together are taking on double risk. They face the same types of challenges that all owners and investors face in operating/investing in a business, but they are also exposed to the risk […]


Business Law & Regulations, Employment & Labor

Notice May Be Required for California Employees Subject to Non-Competes

February 5, 2024

Via: JD Supra

California passed new laws reiterating its prohibition on employment-related non-competition obligations. Assembly Bill 1076, effective January 1, 2024, provides that it is unlawful to include noncompete clauses in employment contracts, or to require an employee to enter into a noncompete […]


Business Law & Regulations, Privacy

Proposed State Privacy Law Update: February 5, 2024

February 5, 2024

Via: JD Supra

It was a busy week of committee hearings and meetings for consumer data privacy bills. In Maine, another work session was held on January 29 on the two pending consumer data privacy bills (LD 1977 / LD 1973). A work […]