U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has confirmed that it will require employers and their attorneys to register H-1B lottery applicants in a new online registration system for the 2020 filing season for H-1B specialty occupation visa...
The City of Pittsburgh Paid Sick Days Act (“Act”) will take effect on March 15, 2020. Covered employers will be required to provide sick leave to their employees pursuant to the newly-published guidelines, which were released with the announcement of...
Overruling Banner Estrella Medical Center, 362 NLRB 1108 (2015), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has held that investigative confidentiality rules are lawful Category 1 rules under The Boeing Company, 365 NLRB No. 154 (2017), where by...
An insured whose comptroller wired funds to a fraudster’s account on a fraudulent email purportedly from the insured’s majority shareholder was found not to be covered for the losses because of the wording of its cyber insurance policy....
Citing shortcomings in Federal anti-discrimination law, a growing number of state and local legislatures are enacting laws prohibiting discrimination in regards to hairstyle. Historical Treatment of Hairstyle under Federal Law - Title VII of the...
On November 6, 2019, Fish & Richardson Principal Stuart Nelson and Associate Kim Leung hosted the Post-Grant for Practitioners webinar “USPTO Ethics Rules at the PTAB.” The webinar highlighted some of the major ethics rules at play in Patent Trial...
In 2007, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against a trucking company, alleging a pattern and practice of sexual harassment affecting a class of 270 female employees. The district court dismissed the complaint, and awarded the...
“What did I do wrong?” and “Am I doing this correctly?” are frequent questions from clients regarding FMLA administration. This is the 28th blog in a series highlighting some of the more common mistakes employers can inadvertently make regarding...
The Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plan describes audits, reviews and other work statutorily required or otherwise undertaken by the OIG. Monthly updates to the OIG Work Plan can be found on the Recently Added...
AGENDA - - SEC Enforcement and Exams in 2019 - Risk Alerts and Other Hot Button Issues - Enforcement Priorities and Selected Actions Pertaining to Investment Management - A Review of Recent SEC Statements and Developments in Areas of Regulatory...
