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The U.S. Equal Opportunity has recently issued updated guidance addressing COVID-19 vaccinations in the workplace. Employers should review this guidance as COVID-19 vaccinations continue to roll out across the country. Here are a few important points addressed in the guidance......

In D.P.R Scrap Metal. Inc., v Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of North Hempstead, __AD3d__, [2d Dept 2020], the Appellate Division affirmed the grant of the Article 78 Petition of D.P.R. Scrap Metal Inc.

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 23 (December 10, 2020) - The Canadian government introduced a bill into Parliament Nov. 17, the Digital Charter Implementation Act of 2020, that makes a number of changes and clarifications to Canada’s existing data privacy regulatory framework.

On August 18, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held a public meeting to consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) intended "to enhance the effectiveness and create accountability and transparency in the conciliation process."...

As remote learning continues to play a critical role in the world’s pandemic response, cybercriminals see another opportunity for exploitation.  The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (

Wie bereits berichtet erhält Deutschland ein neues Restrukturierungsrecht für Unternehmen, dessen Herzstück der sogenannte Stabilisierungs- und Restrukturierungsrahmen („SRR“) ist. Der Bundestag hat das entsprechende Gesetz am 17. Dezember 2020 verabschiedet. Am 18....

On December 17, 2020 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“USFWS”) published its 12-month finding that listing of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus) is warranted but precluded by higher priority actions.

In 2020, the NAIC formed the Special (EX) Committee on Race and Insurance to consider what measures insurance regulators and the industry can take to increase diversity and inclusion within the insurance industry and to address practices that potentially disadvantage people of color and/or histor

With such little fanfare that it may have escaped many employers’ attention, the Kentucky Labor Cabinet’s Department of Workplace Standards recently implemented final amendments to its injury and illness recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

On December 16, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued guidance about how federal equal employment opportunity laws (“EEO laws”) may apply to potential employer requirements that employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 (the “Guidance”).

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