The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued new guidelines regarding religious attire and grooming in the workplace, reminding employers and employees what's prohibited under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
When goods are delivered to a professional storage operator (we will refer to them as a warehouseman) for safe keeping, they may become subject to a lien. A lien is a security right which gives the warehouseman rights over the goods that can take...
On February 19, 2014, a Nebraska state district court judge invalidated a portion of a Nebraska law that had, until the decision, permitted an alternate, streamlined method of obtaining eminent domain authority for the Keystone XL pipeline...
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” is one of the signature lines from Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. I thought about that when I read a couple of recent articles in the New York Times (NYT), entitled “Questions Are Asked of Rot in Banking...
U.S. EPA recently finalized amendments to its rules regulating boilers at small facilities all over the country. The rule, called the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Industrial, Commercial and Institutional...
The existing United Kingdom tax rules designed to discourage the “enveloping” of residential properties worth more than £2m in certain vehicles are to be extended to lower value properties. The changes will take place in phases, starting today with...
FINRA proposes a new “lite” registration regime for private placements and M&A activity. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) recently issued Regulatory Notice regarding proposed rules (Proposed Rules) would apply to firms that...
The California agency that implements Proposition 65 – perhaps the nation’s highest-profile consumer product toxics law – has proposed far-reaching changes to the now-familiar warnings required under that statute.... By: DLA Piper
1. What are the driving factors for increasing renewable energy production in Vietnam? As with many other countries, an important factor in Vietnam driving the increased use of renewable energy is a heightened sense of environmental issues....
The Supreme Court has a renewed interest in the state action doctrine. After declining to clarify what types of state action are exempt from federal antitrust scrutiny for years, the Supreme Court agreed to hear its second case on the subject....
