As they say, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 

In that spirit, what follows are certain pay and leave issues employers may confront during times of natural disaster – all of which are better to be thought about ahead of...

NC Attorney General Josh Stein announced during a press conference in January that efforts were underway to expand NC’s data protection laws and enforcement in response to the growing number of corporate data breaches affecting NC residents. As...

On April 10, 2019, the Department of Justice filed notices[1] appealing two District Court rulings that struck down Medicaid work requirements in both Kentucky[2] and Arkansas[3] to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit....

On April 23, 2019, Governor Bill Lee signed a bill that extends protection from some legal claims associated with workplace bullying to all Tennessee employers. Employers that adopt an anti-bullying policy that conforms to the law will be immune...

In December 2018, we blogged about a new reinsurance arbitration consolidation case.  We...

At an April 23, 2019 public hearing, the Chairman of the West Virginia Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (“OGCC”) announced the Commission’s intention to introduce an emergency rule for setback/spacing standards for horizontal deep wells (below...

I am no oenophile but I have heard of decanting a bottle of wine.  I am also not a trust and estates lawyer but I have never heard of decanting a trust's assets - until yesterday when I read the Nevada Supreme Court's opinion...

Several months ago we covered two Second Circuit ...

How will the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) apply to us? This is a question 0rganizations have asked since the CCPA was ...

Here are the most recent health care related regulatory developments as published in the New Jersey Register in April, 2019:

• On April 1, 2019, 51 N.J.R. 452(a), the Department of Human Services,...

A California bill that would charter the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (I-Bank) as a depository institution...

Securing risk-based closure of a contaminated site in Miami-Dade County, known as a “No Further Action with Conditions (NFAC),” typically requires the imposition of institutional controls in the form of a covenant running with the land,...

The much-anticipated amendment to North Carolina’s data breach notification law that we reported on earlier this year (see ...

On April 17, 2019, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida (the “Government”) announced its non-prosecution agreement entered into with a Miami-based gold refinery, Republic Metals Corp. (“RMC”), related to the...

On April 9, 2019, the New York City Council overwhelmingly passed a bill ...

The California Office of Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the agency charged with carrying out the Safe Drinking Water and Toxics Enforcement Act of 1986 (aka Proposition 65), recently finalized regulations which take effect...

With the ever-changing complexity of state data breach notification laws, companies facing a data breach need resources that will help them understand the issues.  This summary provides an overview of the similarities and...