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Volume XI, Number 311

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In the Breakroom Podcast: OSHA ETS
Welcome to In the Breakroom, a podcast series on hot topics related to employment law. On... Read More >
plan to target methane emissions from landfills, agriculture
On November 2, 2021, President Biden released the U.S. Methane Emissions Reduction Action... Read More >
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health care employee vaccination fundamentals
Now that OSHA has issued its emergency temporary standard and CMS has issued its own ... Read More >
COVID-19 Employee Vaccination Updates
OSHA Issues Vaccine ETS
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)... Read More >
Madeline Hodge Health Policy Director McDermott Law Firm
THIS WEEK’S DOSE
House updates reconciliation text. Key payment rules and vaccine mandate... Read More >
OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard for Employers
On November 4, 2021, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OSHA”) released... Read More >
 H-1B lottery selections
The H-1B quota continues to be oversubscribed, and last year saw a record number of H-1B... Read More >
The Tangible Property Test
Since coming into effect in January 2018, Subchapter Z of the US Tax Code—also known as... Read More >
CMS COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate
On Nov. 4, 2021, CMS published an Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination interim... Read More >
New Proposed DACA Rule from DHS
Efforts to pass “Dreamers” bills that would provide a pathway to citizenship for Deferred... Read More >

Emerging Legal News

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Federal Law News

SEC Releases Shareholder Proposal Staff Legal Bulletin

On November 3, 2021, the Division of Corporation Finance (“Corp Fin”) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released Shareholder Proposals: Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14L(CF) (the “SLB”) to provide information for...

New OSHA ETS Released, Deadlines Coming Soon

On November 4, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released the long-awaited COVID-19 ...

IRS Notice 2021-61

On November 4, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released the 2022 dollar limitations that apply to tax-qualified retirement plans. With few exceptions, the 2022 limitations published in ...

steblecoin is backed by flat currency

On November 1, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG), the FDIC, and the OCC announced the release of a ...

Court Splits McDonald’s AI Drive-Thru Litigation

A federal court this week in the McDonald’s AI litigation found that Plaintiff lacks Article III standing to pursue BIPA Section 15(a) and 15(c) claims.  Consequently, it remanded these claims back to state court while...

11th Circuit Map Dan Alfonso v. Cumulus Media, Inc.,

In an order issued on October 15, 2021, United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash from the Northern District of Georgia granted an employer’s Motion for Summary Judgment and ruled that plaintiff’s separation agreement with...

Cryptocurrency Products NOT Securities

A Connecticut federal jury just answered one of the biggest questions on the minds of cryptocurrency investors, developers, and regulators – are cryptocurrencies securities? The jury concluded that Paycoin and several...

Tinder Employee's Arbitration Agreement

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an ex-Tinder employee must arbitrate her claims against her former employer and cannot pursue her claims in court, even though her claims arose before she executed an...

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State Law News

Do LLC Members Owe Fiduciary Duties in California?

Does a member of a limited liability company owe a fiduciary duty to the company and the other members?  Section 17704.09(a) of the California Corporations Code states that a member owes a duty of loyalty and a duty of care. ...

New York Paid Family Leave Law Amended

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law an amendment to the New York Paid Family Leave Law (NYPFLL), which will allow employees to take...

Plant Based Meat Labeling Legislation

Plant-based food sales, including plant-based meat and dairy alternatives, continue to grow rapidly. Last year, plant-based meat sales were up 45%, rising to 2.7% of all retail packaged meat sales. Plant-based milks and yogurts...

Maine’s New Agricultural Constitutional Amendment
  • Earlier this week Maine voters approved an amendment to the state’s constitution. ‘Right to Food’ is a statewide...

ERCOT Electric Grid Failures

There is a lot of buzz around clean technology, distributed energy resources (DERs), microgrids, and other technological innovations in renewable energy and clean transport industries, and how these developments can contribute...

INTERNATIONAL LAW NEWS

cyberspace of China data transfers

On October 29, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) published the Security Assessment Measures...

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Apple to Enter Global FRAND License

For years, Apple has resisted taking a license to Optis’ standard-essential patent portfolio covering Long-Term...

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German COVID Labor Laws

Am 24. November 2021 läuft die Feststellung der „epidemische Lage von nationaler Tragweite“ aus, die der letzte...

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Global COVID-19 Supply Chain Shortages

Empty petrol stations, rising energy costs, chaos at container parks, and electronics and toys missing from the shops...

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Italy raw material pricing law Article 1-septies of Law Decree 73/2021

The gradual alleviation of the Covid-19 emergency brought about the gradual resumption of business activities and the...

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