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Two new wage and hour cases: one good news for employers, one not so good

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 25 2013

Two wage and hour decisions were recently issued - one by the United States Supreme Court and the other by a Court of Appeal in California - that are

Revolving door risk: failure to follow best practices can have severe consequences

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 15 2013

Not surprisingly, private industry frequently considers hiring current and former federal government employees for their experience, knowledge base

Pregnancy disability leave in California: what should employers be expecting?

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 28 2013

Last year, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing ("DFEH") implemented new regulations interpreting the Pregnancy Disability Leave ("PDL") Law

Is working from home a reasonable accomodation? "Rarely."

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 25 2013

Modern technology has made it possible for workers to complete many of their job duties from just about anywhere. Do these technological capabilities

“Substantial” benefit to employers in California Supreme Court’s new formulation of mixed-motive defense (or, ding dong, the wicked witch motivating factor instruction is dead)

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 7 2013

Today in Harris v. City of Santa Monica, the California Supreme Court, in a decision that favors employers, answered this question: "What is the

The new NLRB: it’s coming for non-union employers

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 31 2013

In this month's ELC, we analyze the Obama Administration's initiatives at the National Labor Relations Board, and its increasingly aggressive

D.C. Circuit hands the CFPB a setback?

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 30 2013

At the end of last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its decision in Noel Canning v. National Labor

FINRA proposal requires disclosure of enhanced compensation

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 16 2013

Continuing ongoing efforts to address conflicts of interest in the financial services industry, FINRA requested comments on a Proposed Rule

Full speed ahead: employment and labor initiatives during the president’s second term

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 19 2012

The purpose of this Commentary (and next month’s) is to provide a forward-looking view of the regulatory and enforcement priorities of the federal labor and employment agencies in the second term of President Barack Obama

Department announces special auditcompliance nexus policy for businesses and individuals in New York temporarily due to Hurricane Sandy

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 4 2012

The Department of Taxation and Finance has announced an audit and compliance policy under which it will not assess corporate franchise taxes, personal income taxes, and withholding taxes in certain situations when a business or individual is present in New York State temporarily to work solely as part of the Hurricane Sandy relief efforts and does not otherwise have nexus with the State