We use cookies to customise content for your subscription and for analytics.
If you continue to browse Lexology, we will assume that you are happy to receive all our cookies. For further information please read our Cookie Policy.
Lexology logo






  Request new password

Search results

Order by most recent / most popular / relevance

Results: 1-10 of 64

WRDA vote expected this week

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 6 2013

The Senate is expected to vote on S. 601, the Water Resources Development Act, the week of May 6. The bill, which was recently unanimously passed by

Hazardous material transportation penalties increase

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2013

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued a final rule on April 17, 2013, revising maximum and minimum civil penalties for

Revised hazard communication standard: December 1st, 2013 deadline for training and the basic training requirements that you need to know

  • Miller & Martin LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 9 2013

OSHA revised its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to align with the United Nations' Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling

Green job compensation disparity

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 10 2013

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released an analysis January 31 in its Monthly Labor Review finding that jobs in green industries pay workers an

Home confinement and probation for illegal asbestos removal

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 25 2013

A federal court in New Jersey has sentenced a construction worker to three years of probation, including six months of home confinement, for

Court of Appeal excludes two chemicals from the Proposition 65 list: SIRC v. OEHHA limits the reach of the Labor Code in determining Proposition 65 listed chemicals

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 3 2012

On October 31, 2012, the California Court of Appeal affirmed a finding that two chemicals classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as possibly carcinogenic pursuant to the Labor Code do not meet the standard for inclusion on the Proposition 65 list

Whistleblower awards: time for standards

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 3 2012

According to the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), over 50 percent of its oily water separator (“OWS”) prosecutions arise from whistleblower reports

Court rejects use of alter ego doctrine to “borrow” contractor license

  • Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 15 2012

California’s Contractors’ State License Law, Business & Professions Code Section 7000 et seq., requires contractors to be licensed unless they are exempt from licensure

Post election update

  • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 9 2012

The voters have now spoken in one of the most hotly contested and expensive races in American history, and the net effect of countervailing political winds was ironically to perpetuate the political status quo

Employer pay obligations in face of disasters

  • Jackson Lewis LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 31 2012

When unexpected natural disasters, such as Hurricane Sandy, impact an employer’s ability to operate business as usual, employers are faced with last-minute decisions to close all or part of their operations or otherwise modify work schedules

Current Search

Suggested Facets

Author

Firm Name

Jurisdiction

Workarea

© Copyright 2006-2013 Globe Business Publishing Ltd | Cookies | Disclaimer | Privacy policy