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Practical pieces about employment law trends and how companies can stay compliant with quickly changing regulations and case law. A recent focus is how Legal should handle #MeToo and accusations of harassment and discrimination.
By Marcia Coyle | January 13, 2020
Colorado's lawyers argued the U.S. Constitution's excessive fines provision applies to individuals, not corporations. "Corporations, of course, do not have liberty rights and cannot be imprisoned for failing to pay a fine," the state's solicitor, Eric Olson, told the justices.
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By Marcia Coyle | January 13, 2020
Thanks for reading Supreme Court Brief. Scroll down to see some of the lawyers set to argue in the coming weeks at the high court. Plus: the justices returned Monday to ERISA, for the third time this term. Harvard Law Review's posted recollections of the late Justice John Paul Stevens.
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By Ana Ceballos | January 13, 2020
A bill filed by Rep. Cord Byrd, R-Neptune Beach, above, would require government employers, such as state agencies and county school districts, to use the federal government's E-Verify system to check the legal eligibility of new workers.
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By Christopher Wilkinson and David B. Smith | January 10, 2020
Providing information to federal and state agencies as part of the investigation for determining TAA eligibility for separated workers has surfaced as a unique challenge for employers because these matters move fast and entail a complex web of overlapping federal and state regulations and policies.
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By Roman T. Galas and Heather L. Williams | January 10, 2020
AB-5, known as the "gig worker" law, was signed into law on Sept. 18, 2019, by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who penned his support for the law in an op-ed touting a need to reverse what he called a "trend" of employer "misclassification" by re-classifying what could be tens of thousands of freelance workers and independent contractors as company employees.
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By Alaina Lancaster | January 9, 2020
A state court judge ruled Wednesday that federal law preempted the statute seeking to install a tighter test for employee classification. Some attorneys say the ruling could bolster gig economy companies' challenges to AB5.
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By Marcia Coyle | Mike Scarcella | January 9, 2020
Friday is the first conference for the justices in the new year. Here's a look at some of the major petitions awaiting action.
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By Christian Petrucci | January 9, 2020
As most workers' compensation practitioners are aware, the utilization review process was one of the main aspects of the medical cost containment provisions of the 1993 amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act.
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By Mike Scarcella | Marcia Coyle | January 9, 2020
Welcome to Labor of Law. We're looking at a bias case on the SCOTUS conference list Friday, and scroll down for more: Ogletree's Scott Hardy is up for a federal court seat, and Jackson Lewis is seeking fees after the 7th Circuit dinged a lawyer in an L&E case. Thanks for reading!
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By Robert Storace | January 8, 2020
Attorneys for Peruvian native Hernando Pezo, who was shot in the neck while delivering pizza, have secured a $2.5 million workers' compensation claim on his behalf.
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