July 23, 2019
We have previously reported on the long-running legal battle over the Obama-era requirement that large employers annually submit pay data by race/ethnicity and gender to the […]
June 27, 2019
On June 24, 2019 the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion that allows for federal registration of a class of trademarks not previously permitted. The […]
June 20, 2019
On June 17, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) expanded the types of information that can be withheld from the public under the “privacy” exemption to […]
June 18, 2019
The Massachusetts Department of Family Leave (DFML) has now made it official. The deadline for the required withholdings/contributions under the State’s new family and medical leave […]
June 13, 2019
The Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Law has had more starts and stops than a local train. Once again, the brakes have been put on. […]
May 14, 2019
More and more, institutions are turning to internal investigations as the response when confronted with allegations of serious wrongdoing. Especially now, in the #MeToo era, the […]
April 30, 2019
As Prince Lobel has reported on extensively, the Massachusetts Legislature in 2018 enacted the most comprehensive and generous Paid Family and Medical Leave law (PFML) in […]
March 21, 2019
This alert is the first in a two-part series on GDPR’s influence in shaping U.S. domestic legislation. Here we will outline some ways that the California […]
March 11, 2019
Two Obama-era initiatives are once again in the spotlight: the criteria for overtime eligibility and the collection of pay information on EEO-1 forms. Employers should be […]