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Hotel and Transit Employers Must Provide Anti-Human Trafficking Training
An estimated 40 million people live in modern slavery, more than ever before in human history, according to the 2018 Global Slavery Index. The International Labour Organization reports that slavery …
Do Your Employees Know How to Respond to the Execution of a Search Warrant?
Do your employees know what to do if a law enforcement agent arrives at your place of business with a search warrant? A company’s response following the execution of a …
USCIS Announces Updates to Form I-539 Prior to H-1B Season
On February 11, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced a revision to Form I-539, including a new addendum under Form I-539A, that will be required after March 11, …
Requiring a Nonexempt Employee to Call-In to Work May Require Providing Reporting Time Pay
On February 4, 2019, the California Court of Appeal issued its ruling in Ward v. Tilly’s, Inc. The Court held that employers requiring a nonexempt employee to report in by …
You Are Indemnified…. Until You Are Not
In the ordinary course of a construction project (or any commercial transactional arrangement, for that matter), something can go wrong. People can get injured; property can be damaged. For that …
Employers: Get Ready for Changes to the H-1B Visa Process
In late 2018, the immigration community was teased by the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) that it proposed to establish an electronic registration program for those employers who wished to …
The Impact Of “Festo” Cases On The Doctrine Of Equivalents
For more than a decade, the Supreme Court of the United States and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”), in a series of cases entitled Festo …
The Supreme Court Holds that the “On Sale” Patent Bar Still Means “On Sale”
The U.S. Supreme Court provided clarity this week in unanimously holding that the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”) did not change the meaning of the “on sale” bar to patentability. …
2019 California Employment Law Updates: New Laws Related to Employer Hiring Practices
Employers in California understand that “Happy New Year!” means ringing in a host of new employment laws that must be carefully scrutinized. California law has long prohibited discrimination against job …
Utilities and Bankruptcy
The Bankruptcy Code prevents utility companies from altering, disconnecting, or refusing service to a customer because of a bankruptcy filing. Additionally, utility companies are prohibited from refusing to provide services …