Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Website:http://www.seyfarth.com/
Follow:

Seyfarth Shaw LLP Blogs

ADA Title III
BIG Immigration Law Blog
BioLoquitur
California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog
Carpe Datum Law
Consumer Class Defense Blog
EEOC Year-End Countdown
Employer Labor Relations
Employment Law Lookout
ERISA & Employee Benefits Litigation Blog
Nation Of Immigrators
SeytLines
The Blunt Truth
The Construction Seyt
The Global Privacy Watch
Trading Secrets
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
Workplace Class Action Blog
Workplace Law & Strategy
Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog

Blog Authors

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Amy Abeloff
Thomas E. Ahlering
Nabeel Ahmad
Nabeel Ahmad
Mary Ahrens
Richard L. Alfred
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Jason M. Allen
Lorie Almon
Eden Anderson
Renee B. Appel
Kristine Argentine
Melissa Aristizabal
Edward (Teddie) Arnold
Elizabeth Leifel Ash
Alison Ashford
Scott Atkinson
Scott E. Atkinson
John Ayers-Mann

Latest from Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: It is important for companies to investigate internal sexual harassment complaints and take prompt, appropriate corrective action. This post provides a six-step roadmap of best practices for handling sexual harassment complaints. 1.   Plan Ahead Maintain compliant harassment policies, provide regular harassment training covering all required topics (Seyfarth can help), and communicate the procedure for reporting complaints. Determine in advance who will oversee the process for handling complaints. Have a crisis…
Seyfarth Synopsis:  Domino’s Likely to File Petition for Certiorari from Ninth Circuit’s Ruling in Robles v. Domino’s. As we reported, the Ninth Circuit held in January that a blind plaintiff could move forward with his ADA Title III lawsuit against Domino’s Pizza for having an allegedly inaccessible website and mobile app.  The court determined that allowing the claim to move forward was not a violation of Domino’s due process rights, even though the ADA…
By: Mark Casciari Seyfarth Synopsis:  On March 20, 2019, in Frank, et al. v. Gaos, No. 17-961, 2019 WL 1264582 (U.S. Mar. 20, 2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Article III standing preconditions to federal court litigation, as described in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, 136 S.Ct. 1540 (2016), will not be undermined. The ruling is important for any corporate counsel involved in defending class actions and in negotiating the resolution of such litigation.…
Seyfarth Synopsis:  On March 20, 2019, in Frank, et al. v. Gaos, No. 17-961, 2019 WL 1264582 (U.S. Mar. 20, 2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Article III standing preconditions to federal court litigation, as described in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, 136 S.Ct. 1540 (2016), will not be undermined. The ruling is important for any corporate counsel involved in defending class actions and in negotiating the resolution of such litigation. We previously blogged…
Potential Outcomes and Implications for the False Claims Act On March 19, 2019, Seyfarth’s Anthony LaPlaca and Teddie Arnold witnessed oral argument at the U.S. Supreme Court in a government contracts case that has major implications for future enforcement of the federal False Claims Act (FCA).[1] In Cochise Consultancy, the Court is asked to interpret the FCA’s statutes of limitations, which govern the time frame in which the government may initiate a civil false…
By Jay Connolly & Aaron Belzer As cannabis growers and retailers struggle with the complex and onerous regulatory scheme governing California’s emerging legal marijuana marketplace, they may be excused for overlooking the requirements of California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986—more commonly known as Proposition 65.  Neither the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), nor its implementing regulations, reference or suggest that cannabis growers or retailers are subject…
As cannabis growers and retailers struggle with the complex and onerous regulatory scheme governing California’s emerging legal marijuana marketplace, they may be excused for overlooking the requirements of California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986—more commonly known as Proposition 65.  Neither the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), nor its implementing regulations, reference or suggest that cannabis growers or retailers are subject to Proposition 65.  Yet, Proposition 65…
By: Robert Fisher, Jeffrey Berman, Skelly Harper and John Ayers-Mann  Seyfarth Synopsis: An important issue for colleges and universities is whether faculty are “managerial” employees under the National Labor Relations Act, and thus precluded from union organizing.  Almost 40 years ago, the Supreme Court held in NLRB v. Yeshiva University that faculty are managerial if they exercise “collegial” authority collectively in academic matters.  Five years ago, the Obama Board in Pacific Lutheran University…
By: Deirdre M. Murphy The following is directed to organizations with a presence in the UK or who anticipate the need to place talent at a UK work site. Seyfarth Shaw’s Global Mobility Practice hosts attorneys licensed to practice in the UK, Canada, Ireland and Germany. The group has the capability to assist clients with obtaining work and residence visas for over 70 jurisdictions around the world.  If we can assist you in placing talent,…
As readers of this blog well know, there is a growing trend of state legislatures seeking to limit or outright ban non-competes. (See here, here, and here as just a few examples of state efforts to curb non-competes—not to mention the proposed federal legislation and international efforts—in the last six months.) Last week, the Washington Senate jumped on the bandwagon by passing a bill with a 30–18 vote that would severely limit…