All employers have a vested interest in maintaining workplaces free from substance abuse and can use their employment policies to achieve this. Often, these policies invoke state or federal laws. However, only a fraction of U.S. employers are actually required to...
Regardless of what the groundhog sees on February 2nd, the impacts of winter on employers across the Northeast will be felt well into the spring. And to the surprise of some lawyers, the biggest legal questions regarding winter weather have more to do with how winter...
Even before the global pandemic forced unprecedented levels of work from home, companies around the U.S. had begun to reevaluate where their employees could best do their work. Their newfound flexibility brings new complexity as employers buy into the concept that...
While some investors chose to invest in cryptocurrencies based upon an understanding of the underlying technology and potential of their blockchain, others invest in crypto because they are following a trend and may not understand what drives the valuation of...
It is common in agreements of all kinds to see a clause where a party that is providing a product or service disclaims any liability for “consequential damages.” These clauses frequently are glossed over. They may be passed off as “standard” and part of “our normal...
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed regulation that, if adopted, could potentially invalidate and largely prohibit the use of employee non-competes in the U.S. Currently, some estimate that non-compete agreements bar about 30...
