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Employment
New York Legislature Introduces Bill to Ban Non-Compete Agreements
The New York Legislature will make another attempt to prohibit non-compete agreements for all individuals except those who are highly compensated. The New York Legislature ...
Employment
Fourth Circuit Temporarily allows DEI-Related EOs continue
Steven J. Pearlman is a partner in the Labor & Employment Law Department, where he is Head of the Restrictive Covenants, Trade Secrets & Unfair ...
Employment
Federal District Court Reverses Firing NLRB Member Wilcox – NLRB Returns To Statutory Quor
The court ordered that the Board’s chair restore her access to her Board and let her finish her five-year tenure. The Trump administration appealed immediately ...
Employment
California employers are in limbo over mandatory captive rules – two federal lawsuits challenge SB 399, and a looming issue before the NLRB.
As we discussed in our article, the introduction in California of SB 399 (approved and added to California Labor Code Section 1137) has sparked a ...
Employment
Arbitration must be initiated by the plaintiff, not the defendant
Arzate against Ace American Insurance Company — Cal. Rptr. 3d — 2025 began as a common case: plaintiffs had signed arbitration agreements (“Agreement”), which contained ...
Employment
DEI in the Spotlight – Wage and hour implications
Allan bloom is the co-chairman of Proskauer’s Labor & Employment Law Department. He is a nationally recognized litigator, advisor, and represents employers, business owners and ...
Employment
The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a reverse discrimination case
On February 26, 2025, the United States Supreme Court entertained oral argument in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, a case that centered on ...
Employment
Act
These While these memoranda do not have the weight of law or regulation, they do set out the agency’s priorities and key interpretations of the ...
Employment
Court of Appeal Rules that the choice-of-law provisions cannot circumvent the Ending Forced Arbitration act
On February 3, 2025, the California First District Court of Appeal held that a party to an arbitration agreement cannot rely on a choice-of-law provision ...