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2.05.24
Immediate Action Required by California Employers to Avoid AB 1076 Fines
Effective January 1, 2024, AB 1076 amended California law to codify existing California case law holding most noncompete agreements void and making it unlawful to include a noncompete clause in an…
1.31.24
Appeals of Classification of Cannabis Growing Real Property – Opportunity for Tax Savings
If you are interested in appealing your property classification, please contact Carl Rashid, Mark Magyar, Lance Boldrey, or John Fraser. Continue Reading
1.10.24
On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor issued final rules for employers to determine if a worker is an independent contractor or employee. Workers who do not meet the new criteria under the…
1.05.24
Will the New York Times Take Down Large Language Models?
That whistling sound you hear may not be an old-school newspaper walking past a graveyard—it may well be an AI industry-killing asteroid. On December 27, 2023, the New York Times filed a…
1.03.24
Legal Updates for Texas Employers in 2024
Workplace Violence Reporting Poster Required Effective September 1, 2023, Texas employers of any size are required to “post a notice to employees of the contact information for reporting instances of…
12.21.23
ALPHV/Blackcat Ransomware Group Announces New Rule: No Rules…Anything, Anywhere
The Department of Justice recently announced a “disruption campaign” against the Blackcat ransomware group (aka ALPHV or Noberus), including seizing the group’s darknet website and releasing a…
12.21.23
Cannabis Banking Bill Faces Challenges as 2023 Ends, Hopes for Passage in 2024
In 2023, historic strides were made in the efforts to pass federal legislation to protect financial institutions that do business with the cannabis industry. The SAFE Banking Act is a bill that aims…
12.20.23
Illinois 2023 Year-End Reminders and Changes Coming to Employment Law in 2024 and Beyond
Changes to Illinois and City of Chicago Labor and Employment Laws I. Passing of the Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act (PLFAW). The new Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act becomes effective…
11.17.23
Assembly Bill 1076 Reinforces California’s Ban on Noncompete Agreements
On October 13, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1076 into law. AB 1076 codifies Edwards v. Arthur Andersen LLP (2008) 44 Cal. 4th 937, which held that any noncompete in an employment…
11.14.23
Chicago Passes Expansive Paid Leave Ordinance
On November 9, 2023, the Chicago City Council passed a new Paid Leave and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance, which replaces the current Paid Sick Leave Ordinance, and grants up to 10 total days of paid time…
11.06.23
Biden’s Executive Order and Its Possible Effects on Companies Developing and Deploying AI Systems
On October 30, 2023, President Biden signed an Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (the “Order”). The Order is the most comprehensive…
11.02.23
Security State of Mind: Amendments to NYDFS’s Cybersecurity Regulation Go Live
The Big Apple now demands big commitments from financial institution regarding its cybersecurity practices. Yesterday, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) adopted its second…
11.01.23
SEC Enforcement Against SolarWinds and Its CISO: Time to Freak Out?
The SEC has been on a cybersecurity tear in 2023, instituting new rules on disclosures of cybersecurity events and threat assessments. But not wanting to let go of the past, it brought suit on October…
10.30.23
The Rules on Who’s a Joint Employer Have Dramatically Changed
Over the past decade or so, there’s been much effort by the government to expand the scope of who may be deemed a joint employer. Those efforts have been to make contractors and their subcontractors,…
10.11.23
Start Your Website Spring Cleaning – This Fall
Many businesses think their websites, like a spacecraft following Newton’s laws of motion, should just keep going once established. What may be reasonable in deep space is not particularly safe in the…
10.06.23
Updates on Michigan Psychedelic News
It’s been an active few weeks in Michigan on the psychedelics front, with activity on both the legalization and law enforcement sides of the issue. Here’s a quick recap of two important bits of…
10.04.23
On October 3, the second morning of its new term, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard oral arguments in the case of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial…
9.26.23
This year, the Cook County docket has seen an influx of class action claims seeking redress under an older Illinois privacy statute, the Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA), no doubt due to the…
9.22.23
In a very short time, AI has evolved from an abstract idea to a practical tool. This demands legal thinking that can account for its use. AI as a concept began in the 1950s when well-known…
9.21.23
Finally, Federal Cannabis Banking Reform?!?!
As readers of this blog and the cannabis industry are aware, the conflict between state and federal law on the issue of cannabis is a constant source of tension, struggle, and frustration for the…