The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Nov. 30 to avoid a debilitating nationwide rail strike. The measures now head to the Senate, which has until Dec. 9 to act before a strike migh...

Participants in Ward and Smith's Employment Law Symposium received updates on topics important to the EEOC, from jurisdictional issues and governmental agency partnerships to documentation procedur...

The Fourth Circuit refused Wednesday to revive a Black ATF agent's lawsuit claiming the agency violated federal law by transferring her and not returning her to her original position after she... T...

Insider Trading Policy: Hedging and Pledging Cooley is committed to providing public companies and their boards with relevant, on-demand resources. As a part of that effort, we are excited to be co...

government contractors and recipients of federal grants or other awards to agency suspension and debarment officials to address perceived weaknesses in oversight by the U. S. Department of Defense....

Activism is not a word one typically associates with NFTs. Blockchain work may have continued art’s tradition of leveraging new technologies, generating hype through artificial scarcity, and quest...

On November 22, 2022, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed the Fair Work Week Ordinance ("FWWO"). Set to take effect in April 2023, the new law imposes significant requirements on retail...

On November 28, 2022, the SEC announced an award of $20 million to a whistleblower who provided new and critical information that contributed to a successful enforcement action. (The order grantin...

The National Guard gave COVID-19 shots to multiple service members who were lined up for the influenza vaccine. Matthew Bouchard, a former specialist in Maine’s National Guard, was pursuing a relig...

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — The minimum wage in more than 20 states will be getting increased in 2023. Four of those states will raise their minimum wage to at or above $15 an hour. Alabama is not one o...