The Sunshine State just got brighter for Florida employers seeking to enforce non-compete agreements. On April 24, 2025, the Florida legislature passed the Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investme...

Granting a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) does not render that accommodation sacrosanct. A case recently decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seve...

Takeaways The appeals court conducted an exhaustive review of the factors defining independent contractor status under the Fourth Circuit’s McFeeley economic realities test. Merely calling legal ...

What’s Going on at Ballard Power? Ballard Power Systems is launching a sweeping internal overhaul — including workforce reductions, significant cost-cutting, and a strategic pivot away from aspira...

As noncompete agreements continue to face legal scrutiny, employers are focusing on trade secret protection as a more sustainable strategy. For employers, this shift raises a host of practical ques...

The government was not required to give a bigger whistleblower award to a former auditor who helped the Internal Revenue Service recover $180,000 in taxes, the Federal Circuit said Tuesday, affirmi...

Takeaways Florida’s CHOICE Act diverges sharply from national trends, expanding rather than restricting employers’ power to safeguard their business interests. The new law makes preliminary injun...

Lewis Silkin is opening in Scotland with the arrival of a three-lawyer team to expand its employment law offering across the UK and Ireland. The incoming lawyers will be based in Glasgow and inclu...