On December 19, 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Trapped at Work Act (the “Act”), introducing sweeping new restrictions on certain employment-related repayment agreements. Effective immediat...

On December 11, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence (the “EO”). This EO targets state laws addressing artificial...

The employer argued, among other things, that the expert’s qualifications were insufficient because she is not a medical doctor and does not have a bachelor’s degree in biology. A manufacturing em...

Here are the top 10 workplace compliance items you should tackle in January 2026, based on the latest labor and employment law updates: _____ Warm up with a workplace law refresher. Did you ...

The aerospace and defense industry is facing an uptick in employment suits in Texas federal and state courts. Lockheed Martin has been hit with multiple lawsuits alleging race, religion and disabi...

A South Carolina video game store didn't violate federal labor law when it fired an employee who made insulting comments about the store's general manager to customers, the store told a... To view ...

Oil and gas exec forged document to support $1.7-million bid An oil and gas executive who forged a certification document to save his struggling company has learned that good intentions cannot resc...

Effective January 1, 2026, numerous state and local government employment laws have taken effect. Below is a non-exhaustive summary of key employment law updates for January 2026. Please note that...

Share A non-compete agreement is essentially a document that restricts an employee from competing with an employer after the employment relationship ends. According to Lauren Iannaccone, partner a...

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