In Walmart, Inc., et al. v. Leigh Ann Reeves (Case No. 2021-SC-0288-DG), the Kentucky Supreme Court recently addressed a case involving third-party criminal acts and premises liability.

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is expected to sign the Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act (the Act) into law soon, granting most employees the right to earn 40 hours of paid leave annually beginning January 1, 2024. On January 10, 2023, the Illinois legislature passed the Act, joining Nevada and Maine in requiring paid employee leave for any reason upon either oral or written request.

Today, in a 4-3 decision, the Illinois Supreme Court handed down the most significant opinion interpreting the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) since Rosenbach v. Six Flags, holding in Cothron v. White Castle Systems, Inc. that a separate claim accrues under Section 15(b) and 15(d) of BIPA each and every time a private entity collects or discloses a biometric identifier or information.

In a continuation of effort to increase the bite of U.S. sanctions, on December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, Pub. L. 117–328 (H.R. 2617), into law (CAA). This Act provides the Attorney General with authority to send the proceeds from certain forfeited asset sales of sanctioned Russian oligarchs and other entities supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the Ukrainian people.

California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed Assembly Bill 2406 (AB 2406) into law. The bill, which became effective January 1, 2023, increases regulatory scrutiny of certain maritime practices relating to detention and demurrage (D&D) charges.

In recent weeks, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued updates to several Russia-related general licenses and FAQs pertaining to the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations at 31 C.F.R. part 587. It is important that companies stay informed of the latest developments in Russia-related regulations as these updates, detailed below, could have significant impacts on their businesses.

2022 was an unexpectedly busy year in the employment law arena for Pennsylvania. Below, we recap the key new developments that employers should be mindful of to ensure legal compliance in 2023.

New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner recently issued a statement indicating that due to “the current high number of judicial vacancies, trials in the Civil Division and matrimonial trials will not be conducted in [Vicinage 13 or Vicinage 15], beginning Feb. 21, 2023, except for very limited circumstances.”