On July 21, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) consolidated the standard used to evaluate whether discipline of an employee’s abusive conduct violates the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which provides two different types of paid leave for employees who are unable to work due to COVID-19 related reasons.

On July 23, 2020, the New York State legislature voted to narrow the scope of the Emergency Disaster Treatment Protection Act (the Act), exposing nursing homes and other medical providers to liability for treatment unrelated to COVID-19.

The other shoe has dropped on the issue of vertical and horizontal exhaustion with respect to triggering excess coverage under California law.

In 2012, the United States Supreme Court decided Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School v. EEOC, 565 U.S. 171, and first recognized a “ministerial exception”.

As we discussed in a previous client alert, in June 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) as the new standard of care among brokers and dealers to become effective June 30, 2020.

In Governor Cuomo’s latest Executive Order, No. 202.48, dated July 6, 2020, the Governor extended the suspension and tolling of civil litigation deadlines and statutes of limitations for another 30 days, through August 5, 2020.

Following its own sexual harassment scandal, the 2019 Oregon legislature enacted dramatic changes to the state’s anti-discrimination laws.