Last Friday, August 21, 2020, the Kansas Human Rights Commission (KHRC) Board met to consider the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton Cty., 140 S. Ct. 1731, 1734 (2020) and its impact on the KHRC’s interpretation of the Kansas Act Against Discrimination (KAAD).

Lewis Brisbois’ New York trial attorneys are looking forward to resuming trials and defending their clients’ interests in the courtroom, as courts within Nassau County and across the State of New York continue to implement protocols that will allow in-person proceedings and trials to move forward.

On August 11, 2020, the Small Business Administration released a major new procedural framework for legal challenges to its rulings on loan eligibility and forgiveness under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which has approved more than 5.1 million loans and dispensed more than $520 million to small businesses suffering economic losses from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Significant new whistleblower legislation is coursing its way through a special session of the Missouri Legislature and, if passed, will drastically broaden the definition of employer to expose businesses and government entities to whistleblower suits claiming punitive damages. House Bill 21 (HB 21) purports to be an emergency clause bill, which would go into effect immediately upon passage.

On August 8, 2020, President Trump directed the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury “to use his authority to defer certain payroll tax obligations with respect to the American workers most in need." Presidential Memoranda: Memorandum on Deferring Payroll Tax Obligations in Light of the Ongoing COVID-19 Disaster (August 8, 2020).

Following a recent panel hearing comprised of Judges Fisher, Accurso, and Rose, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey issued a published opinion in Eileen McNellis-Wallace, et al. v. Joseph Hoffman, Jr., Esq., et al., 2020 N.J. Super. LEXIS 195 (App. Div. 2020), regarding successor liability in a legal malpractice action.