2021 was another busy year for both the legislature and the courts in the Garden State. Highlights of the biggest employment law changes are summarized in this legal alert.

Russia’s incursion in Ukraine is likely to impair both U.S. and Ukrainian companies’ performance of their respective obligations under agreements for the supply of goods and services in Ukraine. Conflict has spread throughout the country, including in major cities. As the situation develops, parties to contracts governed by U.S. law to be performed in Ukraine should be mindful of their rights and obligations if there are interruptions in the supply and payment for goods and services, in order to minimize their losses.

On February 22, the White House announced actions under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to promote domestic production of critical minerals, lithium and lithium batteries, clean hydrogen and carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) technologies.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has now signed into law Senate Bill 7882A, which encompasses the revision and the chapter amendment to the Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act (CIDA).

For many reasons, 2021 felt like déjà vu all over again. The pandemic dragged on, Tom Brady won another Superbowl, and swarms of cicadas greeted us on their 17-year cycle. However, at least for Maryland employers, the more things remained the same, the more they changed. There were several important developments in labor and employment law last year in the State of Maryland, including expansions to the Flexible Leave Act, modifications to COVID-19 workplace safety laws, and amendments to filing deadlines.

On February 24, 2022, Senate Bill 7882A, which encompasses the revision and the chapter amendment to the Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act (CIDA), was sent to New York Governor Kathy Hochul to be signed into law, ahead of the March 1, 2022 deadline.

he Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced the revised thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR), Section 7A of the Clayton Act. HSR requires the parties to transactions that exceed the revised thresholds to file a premerger notification report to the FTC and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice.

Taking effect on January 1, 2022, California’s Senate Bill 331, known as the Silenced No More Act, expands existing law aimed at preventing or restricting the disclosure of certain factual information in settlement agreements to apply to all claims of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA).