On February 10, 2022, the United States Senate passed Senate Bill 2342 through a voice vote. Titled the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021,” Senate Bill 2342 (the Bill) is expected to be signed by President Biden and will take effect immediately.

On February 3, 2022, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a long-awaited, seminal ruling under the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA). The court, in McDonald v. Symphony Bronzeville Park, LLC, held that the Illinois Workers Compensation Act (IWCA) does not pre-empt workplace claims arising under BIPA when no actual injury is alleged.

There were several important developments in labor and employment law last year in the State of Nevada, including changes to the hiring process, anti-discrimination protections, and COVID-19 vaccine-related and re-hire legislation.

The Infrastructure Spending and Jobs Act includes considerable funding for the transportation sector, including funds for improving freight corridors, addressing supply chain issues, promoting women in the workforce, and mandating truck emissions and carbon reduction programs.

In a year that seemed to be dominated by COVID-19 and vaccinate mandates, Texas had several legislative and case law developments that impacted employers. Our team briefly summarizes some of the more prominent legal developments of 2021 from the Lone Star State.

2021 brought several new developments to Connecticut’s labor and employment law, including COVID-19 federal relief, vaccine mandates for long-term care workers and state employees, and new rules supporting the promotion of equal pay and anti-age discrimination in hiring. This alert features an overview of these key updates.

A chapter amendment to the Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act is presently before the Assembly, having passed the Senate earlier today. As a chapter amendment, it was previously red-lined by the Governor and agreed upon by various leaders of both houses. Based on the expedited process, we expect the chapter amendment to be adopted.

On January 18, 2022, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law the New Jersey Insurance Fair Conduct Act (IFCA). Effective immediately, the IFCA creates a private cause of action for first-party claimants in part for “an unreasonable delay or unreasonable denial of a claim for payment of benefits under an insurance policy.”