On July 24, 2024, California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) announced that the Indoor Heat Illness Prevention regulation, which the Cal/OSHA Standards Board unanimously approved on June 20, 2024, would take effect immediately as a result of a finding of good cause by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) on July 23, 2024. The new requirements apply to […]
Dana is a seasoned trial lawyer, a trusted counselor to senior executives and general counsel, and a skilled negotiator. He has handled numerous sensitive and significant disputes within the C-suite, including severance and pension claims brought by senior executives as well as discrimination and retaliation complaints. Dana earned his undergraduate degree at the College of […]
On November 17, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a new law that further limits the terms employers may include in release agreements relating to claims of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. The law took effect immediately and further broadens the restrictions on release agreements already contained in New York General Obligations Law Section 5-336 (“Section 5-336”). […]
Tastemakers at Vogue say that “red hot knits,” “elevated basics,” and “latte leather jackets” are trending this fall. But nothing, perhaps, was trendier this Labor Day season than labor organizations themselves. In Hollywood, a simultaneous actors’ strike and writers’ strike—the first such overlap in more than 60 years—ground productions to a halt. Those strikes may have been the […]
| On July 24, 2024, California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) announced that the Indoor Heat Illness Prevention regulation, which the Cal/OSHA Standards Board unanimously approved on June 20, 2024, would take effect immediately as a result of a finding of good cause by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) on July 23, 2024…. Read More | On […]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a rule in January 2023 that could have a lasting impact on employment contracts. As proposed, the rule would render noncompete clauses invalid and unenforceable, with only a limited exception for non-competes in connection with the sale of a business. The proposed rule would apply nationally, superseding contradictory state […]