To say compliance is a challenge for employers facing increasingly stringent pay transparency, pay reporting, and pay equity requirements is an understatement.
This article explores the issues in setting and publicizing salaries that meet your organization’s goals and legal requirements as well as recent trends in enforcement.
This article discusses the trends, techniques, and tools to practically address the multistate employment law challenge of complying with the vastly contrasting laws across the states, the considerations for employee onboarding, state tax compliance, employment termination, and much more.
This guide covers common issues in franchise laws and regulations across 19 jurisdictions. Topics covered include competition law, real estate, and protecting the brand.
This multi-jurisdictional guide provides an overview of key legal issues, rules and developments regarding patents across a range of jurisdictions.
Topics covered include enforcement, licensing, term extension, and prosecution – in 25 jurisdictions.
This multi-jurisdictional guide explores legal issues, rules, and developments regarding sanctions across 14 jurisdictions.
This resource provides a primer on the various forms of sanctions, types of sanctions enforcement, and compliance expectations.
This guide provides an overview of key legal issues, rules and developments regarding mining law across a range of jurisdictions.
Topics covered include the acquisition of rights, ownership requirements and restrictions, transfer and encumbrance, environmental aspects, and land rights.
This sample policy lays out guidelines for conducting business in a manner that complies with competition and antitrust laws.
This article provides an overview of the some challenges General Counsel should expect when pursuing mergers and acquisitions.
This ACC Quick Overview addresses legal questions that arise over the hiring of seasonal workers in the United States, including worker classification, minimum wage, overtime pay, work schedules, employment discrimination, and employee training.
In February 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the much anticipated final rule to update the Confidentiality of Substance Abuse Disorder Patient Records regulations at 42 CFR Part 2 (Part 2).
This article discusses the amendments to Part 2 and its most impactful revisions, including the amendments to loosen patient consent requirements, regulate SUD counseling notes, and create new patient rights and breach notification requirements.