Emcasco Insurance Co. ended its lawsuit against a Texas-based stone slab distributor over liability coverage for litigation brought by a fabrication worker who allegedly died from exposure to silica contained in stone products.
State leaders, while largely siding with the industry this year, have sought to impose restrictions and reporting requirements on energy and water use in order to obtain lucrative sales tax exemptions. But repeal efforts are likely to return.
A former chemical plant worker sued BASF Corporation for failing to pay overtime wages for time spent putting on and taking off safety equipment, claiming the company violated federal and Ohio wage laws.
For Big Law’s sports industry partners, the most eventful summer in New York’s recent history is emerging as a low-stakes, corporate-tinged social tightrope. The payoff is meaningful time to bond shoulder-to-shoulder with clients.
House lawmakers passed a bill that would impose strict bargaining timelines for employers and labor groups when negotiating a first union contract.
An employer would have ten days to begin bargaining with a newly formed union, and 90 days to reach an agreement, under
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The federal government’s pension insurer waded into a burgeoning legal dispute over withdrawal liability calculations, advising the Seventh Circuit to split from other courts by endorsing a calculation method that favors employers over pension funds.
The Trump administration is quietly pursuing the biggest expansion in decades of the federal electronic system used to verify workers’ employment eligibility via a proposal to overhaul its grant process.
Latch.it, maker of popular locks for recreational vehicles, lost a patent case that closed off its most valuable sales channel after a decision from an unusual judge: Amazon.
The 2017 tax overhaul included incentives to invest in distressed communities. Investors benefit from tax breaks and the designated opportunity zones benefit from economic investment, but critics say already-wealthy investors don’t need these breaks.
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