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Each month, College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) General Counsel Ira Shepard provides an overview of several labor and employment law cases and regulatory actions with implications for the higher ed workplace. Read on for the latest from Ira.
Esports and the Law is a quarterly publication featuring news, case summaries, articles and strategies concerning esports and the law. This issue features the following articles: Unpacking Employment Classifications: Insights for Esports Players from the Beast Games Lawsuit by Chris Klein Esports...
In May 2022, a jury in the Circuit Court for Fairfax County, Virginia awarded Appian Corp. (apian) in excess of $2 billion in damages from Pegasystems, Inc. (Pegasystems) for misappropriating Appian’s trade secrets in violation of the Virginia Uniform Trade Secrets Act (VUTSA). This award was the...
The EB-5 Visa Program has long been a gateway for foreign investors to secure U.S. green cards while contributing to significant American development projects, such as New York’s Hudson Yards, Pacific Park, and Miami Worldcenter. The EB5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (the “RIA”) has significantly...
On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court released its highly anticipated opinion in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., Case No. 23-124 (“ Purdue”). The question before the Court was whether the bankruptcy code lets a court approve, as part of a chapter 11 plan, a release that extinguishes claims held...
There has been considerable attention to noncompete clauses since the Federal Trade Commission published its final rule to ban most of them. The final rule was not drafted specifically for physicians, but it will impact physicians if the final rule is not delayed or rescinded by the federal courts...
Esports and the Law is a quarterly publication featuring news, case summaries, articles and strategies concerning esports and the law. This issue features the following articles: Letter from the Editor: End of the Esports Winter? by Darius Gambino Under the Influence: The Legal Implications of Dark...
While each section of an employment agreement is important, one of the most often overlooked or sometimes ignored sections is the so-called “miscellaneous” section. Though it may not be as economically impactful as the compensation section or as critical to long-term stability as the term and...
The Supreme Court’s opinion in Loper Bright Enterprises vs. Raimondo, explicitly overturning the Chevron precedent, which stood for forty years, is a fundamental change in administrative law and will have a profound effect on judicial review of future and pending securities rules. By changing the...
Setting Expectations for Founders. Setting and agreeing upon founder roles, responsibilities, contributions and ownership are not legal issues, but have an enormous impact on the company and legal matters going forward. Once set, these expectations become the blueprint for operating your company...
Alexander Reich’s WISE (Workplace Initiatives and Strategies for Employers) blog post, “Key Illinois Employment Law Changes Taking Effect July 1, 2024,” was published in the Summer 2024 issue of the Illinois Mechanical & Specialty Contractors Association’s Substance publication. The article outlines...