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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Clients who opt for the privacy of alternate dispute resolution to resolve business differences are sometimes chagrined to learn that designating an ADR does not by itself guarantee confidentiality of trade secrets. The usual challenge of guaranteeing confidentiality can be compounded by virtual arbitration proceedings. Set forth below are tips on best practices to protect trade secrets in such proceedings, particularly where such inf...

Jackson Walker immigration attorney Sang Shin provides an update on the Trump administration's recent proclamations to extend bans on all new H-1, L-1, and J-1 visas until March 31,...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On January 12, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a groundbreaking decision announcing that district courts should “rigorously enforce” a more stringent standard for the certification of collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act. ( Swales v. KLLM Transport Services, L.L.C., No. 19-60847). With this decision, the Fifth Circuit did away with the two-step Lusardi certification process u...

This article, originally published on December 28, 2020, has been amended to include updated information regarding the Texas Supreme Court’s emergency order. In...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Extension of Credit for Paid Leave Provided When There Is No State or Local Law Mandating Such Paid Leave The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”) amended many provisions. It amended the employer credit under code section 45S(i), which provides a credit to an employer for providing paid family and medical leave to employees who are not eligible for the federal Family and Medical Leave Act. The credit ranges between 12...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has advised that two additional Trauma Service Areas (TSAs) now have COVID-19-related hospitalization rates high enough to trigger capacity reductions under Governor Greg Abbott’s Executive Orders. TSA-Q, a region that includes Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery, and six additional surrounding counties, and TSA-L, which includes six counties in the Belton/Killen area of Central Texas, ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Signed into law on December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 contained more than just COVID-19 relief and federal government funding. The omnibus bill also included two significant pieces of copyright legislation: the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (CASE Act), which creates a voluntary small claims court for resolving certain copyright disputes, and the Protecting Lawful Streaming Act, which m...

Under Governor Abbott’s most current COVID-19 order, GA-32, an “area of high hospitalizations” is defined as any Trauma Service Area (TSA) that has had seven consecutive days in which...

As the last few days of the last plan year ending in 2020 come to a close, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”) makes a big change for all flexible spending accounts...

On Monday, December 21, 2020, Congress passed a new stimulus bill that will extend the nationwide eviction moratorium by one month, with an updated expiration date of January 31, 2021....