Legal Alerts
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May 16, 2024
California Supreme Court Clarifies That Wage Statement Penalties Are Unavailable if Employer Acted in Good Faith
The California Supreme Court rendered an opinion that California employers will undoubtedly welcome. In Naranjo (Gustavo) v. Spectrum Security, Inc. (2024 Cal. LEXIS 2438), the Court confronted the issue of whether an employer’s good faith yet erroneous belief that it has complied with the wage statement reporting requirements of Labor Code section 226 precludes the imposition of penalties for the knowing and intentional failure to comply with that section.
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May 16, 2024
Georgia Senate Bill 426: The End to Direct Action Suits Against Motor Carriers’ Insurers
On March 18, 2024, the Georgia General Assembly passed Senate Bill 426, amending O.C.G.A. 40-1-112 and 40-2-140. This bill significantly limits the situations in which a plaintiff can name and assert a direct action against the insurer of a motor carrier. After a 172-0 passage in the House and 46-2 passage in the Senate, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed the bill into law on May 6, 2024, and it will take effect on July 1, 2024.
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May 14, 2024
OFAC Prohibitions Related to Imports of Aluminum, Copper, and Nickel of Russian Federation Origin
The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) issued on April 12, 2024 a Determination for Prohibitions Related to Imports of Aluminum, Copper, and Nickel of Russian Federation Origin, and a Determination for Prohibitions on Certain Services for the Acquisition of Aluminum, Copper, or Nickel of Russian Federation Origin (the “Determinations”), which prohibits the importation, exportation, sale, and other service activities involving aluminum, copper, and nickel of Russian Federation origin.
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May 14, 2024
New Georgia Law Alters Landscape for Settlement Offers in MVA Cases, Provides Bad Faith Safe Harbor
On April 22, 2024, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill 83, which makes significant changes to the language of O.C.G.A. § 9-11-67.1. The changes in the statute apply to “any offers to settle a tort claim for personal injury, bodily injury, or death arising from a motor vehicle collision made on or after the date this Act is approved by the Governor[.]”
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May 13, 2024
Nealy Sings a New Tune for Copyright Holders
Under the Copyright Act, a plaintiff must file a suit for infringement of copyright “within three years after the claim accrues.” 17 U.S.C.§507(b).
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May 09, 2024
EEOC Issues Broad Final Regulation Under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued a final regulation and interpretative guidance to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), taking a broad view of the statutory language.
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May 09, 2024
New York Team’s Win Limits Scope of Property Owners’ Duties to Workers for Hazards Inherent in Their Work
New York Partners Jennifer Oxman and Andrew Harms recently secured dismissal of a personal injury plaintiff’s complaint on summary judgment in Queens County, with a state judge accepting their argument that a porter who allegedly tripped and fell on loose wood in a stairwell had no cause of action against the property owner because it was his job to clean the stairs in the first instance. The porter was not an employee of the property owner, but rather an employee of a property management company. Therefore, the workers compensation bar did not apply to the employee’s claims.
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May 07, 2024
U.S. Renews Additional Sanctions on Venezuelan Oil and Gas Sector
On April 17, 2024, the U.S. government renewed sanctions on the Venezuelan oil and gas sector, following a determination by the U.S. State Department that the Maduro Government had “not fully met the commitments” of a political agreement with the Unitary Platform. This action follows earlier reimpositions of Venezuela-related sanctions that had been temporarily lifted in October, subject to the success of this agreement (see our previous alerts, U.S. Suspends Select Venezuela Sanctions Following Political Agreement and OFAC Narrows Venezuela-Related Sanctions General License).
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