By: Laurie E. Leader , EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, BENDER’S LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT BULLETIN The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has published its Final Rule for determining employee or independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...

By: Rex Iacurci , Lexis Practice Advisor This article discusses recent guidance by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) addressing how entities subject to the Health Insurance Protection and Accountability...

By: Breia L. Schleuss and Rachael Dettmann Spiegel, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP THE FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT (FSMA) REPRESENTS one of the most sweeping and substantial changes to U.S. food safety laws in over 70 years. After years of delays in publishing...

By: Timothy Murray , Murray, Hogue & Lannis ONE TIME I FOUND MYSELF ON THE SET OF A HOLLYWOOD soundstage for a popular television show about a lawyer. In the law library of the fake TV law firm, I noticed something that viewers at home couldn’t...

By: Stuart H. Gelfond and Burcin Eren. THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE (NYSE) HAS SPECIFIC requirements applicable to listed companies to receive shareholder approval in connection with certain transactions, including issuing equity and convertible securities...