By: Marc E. Bernstein , Paul Hastings LLP This article addresses initial preparations for drafting a separation agreement and common terms that employers ordinarily should include, or at least consider including, in separation agreements. WHEN TERMINATING...

By: Jeffrey Bosley , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP LEXIS PRACTICE ADVISOR RESEARCH PATH: Labor & Employment > Independent Contractors > Agreements and Restrictive Covenants > Practice Notes > Independent Contractor and Consulting Agreements...

By: Timothy Murray MURRAY, HOGUE & LANNIS Botched Force Majeure Clauses Expose Your Client to Needless Risk As if on autopilot, attorneys sometimes tack onto their contracts generic force majeure clauses, just because everybody else does it, without...

By: Cameron Kinvig , Practical Guidance Extreme winter weather and poor statewide energy policies recently caused an enormous public health and safety crisis in Texas. This article analyzes what went wrong with Texas' energy infrastructure during...

Although federal law does not require employers to provide leave, either paid or unpaid, to make it easier for employees time to vote during their work day, the majority of the states have laws addressing some type of voting leave. Legislation in states...