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News
In Brief
May 2018 • Vol 5 Issue 4
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Law360 touted Barton LLP as a draw for BigLaw partners who are interested in making a move to a firm that offers a more dexterous and desirable platform to practice law. “…there is a current trend in BigLaw for partners in certain practice areas and with particular clients to opt to make a lateral move to a boutique or a regional firm. Barton LLP, a New York boutique, has been able to attract a number of BigLaw partners who are looking for smaller platforms and billing rate flexibility, yet need the high-quality brand and work…” To read the entire article, click here.
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James E. Heavey will present, “Practical Protections and Growth: Strategies from a Legal Perspective,” at the 2018 Excell Conference in Las Vegas, NV on May 31st. James will offer his insights, experiences and customized guidance to help financial advisors protect the practices they have built, reach their growth goals and field questions on the path to success. For more information and/or register, please click here.
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Kenneth N. Rashbaum recently appeared before the NJ Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee where he spoke to the increase in cybersecurity and privacy protocols and compliance requirements of multinational organizations in order to do business in the states.
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Roger E. Barton will lead the discussion surrounding the “Interaction Between the CISG and the UNIDROIT” during the two-day, Chinese European Legal Association’s Conference, Celebrating Its 10th Anniversary: China’s Belt and Road Initiative, scheduled for September 13th & 14th in Hamburg Germany. The panel will focus on the Common Law and Civil Law Perspective of the UNIDROIT Principles as related to civil law and common law traditions. For more information and how to register, please click here.
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LEGAL NEWS: TRENDING TOPICS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
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California employers thought they had finally caught a break when a federal court applied the test for independent contractors with a favorable eye toward business owners. Only a few months later, the pendulum may be swinging back towards employees. As this Californian saga illustrates, businesses nationwide should be sure that their wage-and-hour practices comply with this ever-changing and complex area of the law. California employers breathed a sigh of relief back in February of this year when a federal court ruled that the food delivery service Grubhub had properly classified its delivery employees as independent contractors in the closely-watched Lawson v. Grubhub, Inc., a case brought by a worker pursuant to California wage-and-hour law. Defendant Grubhub, a classic “gig economy” employer, hires delivery drivers as independent contractors – meaning, among other things, that drivers are “in business” for themselves and can work for any of Grubhub’s competitors simultaneously. The stakes for such a classification are high: independent contractors are not entitled to the protection of nearly any labor laws, including minimum wage, overtime, unemployment insurance and worker’s compensation. The Court’s decision in Lawson gave California employers, including some of the state’s most high-profile companies such as Uber, another weapon in their arsenal when fighting wage-and-hour misclassification suits. That the decision came down in California – a state notorious among businesses for its worker-friendly laws and courts – made Lawson all the more welcome for employers nationwide.
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On May 8, 2018, President Trump announced the United States’ withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”), pursuant to which the U.S. had provided relief from certain direct sanctions and more secondary sanctions which had been imposed on Iran. At such time, the President also issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum (“NPSM”) directing the Secretaries of State and Treasury to “begin reinstating,” following winding down periods, of all sanctions which the Obama Administration had waived or lifted in connection with the JCPOA. In connection with the NPSM, the Departments of State and Treasury began the termination of existing waivers and the winding down of certain others. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced that it expects that “all U.S. nuclear-related sanctions that had been lifted under the JPOA will be re-imposed and in full effect.”
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