Article(s) published by this organization: 7
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 | Supreme Court Offers Guidance to Employers Faced with the Dilemma of Potential Competing Discrimination Claims Michael F. Smith; Butzel Long, [incorporation phrase format]A Professional Corporation; July 13, 2009, previously published on June 30, 2009 Resolving a thorny issue faced by employers finding themselves threatened with a discrimination claim regardless of what action they take, the Supreme Court today held that an employer that acts in a race-conscious fashion to avoid being sued under a disparate-impact theory, must have something... |
| HIPAA Hog Ties Business Associates: Enforcement Actions Rope up Expensive Civil and Criminal Penalties Butzel Long A Professional Corporation; July 6, 2009, previously published on June 2009 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (commonly called the "Stimulus Law"), signed into law by President Obama on February 19, 2009 ushers in sweeping new changes in health information privacy laws in conjunction with providing billions of dollars in new federal stimulus... |
| Swine Flu -- Guidance for Employers Lynne E. Deitch; Butzel Long{newline}A Professional Corporation; May 22, 2009, previously published on May 1, 2009 Attention to the spread of the swine flu (H1N1) in the United States and elsewhere is intensifying. |
| DOL Issues New COBRA Subsidy and Election Rights Model Notices - Revised Explanation Jordan S. Schreier; Butzel Long{newline}A Professional Corporation; May 27, 2009, previously published on April 2009 On March 19, 2009, the Department of Labor ("DOL") issued four new model notices related to the COBRA premium subsidy program established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Act). |
| Proposed Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases under the Clean Air Act Susan L. Johnson, Beth S. Gotthelf, William Clifford; Butzel Long{newline}A Professional Corporation; May 22, 2009, previously published on April 24, 2009 On April 2, 2007, in Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 U.S. 497 (2007), the Supreme Court found that greenhouse gases are air pollutants covered by the Clean Air Act. |
| Supreme Court Enforces Mandatory Arbitration of ADEA Claims under Collective Bargaining Agreement Bethany Steffke Sweeny, Benjamin Steffans; Butzel Long{newline}A Professional Corporation; May 22, 2009, previously published on April 3, 2009 In an opinion issued this week, the United States Supreme Court in 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett definitively held that a provision in a collective bargaining agreement that clearly and unmistakably requires union members to arbitrate claims pursuant to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act... |
| U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Mexico Have Suspended Non-Essential Services and Mexican Courts and Tribunals Have Suspended Procedural Terms as a Measure to Control the Outbreak of Swine Flu James C. Bruno, Marie Alsace Galindo; Butzel Long, [incorporation phrase format]A Professional Corporation; May 22, 2009, previously published on April 29, 2009 The U.S. Embassy and all U.S. Consulates in Mexico have suspended non-essential services until May 6th. |
