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Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Winston Salem, NC Document Search Results (20) Show: results per page Sort by:  | EEOC Clarifies That Title VII Protects Transgender Employees and Applicants
Kathleen Dodd Barton, Thomas H. Christopher, David C. Lindsay, Corena A. Norris-McCluney, Susan W. Pangborn; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 27, 2012, previously published on April 26, 2012 On April 20, 2012, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) adopted the position that employment discrimination against transgender individuals because of their transgender status constitutes sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964...
| | OSHA Revises Hazard Communication Standard
John W. Alden, Randall D. Avram, Jill S. Cox, Robert G. Hensley; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 27, 2012, previously published on March 26, 2012 The United States Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) has announced a comprehensive update to its 1983 Hazard Communication Standard that will affect employers and workers in more than five million workplaces where hazardous chemicals are...
| | PTO Proposes Rules for New Post Grant Proceedings
Charles W. Calkins, Wendy A. Choi, Paul C. Haughey, Wab P. Kadaba, Michael S. Pavento; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 10, 2012, previously published on February 9, 2012 The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) published three Notices of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the implementation of the inter partes review (IPR) (Changes to Implement Inter Partes Review Proceedings), post grant review (PGR) (Changes to Implement Post-Grant Review Proceedings), and...
| | The NLRB Further Paves the Way for Mini-Bargaining Units
John W. Alden, Randall D. Avram, Richard D. Haygood, Corena A. Norris-McCluney, Susan W. Pangborn, Michael T. Rosenberg; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 2, 2012, previously published on February 1, 2012 The National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) continues to pave the way for unions to organize relatively small, narrowly defined groups of employees (“mini-bargaining units”) within an employer’s workforce. When a union requests an election to establish its status...
| | NLRB Decision Finding Arbitration Agreement Unlawful Affects Unionized and Non-Unionized Employers Alike
John W. Alden, Jill S. Cox, Richard D. Haygood, Robert G. Hensley; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 13, 2012, previously published on January 11, 2012 The National Labor Relations Board (the "NLRB" or the “Board”) has ruled that a mandatory arbitration agreement preventing employees from pursuing class or collective claims against their employer is unlawful under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA” or the...
| | New Department of Labor Regulations Offer More Investment Advisers the Opportunity to Provide Advice to Participants in 401(K) Plans and IRAs
Matthew S. Chambers, Paul Joseph Foley, Chen Fan Fu, Andrew B. Sachs, Jeffrey T. Skinner, Thomas W. Steed; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 10, 2012, previously published on January 6, 2012 On December 27, 2011, new DOL regulations (the New Regulations) designed to encourage more financial advisers to offer investment advice to participants in participant-directed individual account plans (e.g., 401(k) plans) and individual retirement account (IRA) beneficiaries took effect. The New...
| | President Obama’s Recess Appointments to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and National Labor Relations Board May Be Unconstitutional
Adam H. Charnes, Richard D. Dietz; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 9, 2012, previously published on January 5, 2012 On January 4, 2012, President Obama announced that he will use recess appointments to make Richard Cordray the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and to fill three vacant positions on the five-member National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Mr. Cordray’s recess...
| | NLRB Authorizes Final Rule Changing Some Union Election Procedures
John W. Alden, Richard D. Haygood, Corena A. Norris-McCluney, Chuck Rice; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 6, 2011, previously published on December 2, 2011 In a Legal Alert dated June 29, 2011, we discussed proposed changes to the National Labor Relations Board's rules regarding union representation elections that would have the likely effect of giving unions certain tactical advantages in the election process. The proposed rule changes met with...
| | California Legislature Approves Hefty New Penalties for Misclassifying Workers As Independent Contractors
James H. Coil, David C. Lindsay, Corena A. Norris-McCluney; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 27, 2011, previously published on September 23, 2011 The price for erroneously classifying employees as independent contractors in California is likely to go up in a big way. On September 8, 2011, the California legislature passed legislation (Senate Bill 459) prohibiting the willful misclassification of individuals as independent contractors, the...
| | Deadline for Meeting the New Investment Adviser Regulatory Requirements Under the Dodd-Frank Act is Quickly Approaching
Matthew S. Chambers, Paul Joseph Foley, Chen Fan Fu, Andrew B. Sachs, Jeffrey T. Skinner, Thomas W. Steed; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 27, 2011, previously published on September 20, 2011 On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act), which, among other things, significantly amended the regulatory requirements applicable to investment advisers under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the...
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