Attention California Employers: CA Supreme Court Holds “Illegible” Arbitration Agreement Not Automatically Invalid but Warrants Heightened Substantive Scrutiny
In Fuentes v. Empire Nissan, Inc., the California Supreme Court held that an illegible arbitration agreement does not automatically invalidate the agreement. The Court explained that while “illegibility” may create procedural unconscionability (unfair contract formation), a court must also find substantive unconscionability (unfair contract terms) to invalidate an agreement. However, the Court noted that agreements involving […]
Attention Employers: DEI Legal Developments Spotlight
Our DEI Legal Developments Spotlight discusses recent DEI-related updates impacting the private sector and federal sector developments that may provide insight into courts’ and agencies’ positions on similar issues in the private sector. While there is no shortage of developments, there still is no concrete guidance on what constitutes lawful or unlawful DEI. However, recent developments indicate […]
Attention New York Employers: NYC Unleashes Avalanche of Earned Safe and Sick Time Act Developments, Including Updated FAQs and New Notice of Employee Rights
Rivaling Mother Nature’s winter fury, New York City unleashed a flurry of developments surrounding recent amendments to New York City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA). As a brief recap, amendments to the ESSTA took effect on February 22, 2026. Before the effective date, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) released […]
Attention New York Employers: Proposed Rules Issued on Recent Amendments to NYC Earned Safe and Sick Time Act
As we reported HERE, effective February 22, 2026, amendments to the NYC Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) expand qualifying reasons for leave, broaden leave entitlements, and transfer obligations under the Temporary Schedule Change Act to the ESSTA. Ahead of the effective date, the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection issued proposed rules […]
Attention New Jersey Employers: NJ Executive Order Freezes Adoption of NJDOL Proposals on Independent Contract Classification and NJ Pay Transparency Act
On January 23, 2026, Governor Mikie Sherrill signed Executive Order No. 7 (EO) initiating a 90-day regulatory freeze on new and pending regulations to allow the administration to review the proposed rules and confirm they align with the Administration’s policies and priorities. The freeze affects, among others, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s […]
DEI Legal Development Spotlight – Warm up with Hot Updates Amidst the DEI Chill
In 2025, we published a series of timelines documenting key developments in the fast-shifting and polarizing DEI landscape. This DEI Legal Developments Spotlight continues where we left off in 2025 and captures the most impactful recent DEI-related legal updates, including a flurry of activity over at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) following the restoration […]
Attention New York Employers: NY’S Ban on “Stay or Pay” Agreement Now in Effect – Revisions on the Horizon
UPDATE: On February 13, 2026, Governor Hochul signed into law A9452 enacting chapter amendments to NY’s Trapped at Work Act. Among other things, the chapter amendments: On December 19, 2025, Governor Hochul signed into law New York’s Trapped at Work Act (S4070B/A584C) which—effective immediately—prohibits certain “stay or pay” agreements that require workers to repay their […]
Attention New Jersey Employers: NJ Family Leave Act Amendments Significantly Expand Coverage – Here’s What You Need to Know
EDIT: This article references a phased in reduction of the employer threshold scheduled for 2027 and 2028. The law as enacted will only reduce the threshold on July 17, 2026 to cover employers with 15+ employees in the preceding calendar year. Governor Murphy may have left the office but not before leaving one final parting […]
Attention New Jersey, New York, & New York City Employers: Update Your Workplace Posting for 2026
You’ve rung in the new year and caught up on new laws—but have you updated your mandatory workplace postings for 2026? If not, we’ve compiled (and linked!) an updated list of key workplace posters—with brief descriptions of covered employers and poster content—that private employers in New Jersey, New York, and New York City are required to […]
Attention New York Employers: A Quick Comparison of Requirements—NYC Pay Data Reporting v. Federal EEO-1 Reporting
On December 4, 2025, the New York City Council overrode a mayoral veto to enact Int. No. 982-A—which will require certain employers to annually submit an electronic pay data report—and Int. No. 984-A—which will require a designated agency to conduct an annual pay equity study based on the pay data reports (see HERE). Employers already […]