The Advisories/Bulletins listed below include all Advisories/Bulletins in the Litigation practice area.

Litigation

• Why Wyeth Matters To The Pesticide Industry
  Litigation Advisory
  November 4, 2008
   
• WARN Requires Employers to Give Employees Advance Notice of Mass Layoffs and Plant Closings
  Buying Trouble Advisory
  July 11, 2008
   
• Legal Issues When Dealing with Troubled Customers or Suppliers
  Buying Trouble Advisory
  May 15, 2008
   
• Keeping Payments Ordinary to Avoid Preference Exposure
  Buying Trouble Advisory
  April 1, 2008
   
• Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors
  Buying Trouble Advisory
  March 5, 2008
   
• Litigation Advisory
  Eleventh Hour Reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act Includes Coverage for Terrorist Acts Committed by Domestic and "Homegrown" Terrorists
  February 13, 2008
   
• Fraudulent Cash Management Schemes
  Buying Trouble Advisory
  January 29, 2008
   
• Employers Caught in the Middle of State Immigration Reform
  January 15, 2008
   
• USCIS Releases New Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification
  November 13, 2007
   
• DOL Issues Final Regulations on Default Investments
  November 5, 2007
   
• Legislative Update
  October 31, 2007
   
• I Spy
  October 31, 2007
   
• Gentry v. Superior Court: Class Arbitration Waivers and Pre-Dispute Employment Arbitration Agreements at Risk in California
  October 23, 2007
   
• California Grants Unpaid Time Off to Spouses of Deployed Military Personnel While On Leave
  October 23, 2007
   
• Have You Correctly Classified Your IT Personnel?
  October 16, 2007
   
• Debate Regarding Fee Disclosure that Should be Required by 401(k) Plans Intensifies
  October 8, 2007
   
• In a Rare Pro-Business, Pro-Employer Opinion, the California Supreme Court Makes the Easy Call, Holding That Profit-Based Bonuses Are Lawful
  September 18, 2007
   
• 409A Compliance Deadline Extended
  September 10, 2007
   
• New Enforcement Initiative on SSN No-Match Letters
  September 10, 2007
   
• New Enforcement Initiative on SSN No-Match Letters
  September 10, 2007
   
• Are You Inviting A Retaliation Claim?
  September 4, 2007
   
• California Court Curtails Ability to Enforce “No-Hire” Agreements
  August 28, 2007
   
• Will Your Company Be Vicariously Liable on a Title VII Sexual Harassment Claim?
  August 20, 2007
   
• Confidentiality Agreements, Time Limits and the Georgia Courts
  August 14, 2007
   
• Benefits: No Summer Slow Down
  August 14, 2007
   
• Lender Liability
  Buying Trouble Advisory
  The Ten Commandments for Avoiding Lender Liability
  August 8, 2007
   
• Complying With the IRCA When Having Temporary Visa Problems Made Easier For Employer and Employee
  August 3, 2007
   
• FMLA Update
  July 31, 2007
   
• “Me Too” Evidence in Employment Discrimination Cases
  July 24, 2007
   
• Third Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Authority of the EEOC
  June 26, 2007
   
• Is California Poised, Again, to Expand Employer Liabilities and Obligations, or Is There More Smoke Than Fire In Its Most Recent Effort?
  June 26, 2007
   
• MLA Team Secures Permanent Legal Status for Pro Bono Client
  June 26, 2007
   
• Litigation Bulletin
  New Supreme Court Decision Impacts Recovery of Environmental Cleanup Costs by Government Contractors
  June 15, 2007
   
• Will the U.S. Supreme Court’s Pay Disparity Decision Be Overturned by Congress?
  June 10, 2007
   
• Does The New EEOC Guidance Change Anything?
  June 5, 2007
   
• Supreme Court Holds that Lingering Effects of Long-Past Salary Decisions Cannot be Challenged under Title VII
  May 29, 2007
   
• OSHA Works to Update Standards for Personal Protective Equipment
  May 29, 2007
   
• DOL Finalizes New Restrictions on Labor Certifications
  May 29, 2007
   
• USCIS Finalizes Fee Increases
  May 29, 2007
   
• Is Your Employer/Employee Dispute Resolution Program “Unconscionable?”
  May 21, 2007
   
• Instant Messaging in the Workplace: Are You Ready?
  May 15, 2007
   
• DOL Proposes New Restrictions on Labor Certifications
  May 9, 2007
   
• Complying With the IRCA When Having Temporary Visa Problems Made Easier For Employer and Employee
  May 7, 2007
   
• Court Puts Kibosh on Common Confidentiality Clause
  May 7, 2007
   
• Federal Court Dismisses Whistleblower Case for Lack of Jurisdiction After Jury Awards Relator More Than $7.5 Million
  May 1, 2007
   
• DOL Issues Proposed Regulations Revising Child Labor Rules
  May 1, 2007
   
• Revised EEO-1 Form Now In Use
  April 24, 2007
   
• USCIS Updates Count of FY 2008 U.S.-Earned Masters Degree H-1B Cap Filings
  April 23, 2007
   
• New Benefit Statement Requirements are In Effect Now
  April 19, 2007
   
• Cooperating With Law Enforcement: How Far Can An Employer Go Without Violating Its Employee’s Fourth Amendment Rights?
  April 17, 2007
   
• Final 409A Regulations Issued
  April 17, 2007
   
• Undocumented Workers May Sue California Employers for Failure to Pay Prevailing Wages
  April 10, 2007
   
• USCIS Releases Preliminary Number of FY 2008 H-1B Cap Filings
  April 10, 2007
   
• Distribution Notices Need to be Updated Now for PPA Changes
  April 3, 2007
   
• USCIS Reaches FY 2008 H-1B Cap
  April 3, 2007
   
• Are Employers at Risk When Employees Use Office Computers to Send Cyber-Threats or Post Offensive Materials On-Line?
  March 26, 2007
   
• Company’s “Confidentiality” Policy Held To Violate National Labor Relations Act
  March 20, 2007
   
• H-1Bs Gone in a Flash
  March 19, 2007
   
• "When Do You Plan To Retire?"
  March 6, 2007
   
• Don’t Let a Severance Agreement Accidentally Wipe Away a Covenants Agreement
  February 27, 2007
   
• Employee Invention Assignment Agreements
  February 21, 2007
   
• Hardships and Beneficiaries
  February 20, 2007
   
• U.S. Senate Considers Legislation to Address Genetic Discrimination in Hiring Practices and Health Insurance Coverage
  February 13, 2007
   
• The Importance of Prompt Remedial Action
  January 30, 2007
   
• H-1B Filing Season
  January 23, 2007
   
• New Regulations Require Employers to Provide Sexual Harassment Training to All California-Based Supervisors
  January 2, 2007
   
• Litigation Bulletin
  Justice Department Revisees "Thompson Memorandum"
  December 19, 2006
   
• New Passport Requirement for U.S. Entry
  December 11, 2006
   
• Litigation Bulletin
  McKenna Long & Alridge LLP Wins Landmark Decision on Natural Resources
  December 5, 2006
   
• A $65,000,000 Mistake
  December 4, 2006
   
• New IRS Releases - December 1, 2006
  December 1, 2006
   
• Employer Held Liable to Illegal Alien for Lost Earnings
  November 28, 2006
   
• Holiday Travel Advisory for Foreign Nationals
   
• EEOC Continues to Battle Charge-Filing Prohibitions
   
• Proposed “Safe-Harbor” Procedures May Require Termination
   
• "Front" Wages Awarded for Lack of “Bona Fide Termination
   
• Making Releases Stick
   
• Information Advisory
  Bounty Hunters Aim for California Labor Code
  November 13, 2003
   
• Information Advisory
  Perchlorate Controversy Heats Up: Companies Should Develop Defense and Insurance Recovery Strategies
  May 13, 2003