As if risks relating to product recalls, product labeling, and food contamination were not enough, the food and beverage industry now faces potential liability in connection with the alleged composition of its global supply chains. In recent months, several putative class actions have been filed in Continue Reading
SEC (Finally) Adopts New Equity Crowdfunding Rules, Promoting Increased Access to Capital and Democratization of Investment Opportunities
Late last week, the SEC adopted its final rules for equity crowdfunding under Title III of the JOBS Act. These rules, when implemented, have the promise of reducing the cost and increasing the availability of sorely needed capital for the early-stage and emerging growth companies that fuel our Continue Reading
Food Recall Events: The Importance of Evaluating Your Insurance Coverage Before a Voluntary and Mandatory Food Recall
Food recalls are on the rise as consumer protection regulations become more stringent, and they can be costly events. There can be significant expenses associated with removing impacted products from stores; reimbursing wholesalers, distributors and retailers; advertising the launch of a recall; Continue Reading
Changes in Retirement Plan Limitations for 2016
Please find below a link to information about the Internal Revenue Service's recently announced retirement plan limitations effective for 2016. Continue Reading
EPA Clean Power Plan Considerations: Wheeling Renewable Power
Here’s what you need to know about the opportunities and regulatory impacts. Investment in renewable generating capacity is a key building block of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA’s”) Clean Power Plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from electric power generators. Considering Continue Reading
Kemper Insurance Company Contingent Claims Filing Deadline Is Fast Approaching: What You Need To Know
Lumbermens Mutual Group, formerly known as Kemper Insurance Company (or just as Kemper), is comprised of Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, American Motorists Insurance Company, and American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company. These Kemper Entities sold property and casualty insurance policies Continue Reading
Appeals Court Upholds USDOL’s New Minimum Wage and Overtime Rules for Home Care Workers Employed by Home Health Care Agencies
Reversing a decision celebrated by employers in the home care industry, the U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that home health care agencies must comply with the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) 2013 domestic service regulations. Those regulations (which, but for the court challenge, were to Continue Reading
Just in Time for Labor Day – Employees You Didn’t Know Were Yours
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) on August 27, 2015, issued a sweeping decision that overturned decades of precedent and created a new standard for determining when two (or more) entities are “joint employers” for purposes of federal labor law. The ruling, in Browning Ferris Continue Reading
Good News for California Asset Transfers: Insurance Now Follows the Assets
M&A: How to Maximize Your Return When Selling Your Business
As a family or private business owner, you know how to sell your product or service. But do you know how to sell the company itself? Selling a business that has been built over the years is emotional and stressful, and for most business owners, a once-in-a-lifetime event. Many privately held Continue Reading