Perkins Coie

U.S. Department of Labor Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Independent Contractor/Employee Worker Classifications

FERC Plants the Seeds for DER Aggregators’ Participation in the RTO/ISO Markets: Work Must Be Done to See What Will Grow

TikTok and WeChat—New Developments Delay Prohibitions

Sunday, September 20, 2020, was intended to be the day on which prohibitions would go into effect on ByteDance Ltd. (ByteDance) and Tencent Holdings Ltd.

CDC Temporarily Halts Certain Residential Evictions

In the wake of the July 24 expiration of the 120-day moratorium on residential evictions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued an order (CDC order) temporarily halting some residential evictions in the United States.

California Expands Family Rights Act Leave

Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1383 which expands the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) on September 17, 2020.

COVID-19 and Discrimination: Takeaways for Employers Regarding the EEOC’s Updated Guidance

Variable Hour Employee Benefits Eligibility Under COVID-19

Are Employees Receiving a Lavish Gift This Holiday Season or an Unintended Lump of Coal in Their Stockings?

DoD’s Revised Acquisition Policy Highlights Goals of Flexibility and Speed in Procurement

In a new directive, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) revised acquisition policies across the DoD to emphasize flexibility, competition, affordability, and performance as among the high-level objectives of a broader push for acquisition reform.

Perkins Coie Awarded Mansfield 3.0 Certification Plus for Diversity Leadership

Is Your Board Gender Diverse Yet? Washington Public Companies Reminded of Upcoming Board Diversity Requirement

China’s New Personal Information Protection Specifications

After undergoing several rounds of revisions to the 2019 draft specifications, the new Information Security Technology-Personal Information Security Specifications (GB/T35273-2020) (New Personal Information Specifications) were released jointly by the State Administration of Market Regulation and the Standardization Administration of China on March 6, 2020.

Eviction Relief for California Residential Tenants

Shortly after the shelter-in-place orders first went into effect this spring, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order allowing, but not requiring, local governments to impose temporary limitations on residential and commercial evictions in certain COVID-19-related situations.