Paul Peter Nicolai
New Exemption from Securities Broker Registration for M&A Brokers
There is a new exemption that allows M&A brokers to avoid registering as securities brokers. President Biden signed the Consolidated...
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Paul Peter Nicolai
- Sep 12
- 3 min
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Says “No-Hire” Provision Unenforceable
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania decided a no-hire provision between competing businesses void as a matter of public policy and...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Sep 5
- 1 min
Supreme Court Says Business Registration Subjects Out-of-State Companies Personal JurisdiCTION
The Supreme Court ruled that a company's decision to register for business in Pennsylvania is consent to general personal jurisdiction in...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Aug 29
- 1 min
Landlord And Tenant – Email Notice For Option
A commercial tenant asked for a declaratory judgment that it had provided proper notice of its option not to renew its lease. The trial...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Aug 22
- 2 min
Supreme Court Says Appeal From a Denial of a Motion to Compel Arbitration Stops Trial Proceedings
The US Supreme Court has decided that an appeal of a denial of a motion to compel arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Aug 15
- 4 min
FTC and DOJ Propose Changes to US Merger Review Process
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice– Antitrust Division (DOJ) have proposed sweeping changes to the...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Aug 8
- 4 min
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Protects For Pregnancy-Related Conditions
Effective at the end of June, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) is a new law that closes a gap in coverage under federal law for...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Aug 1
- 4 min
Supreme Court Adopts Heightened Undue Hardship Standard in Title VII Religious Accommodation
Employers must modify their practices when evaluating requests for religious accommodations under Title VII. Undue hardship is no longer...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Jul 25
- 1 min
Lease Not Frustrated by Pandemic Shutdown
A trial court ruling favoring a commercial landlord was affirmed because shutdown orders issued during the COVID-19 pandemic did not give...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Jul 18
- 4 min
Thoughts for Employers from the Supreme Court Affirmative Action Decision
The Supreme Court recently reversed the longstanding rule that race can be considered as a plus factor among many factors when making...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Jul 11
- 3 min
FTC to Scrutinize Commercial Biometric Information Use
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a policy statement announcing an intention to combat unfair and deceptive acts related to...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Jul 4
- 4 min
NLRB Opens Second Front on Non-Compete Agreements
The NLRB has initiated a new effort to address non-compete agreements. The NLRB General Counsel has issued a policy memo expressing its...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Jun 27
- 3 min
FTC Proposed Non-Compete Rule Update
The FTC’s proposed rule would effectively ban worker non-compete provisions by deeming them an unfair method of competition under the FTC...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Jun 21
- 3 min
Intellectual Property Due Diligence in M & A
In today’s digital world, companies are building and accumulating significant intellectual property portfolios, whether trademarks in...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Jun 13
- 2 min
INFORM Consumers Act Requires Verified Unauthorized Third-Party Seller Information
Anonymous unauthorized third-party sellers are a nagging problem for most brands. Although some online marketplaces have taken steps to...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- Jun 6
- 2 min
US Department of Labor Issues FMLA Interpretive Bulletin on Telework
The US Department of Labor (“DOL”) has issued a Field Assistance Bulletin (“FAB”) explaining how to apply the eligibility rules under the...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- May 30
- 1 min
Delaware Court Confirms Corporate Officers Owe the Same Fiduciary Duties as Directors
The Delaware Court of Chancery denied a motion to dismiss filed by a former employee of the former employer’s claims that he breached his...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- May 23
- 2 min
Workplace Antitrust - Increased Enforcement
Congress passed antitrust laws to counter monopoly control and prevent companies from acting in concert to control prices. The laws...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- May 16
- 2 min
$17 Billion in Damages for Fingerprinting Employees
The Illinois biometric privacy law says no private entity may collect, capture, purchase, receive through trade, or otherwise obtain a...
Paul Peter Nicolai
- May 9
- 1 min
Product Disparagement Claim Survives
A medical device company that designs and manufactures customized hip and knee replacements sued an insurance company that characterized...
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