The Oklahoma Supreme Court recently broke new ground on the Burk public policy tort claim. Burk wrongful discharge claims may now be based on allegations that an employer wrongfully terminated an employee for opposing an employer’s violation of an executive order issued by the Governor.
Less than a month ago, CMS issued its Interim Final Rule, which requires all staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19. But, as with OSHA's ETS, litigation challenging the CMS Rule ramped up over the last month. That litigation came to a head this week with two federal district court rulings.
The Staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (Staff) significantly changed guidance on shareholder proposals in its recently released Staff Legal Bulletin (SLB) 14L.
CMS issued an emergency regulation requiring COVID-19 vaccination of staff at Medicare- and Medicaid-certified healthcare facilities.
On October 29, 2021, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) published another final rule regarding wages for tipped employees.
A number of tribes within Oklahoma’s borders and beyond were targeted by ransomware attacks in 2021, leaving both their information technology systems and their citizens in peril.
The EEOC’s updated guidance likely stems from the growing number of religious-accommodation requests that employers are fielding due to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s impending Emergency Temporary Standard and other company-specific policies taking effect.
In late September 2021, the NYSE filed a proposal with the SEC to amend Section 312.07 of its Listed Company Manual to change how a company calculates the number of votes need to approve action subject to that section “in accordance with its own governing documents and any applicable law.”
