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For employers with biweekly payroll schedules, 2026 brings an important calendar anomaly: 27 pay periods instead of the usual 26. OFP’s Erin Schiffman explains why this matters.
If you are involved in a child custody case, it is important to understand the different types of custody and how custody determinations are made. Here is a look at the main types of child custody and what they mean. Legal Custody Legal custody refers to a parent’s ability to make major decisions on important matters that impact the child.…
By Executive Order issued on October 31, 2019, President Trump repealed the Obama-era Executive Order (13495) requiring government contractors to offer a “right of first refusal” to qualified incumbent employees covered by the Service Contract Act. The Order, with the stated intent of improving Federal Contractor operations, became effective immediately. The Order includes an instruction to the Department of Labor…
A Northern Virginia trial court recently held that the Virginia Uniform Trade Secrets Act, Va. Code § 59.1-336, et seq. (the “VUTSA”), did not prohibit a former employee from retaining trade secrets over the objection of her former employer when those trade secrets were acquired by proper means within the scope of employment and neither used, disclosed, or threatened to…