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Employment Law Breakfast Briefing: The Final DOL Rule on FLSA Exemptions (St. Cloud) – June 21, 2016
Employment Law Breakfast Briefing: The Final DOL Rule on FLSA Exemptions (St. Cloud) June 21, 2016 On May 18, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its highly anticipated Final Rule setting new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) salary requirements for various FLSA exemptions. The Final Rule, which becomes effective December 1, 2016, significantly increases the minimum weekly salary that must...
Litigation OcTOBer 2015 Businesses ThaT PLace TeLemarkeTing caLLs Face exPanded LiaBiLiTy By Gerald E. Arth For businesses that make telemarketing calls to residential telephone lines using an artificial or prerecorded voice, a new Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision expands considerably the scope of potential liability under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) for errant calls...
ICLG The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Gambling 2016 2nd Edition A practical cross-border insight into gambling law Published by Global Legal Group, with contributions from: Addisons Anderson MÅri & Tomotsune Carallian Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira DLA Piper DLA Piper UK LLP Fox Rothschild LLP Gaming Legal Group Hassans International Law Firm Herzog Fox...
THE BAR NOV/DEC.2015 DIVERSITY & MCCA Empowering People. Inspiring Leadership. MCCA’s th 16 Annual GC Survey CREATING A SMALL SUCCESSFUL LEGAL TEAM SUCCESSION PLANNING 15 RAINMAKERS WHO ALWAYS SHINE EXPERIENCED WOMEN LAWYERS HEAD BACK TO WORK CONTENTS Visit www.mcca.com for the latest information on our events, awards and research. FEATURES 12 MCCA’s...
RIGHTS OF SUPPLIERS An Oil and Gas Industry Primer BY MICHAEL VISCOUNT AND RAYMOND PATELLA The continuous and dramatic volatility in prices for oil and natural gas has predictably resulted in financial pressures on oil and gas exploration and production companies (“E&Ps”) leading to a precipitous rise in the incidence of bankruptcy filings by E&Ps across the...
DAILY FANTASY SPORTS: An Industry in Flux An analysis of state-by-state approaches to DFS1 BY CHRISTIAN J. FISHER he popularity of fantasy sports has exploded in recent years have proposed regulations to regulate DFS, such as Massachusetts, with the rise of daily fantasy sports (“DFS”). The popularity DFS has been historically prohibited in other states, such as...
Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy March 2016 Lease Termination Before Bankruptcy May Be ‘Avoidable Transfer,’ 7th Circuit Rules By Audrey Noll A landlord who terminates a lease before the tenant’s bankruptcy may later be found to have received a preferential or fraudulent transfer and held liable to the bankruptcy estate for the value of the lease, the...
Current Status of Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) in the United States As Of April 20, 2016 State 1 Alabama Current Status of DFS (Regulatory Determinations and Legislation) Alabama Attorney General has opined that DFS is illegal gaming. Legislation proposed/pending (legalize and regulate DFS). 2 Alaska 3 Arizona No formal determination on the legality of DFS made by a governmental authority,...
Litigation May 2016 Finally, Federal Protection of Trade Secrets By Joshua Horn On Wednesday, May 11, 2016, the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) became law. The DTSA provides, for the first time, uniform federal protection of trade secrets. This statute is a game changer when it comes to protecting your trade secrets, providing an exclusive federal forum and specific rights to injunctive...
Labor & Employment May 2016 It Could Have Been Worse: U.S. Department of Labor Increases the Salary Level Necessary for Employers To Classify Employees as Exempt From Overtime By Carolyn D. Richmond and Glenn S. Grindlinger On May 18, 2016, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) released amendments to the overtime regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which will go...
In the Zone Second Quarter 2016 Registered Community Organizations in Philadelphia, Evolving Regulations By William F. Martin When the City of Philadelphia approved its new Zoning Code in August 2012, it codified the role of neighborhood organizations. For many years, there was a practical expectation that property owners seeking zoning variances or comparable land use relief would present...
National Survey on Marijuana Laws and Regulations Joshua Horn Partner Fox Rothschild LLP 215.299.2184 jhorn@foxrothschild.com Nicholas Casiello, Jr. Partner Fox Rothschild LLP 609.572.2234 ncasiello@foxrothschild.com National Survey on Marijuana Laws and Regulations This survey has been provided by the Fox Rothschild Administrative Law & Government Relations Practice as a quick...
Labor & Employment June 2016 District of Columbia Set To Increase Minimum Wage to $15 Following Several Other States and Localities By Alexander W. Leonard The District of Columbia City Council has unanimously passed a schedule of increases to the local minimum wage. Under the bill, private sector minimum wages in the District will reach $15.00 per hour by 2020. This new increase comes...
New Jersey Family Lawyer Vol. 36, No. 6 — June 2016 Chair’s Column Pope Francis, Saudi Arabia and Adjusting Our Expectations by Amanda S. Trigg B y the time you read this column, Pope Francis’s “Amoris Laetitia,” issued on April 6, will be old news. Called “On Love in the Family” in English, the statement...
Privacy and Security Law Report ® Reproduced with permission from Privacy & Security Law Report, 15 PVLR 1253, 6/20/16. Copyright ஽ 2016 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com Right to Be Forgotten France’s data protection regulator ordered Alphabet Inc.’s Google in 2015 to comply with the right to be forgotten. If...
