On November 15, 2024, U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Department of Labor’s 2024 regulations for executive, administrative, and professional (EAP)...more
11/19/2024
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Final Rules ,
Highly Compensated Employees ,
Labor Reform ,
Minimum Salary ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Over-Time ,
Salaried Employees ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Vacated ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Even before the current pandemic crisis, we have noticed a growing trend in the filing of class action lawsuits challenging, under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), notices required to be issued by...more
After winning the World Cup on Sunday with a thrilling 2-0 victory over the Netherlands, the U.S. women’s national soccer team laid claim to being the best women’s soccer team in history. They celebrated their victory at the...more
7/9/2019
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Disparate Treatment ,
EEO-1 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Soccer ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour ,
Women in Sports ,
World Cup
In Edwards v. DoorDash, Inc., No. 17-20082 (5th Cir. Apr. 25, 2018), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirmed its position that arbitrability of claims, including whether class or collective claims must be arbitrated...more
5/9/2018
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Arbitration ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Misclassification ,
Wage and Hour
On January 6, Florida became the 36th state to recognize same-sex marriage. This development came as the result of several recent state and federal court decisions finding Florida's ban on same-sex marriage an...more