Herb Stapleton's FBI Experience Proves to be Asset to Dinsmore's Corporate Team
Former FBI Executive and Cybersecurity Leader Herbert Stapleton Joins Dinsmore’s National Corporate Practice
No Password Required: Former Lead Attorney at U.S. Cyber Command, Cyber Law Strategist, and Appreciator of ‘Mad Men’ Hats
A Counterintuitive Approach to Winning Without Litigation: One-on-One with Haley Morrison
Lawyers Beware: There Could Be Serious Ethics Issues With The New AI Browsers
LathamTECH in Focus: Tech Deals: The Emerging Focus of FDI Regulators?
Fox on Podcasting: Harnessing the Power of Niche
Navigating Employee Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions: Lessons From Pretty Woman — Hiring to Firing Podcast
FCPA Compliance Report: Stay the Course: Ellen Lafferty on Navigating Anti-Corruption Compliance in 2025
Multijurisdictional Employers, P2: 2025 State-by-State Updates on Non-Compete/Non-Solicitation Agts
6 Takeaways | From Tension to Teamwork: Real Strategies for Legal Collaboration
Hsu Untied interview with David Cohen, General Counsel at Infinite Athlete
Hsu Untied interview with Brad Waugh, General Counsel at TP-Link
Compliance Tip of the Day – New FCPA Enforcement Memo – What Does it Mean?
Hsu Untied interview with D'Lonra Ellis, CLO of Oakland A's
Your Guide to Dealing with Subpoenas Effectively
Episode 371 -- DOJ's New Corporate Enforcement Program
Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 153, The CW 25 Edition
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 68 - Why Geopolitical Risk Matters to Compliance and Legal Staff with Mark Nuttal and Chad Olsen
Innovation in Compliance: Strategic Compliance in Regulated Industries with Kerri Reuter
With the passage of the new federal tax bill on July 4, 2025, unofficially referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), employers and employees in overtime-heavy and tipped industries face new opportunities and...more
One of the fastest trending topics in the employment and taxation blogosphere in recent weeks has been the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which, among other provisions, allows for a tax deduction of up to...more
A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit clarifies how courts should apply the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) highly compensated employee (HCE) exemption and distinguishes the exemption from...more
The majority of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has upheld a finding that a medical staffing agency misclassified approximately 1,100 nurses as independent contractors and owed them...more
The highly compensated employee (HCE) exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is one of the most complex exemptions in employment law. In the recent case of Gilchrist, et. al. v. Schlumberger Technology Corp.(5th...more
President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1, “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), on July 4. The OBBBA affects a wide range of workplace issues, including immigration, benefits, and employment tax liabilities. Below is only a brief...more
On July 4, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed H.R.1—the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—into law following its narrow passage in the House of Representatives just days earlier. Touted as the Trump administration’s marquee...more
The Big Beautiful Bill was signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025. The BBB is a complex budget reconciliation law (a law that follows a special procedure for more simplified passage) that contains over a thousand...more
The U.S. Department of Labor just quietly launched one of the most sweeping deregulatory efforts in recent memory, advancing over 60 proposals that could reshape workplace rules across industries. From overtime and minimum...more
Don’t have the energy to slog through the 1,127 (or so) pages of the legislative text, amendments, and explanatory materials that comprise the final version of the “Big Beautiful Bill” to see how it impacts labor and...more
Most employers are prepared for new laws at the start of each year – but did you know that a heap of new workplace laws take effect at the halfway point? Here’s your employer cheat sheet to prepare for July 1 effective dates…...more
On April 1, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an important decision in Pickens v. Hamilton-Ryker IT Solutions, LLC regarding what it means to be paid on a “weekly basis” for purposes of the...more
On April 1, a U.S. appeals court showed that the salary basis requirement is alive and well, regardless of how highly compensated an employee might be. The decision is a reminder to businesses that simply paying a guaranteed...more
The Seventh Circuit recently issued a significant decision in Osborn v. JAB Management Services, Inc., 126 F.4th 1250 (2025), affirming summary judgment in favor of the employer in an overtime compensation dispute under the...more
A recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit offers a welcome measure of protection for employers in overtime claims brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The court’s opinion highlights the...more
The FLSA’s minimum wage and overtime requirements do not apply to any employee employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional (EAP) capacity, nor do they apply to highly compensated employees who perform...more
President-elect Trump surprised the business community on Friday night when he announced Lori Chavez-DeRemer as his nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Labor. Her selection was met by skepticism by some in the employer...more
On November 15, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas overturned a 2024 rule that raised the salary threshold for workers to qualify for an exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more
On November 15, 2024, a federal court judge in the Eastern District of Texas vacated and set aside the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) 2024 rule that raised the salary minimums for overtime-exempt employees under the Fair Labor...more
By now, everyone has heard about the Texas court putting the kibosh on the new salary exempt thresholds. In other exemption classification news, the United States Supreme Court is set to issue an opinion in early 2025...more
On Friday, November 15, in State of Texas v. DOL et al., Case No. 4:24-CV-499-SDJ, 4:24-CV-468-SDJ, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Department of Labor’s (DOL) 2024 Salary...more
On November 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued Opinion Letter FLSA2024-01. This letter provides additional clarity about whether daily expense reimbursement payments can be excluded from an employee’s regular...more
A federal judge in Texas seemed skeptical that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) did not overreach with its latest rule that raised the minimum salary thresholds to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) white-collar overtime...more
Now that we know Donald Trump will return to the White House as President, it’s time for employers to take a look at what they might expect during his second term in office. We have gathered insights from some of our firm’s...more
The U.S. Supreme Court has set oral argument for November 5, 2024, in E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera. The issue before the court is what standard of proof employers must satisfy to demonstrate that a Fair Labor Standards...more