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Ding! Dong! U.S. DOL Assessment of Liquidated Damages Is Dead!

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The United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a Field Assistance Bulletin (“FAB”) on June 27, 2025, putting to bed, hopefully once and for all, the DOL’s unauthorized practice of requiring employers to pay liquidated...more

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U.S. Department of Labor to Stop Seeking Liquidated Damages in Wage and Hour Investigations

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On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2025-3 (FAB 2025-3), advising that it will no longer request or attempt to collect liquidated damages in...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Another Rule Bites the Dust: Court Invalidates Rule Requiring Higher Salaries to be Exempt from Overtime

On Friday, November 15, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas set aside the Department of Labor’s (DOL) rule increasing the minimum salary level for the executive, administrative, and...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

No More Chevron Deference: What Does This Mean for Employers?

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From 1984 until June 2024, a reviewing court had to defer to a federal agency’s reasonable interpretation of ambiguous statutes, even if the court would have interpreted the statute differently. In June 2024, the U.S. Supreme...more

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Supreme Court Opinions Overturn Chevron and Modify the Statute of Limitations Allowed by Lower Courts

On June 28, the Supreme Court handed down Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which overturned the prior Supreme Court precedent, articulated in Chevron v. Natural Resource Defense Council, Inc. and known as “the Chevron...more

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Business Groups File Lawsuit to Block DOL’s Raised Salary Thresholds for White Collar Overtime Exemptions

On May 22, 2024, more than a dozen business groups and a company filed a lawsuit seeking to block the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new final rule that significantly raises the minimum salary thresholds for the Fair Labor...more

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