On September 25, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board’s rejection of an employee’s Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX) retaliation claim, holding the...more
Proskauer, along with local counsel Canfield Law LLC, recently submitted an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution at John Jay College (“IIP”) in support of Georgia prosecutors who are...more
As we previous reported, on October 30, 2020, Proskauer filed an amicus brief on behalf of 25 leading colleges and universities in support of a preliminary injunction, and, in the alternative, for partial summary judgment...more
12/8/2020
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Amicus Briefs ,
Colleges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Foreign Workers ,
Pro Bono ,
Public Interest ,
State and Local Government ,
Universities ,
Visas
On March 26, 2019, New York’s highest court delivered a victory for employers in the home care industry, clarifying that employers need only compensate home health aides for 13 hours of a 24-hour shift, provided the employees...more
4/1/2019
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Appeals ,
Class Certification ,
Home Health Care ,
Home Healthcare Workers ,
Legislative History ,
New York Court of Appeals ,
NYDOL ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Remand ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Reversal ,
State Labor Departments ,
Wage and Hour
On March 11, 2019, a federal court in Minnesota rejected an employer’s attempt to litigate a plaintiff’s state-law whistleblower claim in a federal forum, ruling it was insufficient that the plaintiff alleged violations of...more
On March 4, 2019, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a whistleblower award totaling more than $2 million to be paid to an individual whistleblower, as part of its Dodd-Frank whistleblower program....more
On July 12, 2018, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued its largest whistleblower award ever, approximately $30 million, as part of its Dodd-Frank whistleblower program. This is the first award under the...more