ATS Tree Services, LLC (“ATS”) has voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit it filed in April 2024 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania challenging the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) Non-Compete...more
On August 20, 2024, Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final Rule that the FTC enacted to ban non-compete agreements. Judge Brown held...more
8/22/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
FTC Act ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Restrictive Covenants
On March 8, 2024, a Texas federal district court vacated the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”) 2023 joint employer rule (“2023 Rule), and restored the 2020 joint employer rule (“2020 Rule”)....more
3/13/2024
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Final Rules ,
Franchises ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Reform ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Texas ,
Vacated
On November 9, 2023, a coalition of business advocacy groups led by the US Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas challenging the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”)...more
11/20/2023
/ Federal Labor Laws ,
Final Rules ,
Franchisors ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
State Labor Laws ,
Summary Judgment
On August 8, 2023, the U. S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a final rule revamping its procedures for determining prevailing wages under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (collectively, DBRA). This is the first time in...more