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Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

The High Price of Delay: California's SB 261 and the Triple Penalty

The landscape of wage enforcement in California has fundamentally changed with the enactment of Senate Bill 261 (SB 261), a law designed to eliminate the otherwise questionable strategy of ignoring wage judgments. ...more

Whiteford

Client Alert: PPP Affiliation Pitfalls: How Employee Headcount Errors Can Lead To False Claims Act Troubles For Business Owners

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The Paycheck Protection Program was a lifeline for small businesses struggling to keep their employees paid during the COVID-19 pandemic. But for business owners who failed to include all applicable employees in their size...more

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Interim injunctions in Jersey: American Cyanamid Plus

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The American Cyanamid test remains the standard test in Jersey for interim injunctions. However, a more exacting 'Cyanamid Plus' test may be applied in exceptional cases, particularly where the interim relief would...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

Recent Court Decisions Limit NLRB’s Authority to Award Expanded Remedies

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Traditionally, it has been understood that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) limits the remedies it issues to equitable forms of relief. In practice, this meant that employees who lost their jobs due to violations of...more

Hall Benefits Law

Lyft Pays $19.4 Million to NJ Attorney General’s Office for Driver Misclassification

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The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office has announced that Lyft has paid off the $19.4 million it owed to the state for misclassifying drivers as independent contractors....more

UB Greensfelder LLP

Injunctive Relief in Employment Litigation: Protecting Your Business When Time Is Critical

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When an employee departs, especially to join a competitor or start a competitive venture, the risk to the employer’s confidential information and customer relationships can be immediate. In those moments, time is not a...more

Freeman Mathis & Gary

Ninth Circuit defines the “costs” associated with offers of judgment or settlement

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In Alvarado v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc., issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on September 30, 2025, the court clarified the scope of awards under California Code of Civil Procedure Section 998....more

Genova Burns LLC

Circuit Courts Split Over NLRB Remedy Authority

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The scope of NLRB remedies for unfair labor practice violations has been disputed since December 2022, when the Board in a novel case called Thryv, Inc., expanded the definition of equitable remedy to include direct or...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Eleventh Circuit Allows Qui Tam Relators to Avoid Complaint Dismissal by Using Information Obtained in Discovery

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held in United States ex rel. Sedona Partners LLC v. Able Moving and Storage Inc., No. 22-13340 (11th Cir. Jul. 25, 2025), that while a district court has the discretion to...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Avoiding Confession of Judgment: Indemnity Payments After a CRN and Lawsuit but Before Service of the Lawsuit

In a series of recent consolidated cases, the Fourth District Court of Appeal addressed the issue of whether an indemnity payment made after a lawsuit is filed constitutes a confession of judgment entitling the claimants to...more

Freeman Mathis & Gary

Georgia Court of Appeals tacitly affirms homeowners associations’ ability to utilize covenants not to sue

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On September 10, 2025, the Court of Appeals of Georgia decided the case of Kinnaird v. Morningview Homeowners Association, Inc. In this case, Kinnaird (homeowner) applied to the Association’s Architectural Review Committee to...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

GCEU Awards €50,000 in Non‑Material Damages for Unlawful OLAF Data Disclosure

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On 1 October 2025, the General Court of the European Union (GCEU) held the EU liable for non‑material damage caused by the unlawful processing of personal data by an EU body. In OC v. Commission (T ‑384/20 RENV),1 which...more

A&O Shearman

Ship Sailed, Unjust Enrichment Claim Derailed

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It's a familiar scenario: you contract to provide advice, and you think there has been mission creep. Can you claim a reasonable fee for what you see as the extra you have provided based on the other side being unjustly...more

Phelps Dunbar

Fifth Circuit Rejects NLRB’s Expansive View of “Make-Whole” Relief

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on October 31 issued a significant decision in Hiran Management, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board, curbing the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) authority to award...more

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

Workplace Transparency Act Amendments to Impact Employment, Severance, and Settlement Agreements

On January 1, 2026, Public Act 104-0320 will take effect in Illinois, amending the Workplace Transparency Act (“Act”). The Act has been in effect since 2020 and regulates certain terms and conditions in employment, severance,...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

When Speed Matters: Understanding TROs and Injunctions in Employment Law

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Injunctive relief plays a critical role in resolving disputes when immediate action is needed to prevent harm that money alone cannot fix. Whether an employer seeks to protect confidential business information or a party...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Court Weighs School District’s Halt of Payments to Charter School

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A charter school's lawsuit against Pennsylvania education officials could alter the funding requirements imposed on school districts under the Charter School Law (CSL). In the case, Penn Hills Charter School of...more

Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak

Sullivan's Reckoning: Why It's Time to Overturn America's Defamation Shield

Civil discourse is rapidly declining. The U.S. is mired in escalating, violent political rhetoric, acts of political violence, and dismal polls showing that twenty percent of young adults think violence is justified to...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Fifth Circuit Denies Enforcement of NLRB’s Enhanced Remedies, Widening Circuit Split

On October 31, 2025, the Fifth Circuit held that the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) impermissibly awarded compensatory damages to striking employees who were fired. As we reported here, the court’s ruling...more

Fisher Phillips

Backpay Fight Deepens as 5th Circuit Rejects NLRB’s Expanded Remedies – Will the Supreme Court Step In Next?

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A federal appeals court just dealt another blow to the National Labor Relations Board’s effort to expand monetary remedies against employers – and the widening split among federal circuits makes Supreme Court review...more

Lewitt Hackman

Uncrustables Drama Leaves Trader Joe’s in a Trademark Jam

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Trademarks serve as a vital way for businesses to protect their brand’s identity. Whether it is McDonald’s prominent golden arches or the Nike Swoosh, a trademark is generally a word, logo, phrase, or design that allows...more

Gray Reed

Texas Court Denies Surface Owner's Self-Help Burial of Pipeline

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In Byrne Oil Co. v. Walraven, a court of appeals held that a surface owner/lessor cannot bury his lessee’s pipelines and recover costs when adequate time exists to pursue judicial remedies, even after years of operator delay....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Regeneron, the False Claims Act, and a New Era in Government Enforcement

Federal enforcement of the False Claims Act (FCA) against healthcare and pharmaceutical companies—especially based on alleged Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) violations—continues to change, with the Regeneron Pharmaceuticals case...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

GCEU Awards €50,000 in Non‑Material Damages for Unlawful OLAF Data Disclosure

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While the case is likely to be mentioned in upcoming non-material damages claims, its unique circumstances mean defence arguments remain robust....more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Contractor Rights and Remedies in a Shutdown of Extraordinary Length

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The extended duration of the October 2025 shutdown, which will soon be the longest in history, adds a new level of uncertainty and pressure for federal contractors and subcontractors. Does the shutdown excuse the government...more

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