The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently updated its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (ECCP), which prosecutors consider when investigating, charging, and negotiating plea or other agreements with corporations…
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/ Business Organizations, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Fair Labor Standards Act contains complex rules for determining whether non-exempt employee travel is compensable working time. In most circumstances, time spent commuting to and from work is not considered FLSA working…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
The IRS has announced the 2025 annual dollar limitations for retirement plans based on the applicable cost-of-living adjustment guidelines, with small increases in many of the limits. The annual limit for elective deferrals to…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
Most consumers are aware that their personal data is collected, compiled, analyzed, and sold to third parties for marketing and other purposes. Many employees may not know of similar data collection practices relating to their…
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/ Consumer Protection, Labor & Employment Law, Privacy
Last week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that it had reached a settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed against a Pennsylvania debt collection agency alleging failure to provide a religious accommodation…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Many employees consider their pets to be family members and rely on them for emotional support and mental health wellbeing. Two New York City legislators recently took this a step further, introducing a measure that would expand…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
On October 11, 2024, a Florida federal court approved a consent decree between the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Lago Mar Properties Inc. This settlement marks one of the first cases under the newly…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The FTC recently appealed a Texas federal court’s decision that blocked its proposed noncompete ban. On October 18, 2024, the agency filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, contesting the…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection, Labor & Employment Law
There are more than 500 miles that separate the western, more mountainous region of North Carolina from the U.S. state’s eastern shorelines. It’s an expansive area that, depending on traffic, can take close to 9 hours to drive…
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/ International Law & Trade, Real Estate - Commercial
As part of the backlash against employer-mandated COVID-19 vaccinations, Montana amended its antidiscrimination law to add vaccination status as a protected category. This means that employers are prohibited from inquiring or…
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/ Conflict of Laws, Health, Labor & Employment Law
Following a "cause" finding in an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charge of discrimination investigation, the agency issues a right to sue letter to the charging party or agrees to sue the employer on that person’s…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Unless blocked by federal courts, on January 1 the minimum salary required to claim the white-collar exemptions from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime provisions increases to $1,128 per week, or $58,656 annually…
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/ Business Torts, Labor & Employment Law, Nonprofit Law
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memorandum this week titled "Remedying the Harmful Effects of Non-Compete and 'Stay-or-Pay' Provisions that Violate the National Labor Relations…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a petition requesting review of a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (which includes North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia) decision that set a low bar for plaintiffs to plead…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The new Supreme Court term has just begun, and already the justices have agreed to hear a case with implications for employers across the United States. Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services involves a heterosexual employee…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law