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Second Injunction Issued on H-1B Rule Changes as DOL Releases Plan to Address Wage Level Issues

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Another court has issued an injunction against the enforcement of the Trump administration’s H-1B policies that would raise minimum salary requirements for foreign professionals. In a legal challenge from various technology...more

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U.S. District Court Sets Aside DHS and DOL H-1B Wage Rules

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In Chamber of Commerce, et al., v. DHS, et al., the U.S. District Court in California has set aside an interim final rule significantly altering prevailing wages to be paid to certain temporary and permanent foreign workers...more

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Federal Judges Halt Expanded Exemption From ACA Contraceptive Mandate

In back-to-back decisions, two federal district court judges have blocked implementation of a Trump administration rule that would exempt more employers from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirement...more

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[WEBINAR] Labor & Employment Law: What Changed in 2017

Best Best & Krieger Labor & Employment attorneys discussed new legislation and case law impacting California employers - private and public. What Was Discussed -Legislation passed in 2017 -Wage and hour update ...more

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Web Exclusive: March 2018: The Top 13 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there were an unprecedented number of changes all through 2017. And if the first three months...more

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Next Nail In The Coffin: Overtime Rule Struck Down By Judge

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A federal judge in Texas today struck down the controversial Obama-era change to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act that was intended to substantially raise the minimum salary threshold required for employees to qualify for...more

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Defending Employers’ Access to Legal Advice: Comments Filed Supporting DOL’s Rescission of Controversial Persuader Rule

August 11, 2017, was the deadline for interested parties to submit comments regarding the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposal to formally rescind its controversial persuader rule, which was issued in 2016 under the...more

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Update on Challenge to Overtime Rule

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As previously reported, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is currently reviewing a challenge to the recent Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") overtime changes. Previously, a Texas district court entered an injunction...more

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D.C. Court of Appeals Denies Emergency Request to Halt Conflict of Interest Rule and Related Exemptions

On December 15, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied the emergency request from the National Association for Fixed Annuities (“NAFA”) for an injunction blocking the implementation of the...more

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Texas Federal Court’s Ruling on Whether to Block New DOL Overtime Rules Expected Soon

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On November 16, 2016, a Texas federal judge announced at a hearing that his decision on whether to block the U.S. Department of Labor’s(“DOL”) new overtime rules from taking effect would be made by November 22, 2016. Earlier...more

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Implementation of DOL's New Persuader Rule Permanently Blocked

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A federal court in Texas has issued a decision permanently blocking the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from implementing the final version of its "persuader rule." See National Federation of Independent Businesses v. Perez...more

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