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Liquidated Damages Negligence

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Fourth Circuit Says Negligence Not Grounds for Awarding Additional Year of FLSA Overtime Pay

Employers that fail to pay required minimum wage or overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act are liable for the amount of missed wages: doubled, plus attorneys fees, costs, and interest. The court can award such damages...more

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Liquidated Damages And The CEO: When Does Personal Liability Attach?

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The issue of willfulness is always front and center in a FLSA litigation. In an interesting case now before a federal appellate court, the class of employees who prevailed in their overtime suit are claiming the failure was...more

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Triple Point v PTT: UK Supreme Court also interprets a contractual cap on liability

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The UK Supreme Court recently handed down a highly anticipated judgment on the interpretation of clauses which pertain to liquidated damages and limitations on a contractor’s liability for damages. Most notably, the Supreme...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Triple Point Technology, Inc v PTT Public Company Ltd – Court of Appeal Overturned

Sir Rupert Jackson sitting in the Court of Appeal had found that the liquidated damages clause providing for liquidated damages to be paid for each day of delay by the contractor “from the due date for delivery up to the date...more

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Liquidated Damages in the Context of a Termination: Supreme Court Reverts to the Status-Quo

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The English Supreme Court has delivered its long-awaited judgment in Triple Point Technology, Inc v PTT Public Company Ltd [2021] UKSC 29. Although the case concerns a commodity trading software system, it has broad...more

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When Can I Confirm An Arbitration Award?

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Timeline to Confirm Arbitration Award- BST Ohio Corp. v. Wolgang, 2021-Ohio-1785- In this appeal, the Supreme Court of Ohio reversed the lower court’s decision, holding that neither R.C. 2711.09 nor R.C. 2711.13 requires...more

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Appellate Court Notes

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AC36912 - Whitney v. J.M. Scott Associates, Inc. Plaintiff entered into an employment and stock purchase agreement with the owner of the company, that provided if he were terminated without cause before the end of five...more

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