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CASPA Clash: Major Victory for Contractor in Pipeline Project Dispute as Third Circuit upholds CASPA Penalties and Fees

In a significant decision on April 17, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld significant penalties and attorney fees awarded to C.J. Hughes Construction Company, Inc. under the Pennsylvania Contractor...more

Cozen O'Connor

Third Circuit Rules on Pennsylvania Prompt Payment Act, Affirms Penalty Interest and Attorney's Fees

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Pennsylvania’s Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act (CASPA) governs downstream payment obligations on private construction contracts in Pennsylvania. CASPA provides downstream parties with various protections to better...more

Stokes Wagner

You Can Now Get Privately Sued for Failing to Provide NYC Safe and Sick Leave

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Effective March 20, employees in New York City can bring private actions against their employers for violations of the city’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act, NYC Admin. Code § 20-911 et seq. ...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

New Legislation Extends California Noncompete Ban to Agreements Signed Outside the Golden State and May Impose Notice Obligations...

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As we’ve previously written, California already takes a strong position against employee noncompete agreements. State law bans such agreements (with extremely limited exception) and imposes significant penalties on employers...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

PAGA Dischargeable in Bankruptcy?

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Portions of employer liability in California PAGA actions are dischargeable in bankruptcy under a bankruptcy court decision issued this summer. Specifically, employers’ liability for the 25% share of PAGA penalties to be...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New York State Senate Passes Bill That Would Ban Post-Employment Noncompete Agreements

On June 7, 2023, the New York State Senate passed new sweeping legislation, Senate Bill S3100A (the "Bill"), which would ban post-employment noncompete agreements in New York. The Bill now heads to the New York State...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc.

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Earlier this week, the California Court of Appeal reached a decision that may ease employers’ worries when presented with a wage and hour lawsuit. California’s plaintiff-friendly laws provide avenues for plaintiffs to...more

Maron Marvel

McDill Tenders in Louisiana: How An UM/UIM Insurer Can Avoid Penalties and Attorney’s Fees

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Louisiana insurers who provide uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage are often asked for a “McDill tender” by a claimant, and it’s important for the insurer to know its obligations when responding to such a request....more

Goldberg Segalla

Recent California WCAB Panel Decision Creates Hidden Exposure to Post-Settlement Penalties and Interest

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Key Takeaways - When settling, ask your attorney to include specific settlement terms that resolve claims of interest and penalties that might otherwise accrue post-court order approving settlement and post-court order...more

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Massachusetts Limits State Wage Awards Citing FLSA Preemption

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On April 14, 2022, in Devaney v. Zucchini Gold, LLC, the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), the highest court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ruled that the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) preempts state remedies...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

New York Whistleblower Suit Results In $105 Million From Hedge Fund Manager Who Evaded Taxes

On Tuesday, March 2, 2021, New York State Attorney General Letitia James and New York City Corporation Counsel James E. Johnson released a statement announcing their recovery of a $105 million settlement from a hedge fund...more

McGlinchey Stafford

New IRS Rules for Reporting Non-Employee Compensation

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On July 6, 2020, the IRS issued Tax Tip 2020-80 to remind business taxpayers that, commencing with payments made in 2020, they must report any payments of over $600 per year for services by non-employees on Form 1099-NEC (for...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Non-Competes in Washington – Over-Reaching Could Cost Employers

Washington is the most recent state to adopt a law restricting the use of noncompetition agreements. The new law (HB 1450), which was signed by Governor Jay Inslee on May 8, 2019 and is scheduled to go into effect on January...more

Payne & Fears

Key California Employment Law Cases: August 2018

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This month’s key employment law cases address pre-employment physicals, appeals from California Labor Commissioner awards, and background checks.   EEOC v. BNSF Ry. Co., 902 F.3d 916 (9th Cir. 2018)...more

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Individual Employees Can Be Liable For Civil Penalties And Attorneys’ Fees For A Company’s Failure To Pay Overtime And/Or Minimum...

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Notwithstanding two previous California Supreme Court decisions which essentially held that “[u]nder the common law, corporate agents acting within the scope of their agency are not personally liable for the corporate...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Delay in Correcting Paycheck Clerical Error Leads to Large Fee Award

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Seyfarth Synopsis: An employer did not incur waiting time penalties for inadvertently misstating the amount of pay on a final paycheck, but was liable for its delay in correcting the error. And, by taking an appeal from a...more

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K&L Gates Triage: Protecting Patient Information in Bankruptcy Cases

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In this episode, Margaret Westbrook discusses privacy issues that may affect health care providers when filing proofs of claim in the bankruptcy court. Given the potential for public access of these records, it is important...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

California Employers Should Remain Cautious when Classifying their Workforce, Notwithstanding More Lenient Federal Policies

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Although the Trump administration rescinded its guidance on worker misclassification earlier this year and appears to have otherwise taken a “softer approach” to misclassification enforcement, California employers should...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

What a New Texas Insurance Law Means, and Doesn’t Mean, for Harvey’s Victims

As Hurricane Harvey continues to wreak historic damage in Texas, recent updates to a state law dealing with the responsibilities of insurers are scheduled, by sheer coincidence, to take effect this Friday, September 1, 2017....more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Procurement Code Attorney Fee Award

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Scott Enterprises, Inc. v. City of Allentown, 142 A.3d 779 (Pa. 2016) — Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that a jury finding of bad faith does not mandate a trial court to award penalties and attorney fees under the...more

Troutman Pepper

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Holds That Under Prompt Payment Act, Imposition of Penalty and Attorneys’ Fees Is Discretionary, Not...

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Scott Enters., Inc. v. City of Allentown, 2016 Pa. LEXIS 1503 (Pa. July 19, 2016) - The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania reversed an order of the Commonwealth Court and held that the prompt payment provisions of the...more

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Massachusetts Legislature Overhauls Public Records Law

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Last week the Massachusetts Legislature adopted significant changes to the Massachusetts Public Records Law. These changes apply to all state agencies and municipalities and in theory are designed to improve the disclosure of...more

Zelle  LLP

The Risky Business of Wage & Hour

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Wage and hour laws are complicated. They have lots of parts and sub-parts, and there are differences from state to state. Even the most sophisticated employers have compliance challenges. Smaller employers sometimes ignore...more

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog

Maintaining Poor COBRA Procedures Can Be Expensive

I blogged a few months ago about an employer who had to pay more than $83,000 in penalty, attorneys’ fees and costs for failure to give a proper COBRA notice for a dental plan....more

Epstein Becker & Green

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act—Hope on the Horizon for Debt Collectors?

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Debt collection is big business—easily a multibillion-dollar industry. In 2012, approximately 30 million individuals, or 14 percent of American adults, had debt (averaging about $1,500) that was or had been subject to the...more

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