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Bowditch & Dewey

Wage Act Updates: Massachusetts’ Highest Court Finds Limited FLSA Preemption of Wage Act Remedies and Employers Should Prepare for...

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MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT RULING – GOOD NEWS FOR EMPLOYERS - It has been a busy Spring for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC). On April 14, 2022, on the heels of Reuter v. City of Methuen (see our...more

Carlton Fields

Court Vacates Arbitration Award In Crop Insurance Dispute That Awarded Remedies Preempted By Federal Law

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The plaintiff, a farming company, demanded arbitration against Diversified Crop Insurance Services over the nonpayment of federally reinsured claims....more

Hogan Lovells

District Court Case Highlights Advantages of ERISA Severance Plans

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Specialists have long touted certain significant advantages to employers that come along with maintaining ERISA severance plans, and a recent district court case highlights some of these advantages....more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

AZ’s Hidden Employer Wage/Hour Gift

Much has been said about AZ Governor Ducey’s recent decision to sign into law HB 2579, which preempts local governments from enacting their own living wage or fringe benefits ordinances for private employers. But next to...more

Benesch

Now You See Them—Now You Don’t: The Magic of Using FAAAA Preemption to Make a Plaintiff’s State Law Claims Disappear

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Magic makes the impossible possible. Federal preemption aims at a similarly lofty goal. After all, the power to preempt a plaintiff’s state law claims is the power to transform a plaintiff’s entire case in a radical and...more

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Trade Secret Legislation Reintroduced in Congress (3rd Time)

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Maybe the third time is the charm. After trying twice before, Congress is making another run at creating a federal claim for trade secret misappropriation. A bipartisan group of legislators from both congressional chambers,...more

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