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Reversal De Minimis Claims

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

De Minimis Time Must Be Compensated, Tenth Circuit Rules

Although the unpaid time employees spent booting up their computers was relatively small, it was compensable and the employer failed to establish the practical administrative difficulty of estimating the time at issue, which...more

Payne & Fears

Key California Employment Law Cases: December 2018

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This month’s key employment law cases address meal periods and payment of wages....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

First Circuit Restricts Class Certification of Classes Containing Uninjured Persons

In recent years, courts have reached divergent conclusions about the circumstances in which a damages class containing uninjured persons can be certified. Although there is some room to debate what constitutes injury, it is...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

California Supreme Court Declines to Apply Federal Excuse for Short Unrecorded Work Periods

Last week, in Troester v. Starbucks, a unanimous California Supreme Court held that California labor statutes and wage orders do not incorporate federal de minimis work exceptions. Yet, the Court declined to define when, if...more

Knobbe Martens

More Than Zero: Under the Lanham Act, One Interstate Sale Qualifies as Actual Use of a Trademark in Commerce

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In 2009, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejected shoe manufacturer Adidas’s application to trademark the phrase “ADIZERO,” due to a likelihood of confusion with an existing mark: “ADD A ZERO,” a clothing trademark held...more

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