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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term.  The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -
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Trump Tests Limits of Authority to Shape National Labor Relations Board

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Late on Monday, January 27, President Trump said “you’re fired” to two key National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) officials. The dismissal of NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo was widely expected and follows precedent set...more

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Supreme Court Clarifies Proof Standard for Overtime Exemptions

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On January 15, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous Judgment in E.M.D. Sales, Inc., v. Carrera that employers only need to prove an exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by a preponderance of...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Supreme Court Clarifies Employer’s Burden of Proof Standard for Establishing Overtime Exemptions

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A unanimous Supreme Court recently clarified the burden of proof an employer must meet to establish that an employee is exempt from the overtime pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Prior to this decision,...more

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Supreme Court Won’t Consider Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Mandate

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The Supreme Court on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, declined to take up a decision addressing the president’s authority under the Procurement Act to issue a minimum wage mandate for employees working on federal government contracts....more

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DOL Returns to Prior Dual Jobs Regulation for Tipped Employees

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In August 2024, we reported on the highly anticipated opinion in Restaurant Law Center v. U.S. Department of Labor, 115 F.4th 396 (5th Cir. 2024), in which the Fifth Circuit vacated the 2021 Dual Jobs Final Rule as arbitrary,...more

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FAQs About the Set-Aside of the FTC’s Ban on Noncompetes

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In Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) final noncompete rule was held to be “unlawful and set aside” by Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas....more

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Post-Chevron Employment Law Regulations: What to Expect

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Forty years ago, the US Supreme Court’s decision in Chevron USA, Inc. v. National Resources Defense Council, 46 US 837 (1984), upended administrative law practice. In brief, that case, for which the “Chevron doctrine” is...more

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[Webinar] Chevron Deference Overruled by SCOTUS: Understanding the Potential Legal Implications - July 30th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

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On June 28, 2024, in an anticipated but significant decision, the Supreme Court of the United States overruled Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984), which required courts to...more

Perkins Coie

Supreme Court Rejects More Lenient Test for NLRB Injunctions

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On June 13, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States made it harder for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to win injunctive relief against employers accused of unfair labor practices. The Court held in Starbucks...more

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Employment Flash - March 2024

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In this issue of Employment Flash: the new DOL rule on independent contractors, SCOTUS’s unanimous Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower ruling, plus labor law developments in California, Delaware, D.C., New York, the EU, Germany and...more

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SuperVision - Labor & Employment Insights, Issue 4, December 2023

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Attacks on Non-Disclosure, Confidentiality, and Non-Compete Agreements in 2023 - On several fronts in 2023, we saw federal agencies and entities attacking the scope and enforceability of certain employment agreements,...more

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Q2 Employment Law Updates: Non-Competes, Religious Accommodation and More

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So far, 2023 has been a wild ride for employers, a theme that looks to be continuing into the third quarter of the year. While certain predictions we made during Q1 came true in Q2 (we are looking at you, NLRB), others such...more

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Supreme Court Holds That PAGA Representative Waivers Are Enforceable In Certain Significant Respects

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On June 15, 2022, the United States Supreme Court issued its much anticipated decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana. The Supreme Court held that California’s rule invalidating pre-dispute agreements waiving the...more

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The Top 20 Non-COVID Workplace Law Stories Of 2020

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That this past year was the most challenging year in your professional life is an almost certainty. You were forced to learn entirely new statutory schemes, absorb new local health directives on a near-daily basis, create a...more

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A Closer Look at Trump’s Latest SCOTUS Nominee: Judge Amy Coney Barrett

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On Saturday, September 26, President Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy on the bench occasioned by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Barrett, who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...more

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What Employment Law Changes Should We Expect From the Trump Administration? Ask the Magic 8 Ball

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If you had asked me one month ago to predict the winner of the presidential election, I would have been wrong. Therefore, rather than make my own [ill-fated] predictions of the changes that await employers when PEOTUS takes...more

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