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Employer Issues in Bankruptcy

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Numerous issues arise when an employer files for bankruptcy. Some of the most crucial issues relate to: (i) priorities for claims of employees; (ii) notices pursuant to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN)...more

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The Learned Concierge - November 2023, Vol. 2

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The Learned Concierge Welcome to your monthly legal insights on the trends impacting the Retail, Hospitality, and Food & Beverage Industries....more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.9.2021 | Top Story: Tesla Pours $1.5B into Bitcoin, Prompts Crypto Surge

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Tesla dropped an incredible $1.5 billion on bitcoin on Monday “and signaled its intent to begin accepting the cryptocurrency as a form of payment, sending prices to a record after the vote of confidence from the EV leader and...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.26.2020 | Top Story: Inspire Brands In Talks to Acquire Dunkin for Deal Worth $8.8 Billion

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PE-backed Inspire Brands is in negotiations to take over Dunkin’ Brands Group, the parent of both Dunkin’ and Baskin-Robbins, in a deal valued at nearly $9 billion. Inspire includes Buffalo Wild Wings and Jimmy John’s among...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.30.2020 | Top Story: JPMorgan Reaches $920M Settlement with Feds Over Spoofing Allegations

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Under the terms of a deal with the DOJ announced this week, JPMorgan will pay $920 million and sign on to a deferred prosecution agreement “to resolve charges that it had manipulated markets for U.S. government bonds and...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.13.2020 | Top Story: Uber and Lyft Warn Gig-Worker Ruling Could Push Them Out of California

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Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft are warning that California’s new moves forcing them to classify their drivers as employees could force them both to shutter their operations altogether in that state (at least while they...more

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“Employees Won’t Sue Over Alleged Wage-Hour Violations Occurring During the COVID-19 Crisis!” – and Six Other Myths

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Let me be the millionth person to say that we are living in unprecedented times. Well, unless you count the Spanish Flu, which few of us probably dealt with as that was more than a century ago....more

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Financial Daily Dose 3.17.2020 | Top Story: The Bear Market Roars, with Markets Falling nearly 13% as Whole Sectors of US Economy...

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As Americans [way-too] slowly come to the realization that COVID-19 is a very real and very present threat, the business world is changing around them at a staggering pace. Stocks nosedived again on Monday, with the three...more

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Major Revisions to New Jersey’s WARN Act Require Payment of Severance, Expand Notice Requirements, and Increase Liability for Mass...

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On January 21, 2020, New Jersey Governor Murphy enacted major revisions to the New Jersey Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act, commonly referred to as the New Jersey WARN Act (“NJ WARN Act”), that make...more

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Kentucky companies refuse to comply with wage law

CEP Magazine (November 2019) - A statute on the books in Kentucky requires companies to post a bond for wages due from an employer, as protection against bankruptcy. Following the collapse of Kentucky coal company...more

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Australian Court Directs Receivers to Pay Priority Creditors of Company in Liquidation

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The Federal Court of Australia rules that receivers appointed to a company in liquidation are entitled to pay employee entitlements and fees. In Kirman v RWE Robinson & Sons Pty Ltd (in liq), in the matter of RWE Robinson...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Amazon announced yesterday that it will immediately raise the minimum wage it pays to all 250,000 of its employees (and the 100k it plans to hire for the holiday season) to at least $15/hour, more than double the current...more

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European Labour & Employment Update - September 2017

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In this edition, we report from around Europe on some interesting case law developments that affect the way employers manage their employees. The range of issues covered shows that, despite the breadth of directives issued by...more

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Supreme Court Gives WARN-ing To Companies In Bankruptcy: Don’t Ignore Wage Claims

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The U.S. Supreme Court held today in a 6 to 2 decision that “structured dismissals” resolving Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings cannot deviate from the Bankruptcy Code’s priority scheme without the consent of the affected...more

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Wrapping Paper Series Updates

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2015 - The Price of Customer Loyalty: Rewards Programs and Sales and Use Tax Issues - 09.21.2015 - Retailers and other businesses use loyalty and rewards programs to draw in customers throughout the year. However,...more

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A WARNing to Directors and Officers — Failure to give proper WARN Act notice may breach your fiduciary duty

At first glance, Stanziale v. MILK072011, looks like someone suing over a bad expiration date and conjures up images of Ron Burgundy proclaiming “milk was a bad choice.” But in actuality Stanziale is much more interesting: it...more

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Perspectives - September/October 2015

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In a decision in which no opinion commanded a majority, the Ohio Supreme Court sided with a private entity — a charter school operator — in a dispute over the ownership of personal property purchased by the operator with...more

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