With
Thomas Kaufman
On November 22, 2016, a federal court in the Eastern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Department of Labor from enforcing new regulations...
With
James Hays,
Jason W. Kearnaghan
On November 16, 2016, a federal district judge in Texas barred the Department of Labor ("DOL") from enforcing its new so-called "Persuader Rule."
The Supreme Court agreed on September 29 to consider whether a provision of the Lanham Act that allows the USPTO to refuse to register "disparaging" trademarks violates the constitutional right to free speech.
With
Marlene Nicolas
In March 2014, President Obama signed an executive order directing the Department of Labor to revise its aging rules governing overtime pay for white collar employees.
On March 28, 2016, the California Supreme Court handed down a long-awaited opinion in Baltazar v. Forever 21.
With
Jill Vorobiev
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") recently announced new nationwide changes to the procedures relating to its investigation of administrative charges filed against employers.
The federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on February 23 that employers cannot implement policies requiring tipped employees to share their tips with untipped employees.
Under section 1032(b) of the California Code of Civil Procedure, "a prevailing party is entitled as a matter of right to recover costs in any action or proceeding" unless some statute expressly says otherwise.
"The test the California courts have developed over the 20th Century for classifying workers isn’t very helpful in addressing . . . 21st Century problem[s]."
