Effective July 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor raised the minimum salary that employers must pay to avoid paying overtime to people who perform executive duties. The minimum weekly salary of $684 became $844 on July 1,…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
The M&A landscape is beginning to evolve, with shifts in market dynamics shaping deal terms and bargaining dynamics for 2024 and beyond…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Mergers & Acquisitions
In “Case” You Missed It is a Yellowhammer News column by Balch & Bingham attorney Tripp DeMoss that briefly summarizes a recently issued decision by higher courts like the U.S. Supreme Court and Alabama Supreme Court in cases of…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law
Contracts restraining competition by former employees and contractors have always faced enforcement headwinds, differing state-by-state in their strength and direction. California is most hostile; there, a statute purports to…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Labor & Employment Law
On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court overruled Chevron in Loper-Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, fundamentally altering the judicial approach to agency interpretations of the law, particularly when assessing an agency’s scope of…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Energy & Utilities, Consumer Protection
As we dive into the Ryan, LLC v. FTC decision, Jason and Adam examine what an appeal to the Fifth Circuit may look like, highlighting that the plaintiffs made a number of arguments as to the invalidity of the FTC non-compete…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In this episode of Decision Dive, Balch’s Jason Tompkins, Chair of Balch & Bingham’s Issues & Appeals Practice, is joined by Adam Israel, partner in the firm’s Litigation Practice, to explore a decision by the U.S. District…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Constitutional Law, Energy & Utilities
On May 15, 2024, Alabama became the thirteenth state to adopt a version of the Uniform Law Commission’s Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receiver Act (the “Act”). The Act seeks to bring more direction and clarity to receivership…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Real Estate - Commercial
In “Case” You Missed It is a new column by Balch & Bingham attorney Tripp DeMoss that briefly summarizes a recently issued decision by higher courts like the U.S. Supreme Court and Alabama Supreme Court in cases of interest to…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Securities Law
On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court overturned Chevron deference in a 6-3 decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, Case No. 22-452. As a result, courts will no longer need to defer to an agency’s interpretation of a…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Remedies, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
The future success of your organization depends upon your ability to plan and implement a succession plan. Succession planning, first recognized by Henri Fayol in the early 1900s, continues to be a necessity for any…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Insurance, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
Suppose that your nemesis has a legal beef with you, and you learn that the law allows him to appoint one of his employees to judge the case. Shocked? You should be. Yet federal agency adjudication works the same way. How can…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
On June 18, 2024, the U.S. Senate passed the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act by a vote of 88-2. The Act was signed into law by President Biden on July 9, 2024. The ADVANCE…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to publish its new rule, 29 C.F.R. Part 910, banning almost all non-compete clauses with workers. The rule will take effect 120 days after formal publication in the Federal…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Labor & Employment Law
On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) approved a final Non-Compete Clause Rule (“Rule”) banning as unfair competition all non-compete provisions entered with workers on or after the effective date of…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Labor & Employment Law
