The North Carolina Business Court recently issued a lengthy opinion discussing the duties of corporate directors. Key points include:
..Directors comply with their duty to exercise adequate oversight if the board makes a...more
On December 9, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget issued updated guidance to address the nationwide injunction that currently bars, on a preliminary basis, enforcement of the federal vaccine mandate.
For federal...more
The enforceability of the federal contractor vaccine mandate has not been finally decided. On December 7, 2021, a federal court for the Southern District of Georgia entered an injunction "with nationwide applicability"...more
Despite a recent court ruling covering three states, most federal government contractors still must comply with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate ("Contractor Vaccine Mandate") included in President Biden’s Executive Order 14042,...more
12/6/2021
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On November 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL")’s Wage and Hour Division published its final rule implementing Executive Order 14026, "Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors." The final rule adopts the...more
Federal Minimum Wage Increases to $15 on January 30, 2022 -
Federal prime contractors and subcontractors should prepare to pay a higher mandatory minimum wage starting January 30, 2022....more
8/18/2021
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Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (P.L. 116-136) to aid individuals and businesses harmed by the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Section 4024 includes a temporary...more
Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. Marbury v. Madison (circa 1803) is perhaps the most famous example of this principle. But the limits of federal jurisdiction are regularly tested in our courts today. One...more
2/13/2020
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