On April 12, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision that answers the question of whether the Federal Arbitration Act’s (FAA) exemption from arbitration for any “class of workers engaged in foreign or...more
4/16/2024
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Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Bissonnette v LePage Bakeries Park St LLC ,
Delivery Drivers ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Interstate Commerce ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Misclassification ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation
On March 3, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (the “Act”), amending the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) to expressly prohibit mandatory...more
3/22/2022
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Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Biden Administration ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Jury Trial ,
Jury Waivers ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
New Legislation ,
Sexual Assault ,
Sexual Harassment
Join FordHarrison Memphis attorneys Frank Day, Russell Jackson and Erica Johnson for a Tennessee state law legal update. Topics covered in the update will include Tennessee’s COVID legislation, new and proposed Tennessee laws...more
On May 17, 2019, Judge Renee Marie Bumb of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey rejected the parties’ request to dismiss a Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) lawsuit without the Judge’s review of the...more
6/27/2019
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Dominos ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
Franchises ,
Judicial Review ,
Labor Regulations ,
Minimum Wage ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Wage and Hour
On February 21, 2018, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held an attorney could perform the essential functions of her job while working remotely for a ten-week period. As a result, when the employer refused to permit the...more
2/27/2018
/ Compensatory Damages ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Essential Functions ,
Failure to Accommodate ,
Job Descriptions ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Retaliation ,
Telecommuting ,
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