Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The Demise of the Chevron Doctrine – Part I
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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Supreme Court Hears Two Cases in Which the Plaintiffs Seek to Overturn the Chevron Judicial Deference Framework: Who Will Win and What Does It Mean? Part II
The Future of Chevron Deference - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Hooper, Kearney and Macklin on Cutting Edge Topics in the False Claims Act
Part Two: The MFN Drug Pricing Rule and the Rebate Rule: Where Do We Go From Here?
Part One: Two new Medicare Drug Pricing Rules in One Day: What are the MFN and the Rebate Drug Pricing Rules?
Employment Law Now IV-78- BREAKING: US DOL Issues New Regulations After Federal Court Invalidated Old Regulations
Podcast - Developments in FDA & DOJ Regulation and Enforcement of Manufacturer Communications
Podcast - Chamber of Commerce v. Internal Revenue Service
During 2024 we have reported on several high-profile cases that have challenged wage-related regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor – including tips, independent contractors, and the white-collar exemptions to the...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a ruling on August 23, 2024, vacating a 2021 Final Rule of the Department of Labor (DOL), which limited the circumstances under which employers can claim a "tip...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently determined that the Department of Labor (DOL) violated the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) in issuing its “Tip Credit” final regulations and vacated the final rule....more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit recently vacated the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) latest provisions of its Tip Regulations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, colloquially known as the 80/20/30 Rule through...more
On Friday, August 23, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated a Final Rule issued by the U.S. Department of Labor that sought to restrict when employers could claim a “tip credit” under...more
On August 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals released its long-awaited opinion in Restaurant Law Center v. United States Department of Labor and invalidated the 2021 final tip rule issued by the U.S. Department of...more
A federal appeals court just delivered some good news to hospitality employers by blocking the Department of Labor’s infamous 80/20/30 rule, providing immediate relief to employers around the country by vacating the...more
As we previously reported, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new final rule increasing the minimum salary amounts for the executive, administrative, and professional (EAP) and highly compensated employee exemptions....more
As noted in our June 24, 2024 blog and client alert, the Department of Labor’s new Overtime Rule is subject to several legal challenges, including in Texas. On Friday, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas...more
More than a dozen business groups last month filed a much-anticipated lawsuit seeking to block the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new final rule that will significantly raise the minimum salary thresholds for exempt...more
On May 22, 2024, a group of national business associations filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) from implementing its new Final Rule on overtime. As we noted in our prior alert, the new rule...more
On May 22, 2024, more than a dozen business groups and a company filed a lawsuit seeking to block the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new final rule that significantly raises the minimum salary thresholds for the Fair Labor...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The first challenge to the Department of Labor’s overtime rule has landed, but what the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas will do with it and how any decision will affect businesses...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has statutory authority to impose a salary requirement to qualify for an exemption from overtime under the executive, administrative, and professional exemptions under the Fair Labor...more
In recent years, persons or groups unhappy about a new federal law or regulation have chosen to file suit in a selected federal district court, often in Texas, seeking a nationwide injunction to prohibit the new measure from...more
Tuesday morning, the U.S. Department of Labor issued proposed regulations addressing whether a worker is an “employee” or an “independent contractor” under the Fair Labor Standards Act. We are reviewing the proposal now and...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s edition,...more
On March 14, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas delivered a victory for businesses that utilize independent contractors, and for independent contractors themselves, when it held that the...more
In an action anticipated since it issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in March, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) officially has withdrawn the Joint Employer Final Rule published during the previous administration. The...more
On July 30, the U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule under the Administrative Procedure Act that rescinds regulatory changes that governed when “joint employer” status arises under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The...more
"Joint Employer" Status in the Wage and Hour Context - A New York federal court has struck down a Final Rule from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that set out a four-factor test to determine “joint employer” status,...more
The Situation: Seventeen states and the District of Columbia filed suit in the Southern District of New York seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the U.S. Department of Labor's ("DOL") new joint employer...more
Q: What does the latest decision on joint employer liability mean for businesses? A: On September 8, 2020, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a decision overturning the U.S....more
On September 8, 2020, Federal District Court Judge Gregory Woods struck down critical parts of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new joint employer rule, which took effect in March of this year and which was intended to...more
On September 8, 2020, a federal district court struck down the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Final Rule on joint employer liability, concluding that the Rule violated the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) by...more