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Employers who rely on their workers to identify and report overtime as a prerequisite for payment may be setting themselves up for significant liability. As the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently reminded...more
Employers that fail to pay required minimum wage or overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act are liable for the amount of missed wages: doubled, plus attorneys fees, costs, and interest. The court can award such damages...more
On June 7, 2023, the New York State Senate passed new sweeping legislation, Senate Bill S3100A (the "Bill"), which would ban post-employment noncompete agreements in New York. The Bill now heads to the New York State...more
When a late fee is assessed upon the entire principal balance of the loan, is it invalid when the loan is not fully matured? This question, so important to lenders, has been addressed in California after the conclusion of...more
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Construction contracts generally provide that the loser in a construction dispute must pay the attorneys’ fees of the prevailing party. But construction contracts, by their nature, can lead to outcomes in which it is hard to...more
Following a nationwide trend, New Jersey recently joined a growing list of states seeking to limit the use of non-compete and non-solicitation agreements by employers. On May 19, 2022, the New Jersey Assembly’s Labor...more
As failed commercial property deals go, the one at the heart of Miriam Equities, LLC v. LB-UBS-2007-C2 Millstream Road LLC, 2022 NCBC 3, was not outside the norm for a Business Court transaction autopsy. There was a missed...more
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) on April 4, 2022, handed down a decision with major implications for Massachusetts employers accused of wage-and-hour law violations or late payment of wages. In Reuter v. City...more
The Illinois Supreme Court recently agreed to hear an appeal of an Appellate Court’s decision addressing whether an employee’s claim for damages under Illinois’s Biometric Information Protection Act is preempted by the...more
On February 1, 2021, in an unpublished opinion resolving a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) attorney’s fees dispute, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in Batista v. South Florida Womans Health Associates, Inc., struck...more
The plaintiff sought more than $12,000 in unpaid wages on his FLSA claims, rejected the defendant employer’s Rule 68 offer of judgment of $3,500 on those claims, and then was awarded only $97.20 plus an equal amount of...more
Welcome to The Franchise Memorandum by Lathrop GPM, formerly known as The GPMemorandum. Below are summaries of recent legal developments of interest to franchisors. Given the widespread and evolving impact of the COVID-19...more
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Changes to Remedies in Lien Enforcement Actions - New legislation in Tennessee has limited the recovery of attorney’s fees, expenses, and actual and liquidated damages in instances where a real property owner seeks to...more
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In a much-anticipated ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court recently held that allegations of actual injury are not required to seek damages under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA or the Act). The case is...more
The Illinois Supreme Court recently handed down its much-anticipated decision in Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corporation et al., clarifying what makes someone “aggrieved” and able to bring a claim under the Illinois...more
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