ArticleFlorida Minimum Wage Rising To $7.67 January 1Just a reminder - the Florida minimum wage is going up again.United StatesEmployment and HRDuane Morris LLP
ArticleHouse Committee Approves Wage Theft BillOn February 21, 2012, the House Judiciary Committee approved a wage theft bill (HB 609), which is intended to nullify local wage theft ordinances.United StatesEmployment and HRDuane Morris LLP
ArticleNo End In Sight For FLSA FilingsLast week, the federal judiciary released its caseload statistics for the last reporting year.United StatesEmployment and HRDuane Morris LLP
ArticleSupreme Court Grants Cert In FLSA Rule 68/Mootness MatterMy colleague Mark Beutler wrote a detailed blog post in March about the employer's request that the Supreme Court review the Third Circuit's decision in Symczyk v. Genesis Healthcare Corp., 656 F.3d 189 (3d Cir. 2011). United StatesEmployment and HRDuane Morris LLP
ArticleTackling Fantasy Football In The WorkplaceIt's time! By now, everyone has done their mock drafts, tirelessly researched last year's rankings and put together a thoughtful fantasy football strategy. United StatesEmployment and HRDuane Morris LLP
ArticleThe FINALE: The Holiday Tale By The Jewish Guy Who Wears A ChaiFor the past few years, we have sent you the ongoing saga: The Holiday Tale By the Jewish Guy Who Wears A Chai.United StatesEmployment and HRDuane Morris LLP
ArticleUnion Posting For Certain Government Contractors And SubcontractorsImportant: The NLRB's delay of effective date of union posting rule for all employers from November 14, 2011 to January 31, 2012 does not affect OLMS union posting rule applicable to certain federal government contractors and subcontractors. United StatesEmployment and HRDuane Morris LLP
ArticleWhat Obama's Order Banning Gay Discrimination Means For BusinessesPresident Barack Obama signed an executive order that makes it illegal for the federal contractors to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. United StatesEmployment and HRDuane Morris LLP
ArticleConfusing IndicatorsAmid recent media reports that President Trump is planning to issue an executive order aimed at expanding offshore drilling opportunities for petroleum exploration and production companies – opportunities that had been restricted by the Obama administration – United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesDuane Morris LLP
ArticleDon't Snatch Defeat From The Jaws Of VictoryAmerica today may seem overwhelmed by problems. Our often sluggish economy, turmoil abroad, the specter of escalating climate change all dampen future optimism.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesDuane Morris LLP
ArticleMexico Completes Successful Onshore Oil AuctionOn December 15, 2015, Mexico conducted its third in a series of oil auctions in 2015, this time focusing on onshore fields with combined proven and probable reserves of about 49 million barrels of oil equivalent.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesDuane Morris LLP
ArticleThe Evolving Role Of MicrogridsThe latest hurricane season, which left millions without power for substantial periods of time, was yet another reminder of the urgent need to make America's electrical grid more resilient. United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesDuane Morris LLP
ArticleTrichloroethylene Is Now Formally Listed As A "Known Human Carcinogen"TCE is an industrial solvent. Its principal uses are as a raw material in hydrofluorocarbon chemical manufacturing, and as a metal degreaser. United StatesEnvironmentDuane Morris LLP
ArticleBanks Target Employee Behavior To Reduce Cyber CrimeThese efforts are another indication that fighting cyber crime involves virtually all parts of an organization, not just the IT department.United StatesFinance and BankingDuane Morris LLP
ArticleCDFI Fund Releases 2012 Allocation AgreementThe form of 2012 New Markets Tax Credit Allocation Agreement has been released by the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. United StatesFinance and BankingDuane Morris LLP
ArticleCFPB Considers Regulating Retirement Investment IndustryBloomberg has reported that the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was established by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, is considering whether to assert itself into the regulation of the consumer retirement investment business.United StatesFinance and BankingDuane Morris LLP
ArticleChanges To Bank Merger Review Process Announced By Federal AgenciesOn September 17, 2024, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation separately finalized previously proposed policy statements on their review of bank mergers under the Bank Merger Act and its implementing regulations.United StatesFinance and BankingDuane Morris LLP
ArticleFDIC Makes Public March Enforcement ActionsThere are no administrative hearings scheduled for May 2017.United StatesFinance and BankingDuane Morris LLP
ArticleFDIC Resource Guide Highlights Collaborative Opportunities With Minority Depository InstitutionsToday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today issued a resource guide that underscores ways insured depository institutions, including community banks...United StatesFinance and BankingDuane Morris LLP