When practitioners and clients think of estate planning, several goals typically come to mind...

As many of you are aware, there has been a marked increase in the emphasis on worker misclassification, not only by the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), but by states.

With the prevalence of companies providing ''on demand'' services today, the temptation to classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees has perhaps never been greater...

Judge Shira Scheindlin wrote the seminal Zubulake case that ushered in the modern era of e-discovery.

Once again individual employee whistleblowers had an active year pursuing issues for the government under the False Claims Act (FCA). In 2025, FCA recoveries reached their highest mark ever at over $6.8 billion.

A patent plaintiff sees the mandatory infringement contentions as a mere blip on the litigation radar to be supplemented following discovery.

But many employers are already feeling the workplace effects of the pending legalization now.

Andy Robison was one of the panelists in the Birmingham Business Journal’s Table of Experts series.

Hold the iPhone —a recent lawsuit by a group of Chicago police officers should have employers on high alert—at least those who permit, officially or not, non-exempt employees to do anything business-related on a mobile device.

Yet another reminder that everyone using criminal background checks in the hiring process needs to review their standards—BMW just entered a consent decree with the EEOC under which it will pay $1.6 million and offer to hire dozens of people previously rejected as having unacceptable criminal histories. BMW had (note the past tense)

The Department of Labor issued its long-awaited proposed FLSA salary regulations today and, as many feared, they will have a massive impact on American businesses, more than doubling the salary companies must pay their employees to qualify for exempt status from overtime.

In short, if you want to do big business with the federal government, make sure your records and files are in order.

On January 16, 2026, a federal jury in Atlanta awarded $5.5 million to a security guard who alleged that her security company's vice president of operations sexually harassed her...

As you already know, COVID-19 changed almost everything, and some of those things are likely here to stay (or at least for a while longer).

Continuing the trend of exposing companies who have misclassified workers, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has persuaded its latest target...

If a commercial driver is diagnosed with chronic alcoholism, can his employer terminate him a week later because his diagnosis excludes him from performing the essential functions of his job?

We all have legal duties. Some arise from contracts that we choose to enter. Others are spelled out in statutes or regulations. Still others are imposed by the common law.

Discriminatory practices in the financial services industry have long been regulated by governmental entities tasked with promoting fair lending and ensuring equal opportunity regardless of race and gender.

The house price bubble and the financial crisis exposed significant weaknesses in mortgage underwriting and the packaging of mortgage-backed securities.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) brings about significant healthcare reform changes, as well as opportunities for small employers in 2014.