The most important, if not essential, element of the ultimate success of a business is the development of a brand.

On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") issued its final rule on "Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales...

An October 5, 2016 Order from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulations granted final approval for a statewide workers' compensation rate increase of 14.5 percent to take effect December 1, 2016.

History of 401(k) Plan Excessive Fee Cases. Once the Department of Labor's participant fee disclosure rules for retirement plans became effective in 2012...

On September 24, 2019, the Department of Labor announced the final rule, to be published tomorrow in the Federal Register, changing the white collar employee ...

Predictive scheduling laws are laws that require employers to post employees' work schedules a certain amount of time in advance and penalize employers for last minute changes to schedules.

On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its Final Rule amending the criteria used to determine whether a worker qualifies as an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

The case involved unpaid interns who worked for Fox Searchlight and Fox Entertainment Group during the production of the film Black Swan.

The Toxic Substances Control Act Inventory ("Inventory") is a list of chemical substances manufactured (including imported) or processed in the United States.

In the wake of illnesses reported by refugees from Hurricane Katrina who were housed temporarily in manufactured housing, Congress in 2010, in the Formaldehyde Standards in Composite Wood Products Act...

Earlier this week, President Trump signed an executive order that directs the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services ("Departments") to seek to improve price and quality transparency in health care.

Late yesterday, the U.S. Senate Republicans approved a tax bill, by a vote of 51-48.

Late yesterday, the U.S. Senate Republicans approved a tax bill, by a vote of 51-48. This bill was previously approved by the U.S. House by a vote of 227-203.

On December 14, 2018, Judge Reed O'Connor, district court judge in the Northern District of Texas, in Texas v. Azar, struck down the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Helferich Patent Licensing, LLC filed a patent infringement suit against New York Times Co., CBS Corporation and other content providers...

Section 285 of the Patent Act provides: "The court in exceptional cases may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party."

There are 13 federal appellate courts called the U.S. Courts of Appeal that sit below the U.S. Supreme Court. These courts hear appeals from 94 federal trial courts, which are called the U.S. District Courts.

On February 1, 2021, the Georgia Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases that may have wide significance to attorneys practicing in Georgia.

On July 14, 2015, the District Court for the Eastern District of California granted the National Grange's Motion for Summary Judgment, and the final judgment was entered on September 30, 2015.

Recent decisions by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) have given state entities a green light to use sovereign immunity as a defense in Inter Parties Review (IPR) proceedings in certain scenarios.