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by Tammy Binford

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Appeals court slaps down medical center’s anti-SLAPP motion

Although we have written before about California’s SLAPP and anti-SLAPP statutes and lawsuits, the factual permutations in the field seem almost endless. We now learn that evolution of the legal doctrines appears to be...

Apr 12, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · California

Arbitration agreement did not survive rehire

How long does a valid arbitration agreement last? Will it govern an employee after a four-month break in employment? The California Court of Appeal again teaches us the importance of complete documentation. Poor...

Apr 12, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · California

President Biden issues proposed FY2025 budget

President Biden issues proposed FY2025 budget by the editors of FELI Although Congress has yet to finish approving government funding for fiscal year (FY) 2024, including for the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Nation...

Apr 01, 2024 · Federal Employment Law Insider

NLRB’s joint employer rule struck down

Just as the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new joint employer regulation was set to become effective, it was struck down by Judge J. Campbell Barker of the Eastern District of Texas. The flux and instability in...

Apr 01, 2024 · Federal Employment Law Insider

New overtime rule nearing publication

The Department of Labor’s (DOL) overtime rule—Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees—proposed last Fall, is nearing the final stages of...

Apr 01, 2024 · Federal Employment Law Insider

EEOC issues FY2024 performance review

On March 11, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its annual performance report on fiscal year (FY) 2023. The report showed the agency recovered $665M in FY2023, more than $150M more than the...

Apr 01, 2024 · Federal Employment Law Insider

View from K Street: Budget bluster

Almost all of our ancestors, from all around the world, had a common dismissal of the boisterous promise followed by a pitiful result: “The mountain labored and gave birth to a mouse!” Or perhaps we should quote...

Apr 01, 2024 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Recent pandemic decisions embolden NLRB, OSHA collab

The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on employers’ balancing of in-person policy with potential health risks, and recent court decisions have highlighted the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) and Occupational Safety...

Apr 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Caution and deference: NJ court leaves professor’s firing undisturbed

On February 16, 2024, the New Jersey Appellate Division dismissed without a trial a former tenured professor’s complaint against a university that was filed because he disagreed with the findings of his discharge hearing...

Apr 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia

Complex laws around healthcare employees get more complicated

Employers have seen an enormous number of changes recently to various rules about how they manage their employee base. This includes a notice of proposed rulemaking by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in late 2023...

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