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Employers Beware: Florida’s Minimum Wage Set to Increase by 1.5 Percent 10/17/12
By: Jonathan Kandel
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity recently announced that the Florida minimum wage will be $7.79 per hour beginning January 1, 2013. This represents an increase of 1.5 percent (or $0.12) from the state’s current minimum wage …
Highlights of Fiscal Cliff Tax Changes 1/1/13
Through many months of delay, debate, and finger-pointing, Congress and the White House have reached an agreement on various tax rate cuts that were set to expire in 2013 and would result in tax hikes for all taxpayers. The bill …
Clarification of duty in Indiana to advise opposing counsel of motion for default judgment 2/27/24
By: Donald Patrick Eckler and Adelaide Bell
Default judgments and the crucial role of proper notice in legal proceedings were recently examined in the case of Milestone Contractors North, Inc. v. ReEnergize USA, LLC, No. 23A-CT-1607 (Ind. App. 2023), …
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EPA announces final National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for PFAS 4/11/24
By: James M. Mathew, David M. Harding, and Kevin M. Ringel
After working for over a year and reviewing 120,000 comments on the proposed rule, the EPA passed its final regulation regarding PFAS in drinking water. The Safe …
Employer Reporting Deadlines Fast Approaching 9/20/12
By: Ben Mathis
For many employers, the deadline to file various reports to federal agencies regarding their employers is September 30th. This includes filings for EEO-1, the Employer Information Report, and the Veterans Employment Report, commonly known as the VETS-100 …
Stimulus Bill Clears Congress: What Employers Need To Know 2/16/09
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA” or “the Act”) has been largely publicized in terms of its price tag, roughly $787 billion. However, the Act also contains several provisions affecting employers’ workplace duties. …
Have You Filed Federal Reports for Your Employees? 10/1/12
By Ben Mathis
For many employers, the deadline to file various reports to Federal agencies regarding their employees was September 30th. This includes filings for EEO-1, the Employer Information Report, and the Veterans Employment Report, commonly known as …
ALL ABOARD: TSA ISSUES NEW SECURITY DIRECTIVE TO TRACK CYBERSECURITY EFFORTS BY THE RAIL INDUSTRY 10/25/22
By: Nicholas Jajko and Nicholas Hubner
SECURITY DIRECTIVE: 1580/82-2022-01
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 24, 2022
Working with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”), TSA issued a new Security Directive to protect against malicious cyber-intrusions affecting the nation’s railroads …
By: Barry Brownstein
This past week the Supreme Court of the United States was asked to review the April 5, 2016 decision of the Eighth Circuit that held obesity is not a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). …
By: Adrianna Michalska
In the event that an attorney has mistakenly produced a privileged document in discovery, Massachusetts Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B) requires that he give prompt notice to the party receiving the document and takes reasonable steps to …
On Labor Day, California’s Governor, Gavin Newsom, signed Assembly Bill 257, the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act (“the Act” or “FAST Recovery Act”) into law. The FAST Recovery Act aims to protect and give California …