Pre-Trial Ruling Gives SawStop an Edge Over Bosch
3/11/16
By: Daniel Nicholson
SawStop and Bosch continue to litigate over Bosch’s proposed 2016 release of Reaxx table saws, but SawStop received a favorable ruling from the U.S. International Trade Commission last month.
In 2015 SawStop filed a lawsuit against Bosch…
11th Circuit: Exclusionary Rule is Inapplicable to Malicious Prosecution Claims
3/8/16
By: Kevin Stone and Andy Treese
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently published an opinion in which it held that the exclusionary rule cannot be used against police officers in a civil suit.
In Black v. Wigington, 15-10848, 2016 …
Hands Off My Money! Ninth Circuit Rules Employers Can't Force Employees to Share Tips with Non-Tipped Employees
3/3/16
By: Brad Adler and Amanda Hall
We have discussed tip-pooling programs in the past. Generally speaking, the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) permits an employer to fulfill part of its hourly minimum wage obligation to tipped employees using the …