New tip credit rules hit PA restaurant and service industry employers
8/25/22
By: Justin Boron
Pennsylvania has upped the ante on the restaurant industry.
Earlier this month, new regulations took effect aimed at regulating how employers pay tipped employees in restaurants and other service industry employees.
The regulations include the following:
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FINRA Seeks to Increase Control Over Expungement of Customer Dispute Disclosures
8/23/22
By: Leo Kogan
Federal law mandates that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) collect and maintain information about the qualification, employment and customer complaint histories of brokers and other registered financial services professionals. To that end, FINRA maintains the Central …
EEOC Updates COVID-19 Workplace Testing Rules: What Employers Need to Know
8/9/22
By: Tia Combs
On July 12, 2022, the EEOC updated its “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws: Technical Assistance Questions and Answers” by updating its guidance on when employers can …
Maine Healthcare Workers Challenging Vaccine Mandate Cannot Proceed Under Pseudonyms
8/8/22
By: Maria Alexander and Tara Sheldon
The healthcare workers challenging the constitutionality of Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate can no longer litigate their claims anonymously after the First Circuit Court of Appeals found that they failed to demonstrate a reasonable fear …
Music shutdown: Georgia gun laws shoot down Music Midtown Festival
8/5/22
By: Marissa Dunn
The annual Music Midtown music festival marks the end of summer for Atlantans. People come from all over to hear lineups that have included Post Malone, Kendrick Lamar, Mumford & Sons, Bruno Mars, and more. At its …
Cyber insurance experiencing ‘Future Shock’
8/4/22
By: Barry M. Miller and Elisabeth Gentile
The idea of “Future Shock”—that an accelerated pace of change causes social and psychological disruptions—dates from Alvin Toffler’s 1970 book of the same name. As it copes with the mutable nature of cyber …
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds that Food Delivery App May Enforce Arbitration Agreement Against Drivers
7/29/22
By: R. Victoria Fuller and Sean Andrés Rapela
On July 27, 2022, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court of (“SJC”) held that food delivery app drivers do not fall within the narrow category of employees who are exempt from arbitration under …
PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEYS TAKE NOTE – A Voluntary Settlement Agreement May No Longer Bar A Legal Malpractice Action
7/28/22
By: Patrick Cosgrove and Kayla Panek
Pennsylvania has long been an outlier amongst jurisdictions in holding that clients cannot sue their attorney for legal malpractice after voluntarily agreeing to a settlement. A recent concurring opinion by a Pennsylvania Supreme Court …
New York’s New Sexual Harassment Hotline Could Lead To A Surge In Claims For Employers
7/26/22
By: Kaitlyn Grajek
New York employers should brace for a prospective uptick in sexual harassment claims as a statewide toll-free confidential hotline became active on July 14, 2022. According to a Press Release by the New York State Senate Democratic …
Vega v. Tekoh: The Supreme Court Rules that a Violation of Miranda Rights Alone Does Not Give Rise to Damages Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
7/21/22
By: Alexia Roney
Due to countless police procedurals, the American public can recite from heart the Miranda warning – that a suspect has the right to remain silent, that anything they says can be used against them in a court …
Law Firm Ordered to Produce Client Communications Despite the Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Doctrine
7/20/22
By: Nancy Reimer and Matthew Mattie
On July 5, 2022, a U.S. District Court Judge upheld an order requiring a major law firm to produce documents related to its communications with a Philadelphia-based casino showing conflicting client representation between two …
Massachusetts high court holds that attorney’s fees awarded under G.L. c. 93A are not covered under commercial liability insurance policy as damages “because of bodily injury”
7/19/22
By: Ryan Giggi
Liability insurance policies do not cover G.L. c. 93A attorney’s fees in Massachusetts after a recent decision from the state’s highest court.
Vermont Mutual Insurance Company v. Paul Poirier et al, (July 6, 2022) rests on conceptual …