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December 19, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Delaware Supreme Court Adopts Broad Interpretation of Case Law on Anticompetition Provisions

Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz Jr. wrote that the court used the employee choice doctrine in Cantor Fitzgerald after weighing conflicting policy concerns, distinguishing forfeiture for competition provisions from restrictive covenants, which can be enforced through injunctive relief.
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December 19, 2024 | Law.com

Conquering Holiday Stress

While many people delight in holiday gatherings and celebrations, those within the legal realm must navigate a unique set of challenges, including heavy caseloads, demanding clients and personal holiday commitments. Between stress at work and responsibilities at home, this can seem daunting and, at times, outright overwhelming. To help navigate this season, here are six tips to help conquer holiday stress.
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December 16, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Overtime Rewind: Texas Court Ruling Unravels FLSA Salary Level Increases

Unless and until the Fifth Circuit overturns the vacatur, the 2024 Rule is not in effect, and the minimum salary levels under the EAP and HCE exemptions have reverted to their prior levels.
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December 13, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

DOL Salary Level Final Rule Vacated

In a “it’s déjà vu all over again” moment, on Nov. 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Texas and Plano Chamber of Commerce v. United States Department of Labor set aside and vacated the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2024 Final Rule increasing the salary level for employees to remain exempt from minimum wage and overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) executive, administrative and professional (EAP) exemptions, and automatically updating the salary level every three years.
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December 13, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Evolving Legal Standards to Combat Disqualification of Arbitrators for Failing to Disclose Conflicts of Interest

Recently, most, if not all, major arbitral institutions have implemented rules requiring that arbitrators disclose any facts that may affect their impartiality so that both the parties and the arbitral institution can make an upfront determination on a potential conflict.
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December 13, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

A team at Munger, Tolles & Olson teamed with the Washington State Office of the Attorney General to secure a permanent injunction against the proposed $24.6 billion merger of the Kroger and Albertsons grocery chains.
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December 12, 2024 | National Law Journal

CFPB Orders Big Banks to Limit Overdraft Fees to $5. But Will Its Edict Stick?

The agency set an October 2025 deadline for the new restrictions to take hold, giving enforcement authority to the incoming Trump administration.
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December 09, 2024 | National Law Journal

Atkins Likely to Bring Pro-Business, Light Regulatory Touch to SEC, Say Agency Observers

In 2015 testimony to Congress, Atkins criticized Dodd-Frank for ceding too much authority to regulators, adding that the law will mean that “government, and not the markets, will choose the winners and losers.”
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December 04, 2024 | National Law Journal

Trump Nominates Paul Atkins as SEC Chair

Paul Atkins is the chief executive of Patomak Global Partners, a financial services consultancy in Washington, D.C., and New York.
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December 04, 2024 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com’s Amanda Bronstad: Another Judge Strikes Paraquat Plaintiffs’ Expert, Class Action Filer ClaimClam Steers Away From Settlements—And Controversy.

This week: A California state court judge found plaintiffs’ sole general causation expert in the paraquat litigation inadmissible. A third-party filer called ClaimClam is exiting class action settlements after pushback from judges and class counsel. Find out who Mattel’s Fisher-Price hired to handle class actions over recalled Snuga Swings.
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