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New Jersey Law Journal

Northwestern Mutual Passes 'ABC Test,' Defeats Suit Claiming Agents Were Misclassified

U.S. District Judge William Martini was "unwilling to find that, by promulgating certain rules to ensure regulatory compliance, Northwestern exercised control and direction sufficient to fail" the test.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Plaintiff's Lawyers Step Aside in Employment Suit, as Judge Considers Sanctions

A federal judge in Manhattan is "seriously considering" sanctions against lawyers at a New York employment law boutique or their former client after the judge found the client committed perjury.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ's Expanding Leave Laws Give Employees More Paid Time Off

A helpful overview of the recent changes to family leave and paid sick leave in the Garden State.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Parties Spar Before Pa. Justices Over Overtime Calculations for Salaried Workers

The case stems from a dispute over whether Pennsylvania's Minimum Wage Act allows an employer to pay a salaried employee half of their regular rate for every hour worked over 40 in a given week, rather than one-and-a-half times their regular salary for each overtime hour.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Overwhelmed by the DOL's OT Threshold Increase? Here's What Employers Should Know

Earlier this month, the employer adrenaline probably recharged with the March 16 announcement of the proposed rule change set to take place in 2020, if approved.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

New Wage-and-Hour Lawsuit Seeks Back Pay for Bloomberg Data Analysts

The Jane Doe plaintiff's claims are just the latest overtime litigation the company faces, even as it finalizes settlement talks in a separate but similar suit in the Southern District of New York.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

SB 112 – Is Change In the Future?

With perhaps too much fanfare, President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009. This law substantially relaxed the deadline…
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'Baskin' and Statutory Damage Class Actions in NJ

This article examines the approach to class actions used in 'Local Baking' and 'Baskin,' raises questions about that approach, and ultimately finds it wanting.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

U.S. Department of Labor Proposes New Overtime Rule ... Again

After much anticipation, on March 7, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its notice of proposed rulemaking, proposing to update, among other things, the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) salary level for the executive, administrative, professional, outside sales and computer exempt employees from $455 to $679 per week.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Rule Changes Present Challenges for Social Security Disability Attorneys

Changes in Social Security disability rules and regulations have trended toward making it more difficult for attorneys representing claimants to manage cases, evaluate the potential case strength of claims and withdraw from cases in which the claimants are not cooperating or have disappeared.
6 minute read

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