It’s hard not to express cynicism when discussing attorney fee awards in overtime class and collective actions. Courts have adopted wildly different tests and benchmarks, and different jurisdictions apply very different levels of scrutiny....
Our Securities Group highlights the key amendments the Securities and Exchange Commission made for disclosing financial information about the acquisition and disposition of certain businesses.... By: Alston & Bird
I. Premium Pay and COVID-19 - Although many Americans have suffered furloughs or job losses while those more fortunate are able to work, albeit remotely, workers deemed “essential” under state executive orders and federal guidelines continue to...
Kentucky’s counties strictly abide by the statutory code outlined in KRS Chapter 134 when conducting tax sales. However, under section 156b of the Kentucky Constitution, Kentucky is a “home rule” state. This means that the Kentucky Constitution...
At Pepper, we have a proud history of helping universities protect and commercialize the innovations and new discoveries developed on their campuses. That work has continued even during the current COVID-19 crisis. In this podcast series, we are...
A California district court recently decertified, after a jury trial, a class of vitamin supplement purchasers in a false advertising case. As we detailed in a prior post, a federal judge declared a mistrial in the same case earlier this this year...
Since the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) was enacted on March 27, 2020 and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) launched, the Small Business Administration (SBA) has approved over $511 billion in PPP loans to...
PPP Flexibility Act Clarification. Buzz readers likely recall that President Trump signed the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Flexibility Act into law last week. One of the prominent features of the legislation lowers from 75 percent to 60 percent...
You don’t need a legal blog to tell you that the country is in a state of extreme unrest regarding the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and so many other Black people, at the hands of police and in other racially charged...
On May 6, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education released final regulations governing how institutions that receive federal financial assistance covered by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) must respond to allegations of sexual...
