FOCUS ON WAGE & HOUR - DOL Updates Overtime Exemption for Commissioned Retail Workers - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has revised its regulations to simplify the statutory scheme governing whether employees who receive commissions are...
Many of you are reopening (if you were closed) or bringing back staff who were either laid off or teleworking. With this comes MANY questions, such as: CAN we monitor off-duty conduct, and if so, SHOULD we?? If you are a private sector employer,...
Legislative Branch Update - The General Assembly returns Wednesday, June 3, to resume the 2020 legislative session. When they reconvene, the House and Senate will amend joint rules to accommodate the unprecedented second half of the 2020 session....
Planning for Paycheck Protection Program Forgiveness - One of the key benefits of a Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") loan is the ability to have all or a portion of the loan forgiven. The amount of a PPP loan that will be forgiven is based...
In the past couple of months, I have heard of just a couple of in-person mock trials that have gone forward. They’ve done so with temperature checks, massive social distancing, sometimes masked mock jurors, and generally recorded attorney...
The interplay of Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Loan Advances and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Forgiveness is broken. Maybe there’s further guidance to come that will make the existing application and guidances makes sense, but as I’m...
On May 29, 2020, the California Judicial Council amended its Emergency Rule 9 to provide fixed dates for the tolling of statutes of limitations and repose for civil actions. The prior version of Emergency Rule 9 had tied such tolling to the...
Since the handover of Hong Kong by the United Kingdom to China in 1997, Hong Kong has enjoyed separate treatment from the mainland by the United States, other countries and international organizations pursuant to the “one country, two systems” model...
The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently released two interim final rules to accompany the new Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Forgiveness Application.... By: Pierce Atwood LLP
On May 28, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation that fixes July 1, 2020 as the deadline for filing 2020 real property tax appeals. The stated reason for adopting the law was to account for the inability to file appeals by the...
