On January 1, a voter-approved amendment to the New Jersey Constitution went into effect that raised the state minimum wage for almost all employees from $7.25 per hour to $8.25.... By: Fisher & Phillips LLP
Today we continue with our recent New Years theme. Not to be outdone by their neighbors to the south, the Oregon Legislature was also busy in 2013. And now that 2014 is upon us so too are a slew of new Oregon employment laws. In areas ranging from...
Troublesome employees can be a pain in an employer's side and a real impediment to business prospects, so firing them can be a real boon. While you may hope to weed out potential troublemakers during the interview process, it may take some time for a worker to reveal his true......
A year ago, we reported on a recent important change to the Economic Espionage Act (“EEA”), making the theft, transmission, or receipt of trade secrets a federal crime. The change clarifies that the EEA does not only apply to “products” that a...
On December 23, the CFPB announced a coordinated enforcement action taken by federal regulators against a major credit card company and certain subsidiaries alleged to have violated multiple consumer protection laws with respect to credit card add-on...
A December 16, 2013 federal appeals court decision on alcohol liability coverage provides an important reminder to industry members to carefully review the terms of their insurance policies....
Addressing for the first time the issue of whether the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), which added two cybersquatting causes of action to the Lanham Act, provides for secondary liability, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth...
A federal court recently declared unconstitutional Internal Revenue Code Section 107(2), which excludes from gross income a rental allowance paid to a “minister of the gospel” as part of his or her compensation, on the grounds that it violates the...
Police officers are trained professionals, and many of them have developed sharp instincts for observing criminal behavior; that is, they have a hunch when something isn't right. But a hunch is still an insufficient reason for an arrest, as an Ohio...
