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The Claimant in this case is a practising Sikh observing key elements of the faith including prayer, meditation, attendance at the Gurdwara and participating in Langar. The Claimant also strictly adheres to the requirement that the hair of the body...By: Dentons

I love it when the employer wins an exemption case because the deck is so often stacked against the employer on these kinds of cases. This is especially so when the action is a collective one under the FLSA....By: Fox Rothschild LLP

By almost every measure, union membership rates continued its steady decline in 2019, according to the latest statistics on unionization rates in the United States from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The overall union membership rate in 2019...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

As we begin 2020, the uncertainties facing businesses in the UK in the legal sense are, for most of us, unprecedented. Despite this, employment law is an area where there are some certainties and anchor points throughout the year on which we can rely...By: Dentons

A federal judge in Sacramento has continued an order that temporarily bars the State of California from enforcing a new state law that would curtail employment arbitration agreements. The new law, AB 51, which added section 432.6 to the California...By: Weintraub Tobin

Transactions that close on or after February 27, 2020, will be subject to revised thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR Act). The threshold adjustments are the result of the 2000 Amendments to the...By: McCarter & English, LLP

The district court in Chamber of Commerce of the United States, et al. v. Becerra, et al., E.D. Cal. Case No. 2:19-cv-2456, granted the request for a preliminary injunction enjoining the State of California from enforcing Assembly Bill 51 (AB 51)...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

As we have written here, the day before California’s controversial AB 5 was set to go into effect, U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez issued a temporary restraining order to block enforcement of the law as to approximately 70,000 independent...By: Epstein Becker & Green

The interview below is part of an ongoing effort by McGuireWoods to profile up-and-coming women leaders in private equity (PE). To recommend a rising star for a future interview, email Amber Walsh at awalsh@mcguirewoods.com....By: McGuireWoods LLP

The Ninth Circuit ruled that a California Matco Tool franchisee, John Fleming, could bring a class action wage and hour suit in California, even though a forum selection clause in the distribution agreement specified Ohio law....By: Lewitt Hackman