Today, in a highly anticipated decision, a Texas federal district court judge struck down the U.S. Department of Labor’s final regulation that increased the salary threshold for the “white collar” exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The next salary threshold increase under the rule was scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2025.
On November 12, 2024, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) published updated guidance for its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Antitrust Investigations. First published in 2019, the DOJ has updated its guidance several times since. The guidance is intended to educate the public and to guide prosecutors in making
On November 12, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published its Final Rule and Statement of Basis and Purpose amending the Premerger Notification and Report Form filed for transactions reported under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR Act”).
Unless the Final Rule is delayed or rescinded by the FTC, the new
As we reach the peak of this year’s Spooky Season, we thought it would be helpful to revisit some of the scariest recent developments in the realm of TCPA litigation and compliance. The conventional wisdom is that some of the new rules and regulations coming into play around the TCPA are going to lead to
On July 30, 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) proposed amendments to regulations under the Change in Bank Control Act of 1978 (the CBCA) that would subject certain acquisitions of holding companies of FDIC-supervised institutions to FDIC advance notice requirements.
Under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (IWPCA), an employee may file suit for compensation owed “pursuant to an employment contract or agreement.” 820 ILCS 115/2. Courts have taken different approaches regarding what constitutes an agreement under the IWPCA, and prior to October 2024, the Seventh Circuit had not opined as to
On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released final revisions of the rules that govern filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “Final Rules”). The Final Rules will take effect 90 days after they are ultimately published in the Federal Register.
The FTC scaled back or eliminated several
On September 26, 2024, the New Jersey Legislature passed Senate Bill 2310. This new law requires New Jersey employers to include certain information about compensation and benefits in both internal and external job postings. Governor Murphy has 45 days (i.e., until November 10, 2024) to sign the bill into law, and, once signed, it
On September 24, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law California Senate Bill 1286 (“SB 1286”). SB 1286 will extend existing consumer debt collection protections in California to small businesses and to the collection activities of business debt. In particular, SB 1286 is designed to expand existing prohibitions against debt collectors under the Rosenthal Fair
On September 28, 2024, California governor Gavin Newsom vetoed AB 3129, a bill that, among other things, would have required private equity firms and hedge funds to provide 90 days’ prior written notice to, and for some transactions, obtain consent from, the state attorney general prior to proceeding with certain health care transactions.
In a
