Publications

The most recent version of California’s Budget Trailer proposal bill – a bill that follows a state’s annual budget for the purpose of amending policies to achieve the approved budget – included some notable potential changes for financial service providers in the state. Among other things, the Budget Trailer would […]

The Supreme Court decision in  Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc., 140 S. Ct. 1492 (U.S., 2020) has been a decade in the making, arising out of a trademark infringement dispute between a popular international fashion accessory manufacturer (Fossil) and a Connecticut based family-owned business (Romag Fasteners).  Fossil and Romag […]

On August 24, 2020, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division released a field assistance bulletin, providing guidance to employers on compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for employees working remotely. The FLSA requires an employer to pay its employees for all hours the employees are “suffered […]

REO Enterprises, LLC v. Village of Dorchester, 306 Neb. 683 (2020). REO Enterprises, LLC (“REO”) owns residential real property in the Village of Dorchester, Nebraska (“Dorchester”).  On May 1, 2017, Dorchester’s village board passed Ordinance No. 684 (the “Ordinance”).  The Ordinance stated, in part, “[b]efore a tenant’s utility application will be accepted, […]

In addition to again extending the flexibility in complying with requirements related to Form I-9s due to COVID-19 for employers and workplaces operating remotely to September 19th, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service has made a change to a long-standing policy on acceptable documentation with respect to Employment Authorization Document […]