Publications

You may have noticed that the Form I-9 your company is using expired August 31, 2019 – it did, but there has yet to be a new version of the Form issued; and, until further notice, the USCIS advises employers to continue using the current version.  When the new notice […]

The OFCCP is picking up speed with a variety of updates this fall.  The following reflects the most noteworthy of the OFCCP’s activity.  TRICARE Jurisdiction? Good News on the Horizon! Healthcare employers who receive TRICARE dollars have long suffered through the back and forth about whether or not their TRICARE […]

After years of anticipation, analysis, and revision, on September 24, 2019, the Department of Labor announced the final rule modifying the salary threshold for the white collar (executive, administrative, and professional) and highly compensated employee exemptions.   Under the current rule, which has been in place since 2004, to be considered […]

On September 30, 2019, California adopted the Fair Pay to Play Act, which will grant student athletes at California-based universities and colleges to profit off of their likeness and to hire agents to help them do so.  Prior to the Fair Pay to Play Act, student athletes at California institutions […]

In what some are calling a landmark opinion, the United States Supreme Court held that a bankrupt licensor cannot terminate the rights of its licensees to utilize its trademark.  Mission Prod. Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC, 139 S. Ct. 1652 (2019). When an individual or an entity files for bankruptcy, […]