Publications

In the matter of Noelle L. DeLaet, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nebraska held DeLaet met her burden of proving her student loans from Discover Bank and National Collegiate Trust (collectively, the “banks”) caused her undue hardship. The court, therefore, discharged DeLaet’s student loan obligations to the […]

On March 16, 2015 the Minnesota United States District Court denied a Defendant hospital and physician professional association’s Motion to Dismiss Jakob T. Rumble’s discrimination complaint under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) (Rumble v. Fairview Health Services; D.Minn. (2015 WL 1197415). The suit marked the first time […]

Last month, Baird Holm co-sponsored the ACI Emerging Payments Conference in Chicago, where issues like the rollout of EMV cards, advances in tokenization technology and changes to regulations governing prepaid cards were top of mind. Jonathan Wegner, joined by three other attorneys specializing in prepaid matters, delivered a presentation detailing […]

In 2006, following the Department of Labor’s (DOL) 2004 promulgation of new regulations regarding the administrative exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the DOL issued an opinion letter finding that mortgage loan officers fell within the administrative exemption under those regulations. Four years later, and under a different […]

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) has announced the publication of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to revise and replace its Sex Discrimination Guidelines. The NPRM would rescind OFCCP’s outdated guidelines on federal contractors’ obligations not to discriminate on the basis of sex under Executive Order 11246 […]