On August 21, 2015, tthe D.C. Circuit upheld the U.S Department of Labor’s Home Care Rule and reversed the lower court’s decisions vacating the new Rule.
Washington State Supreme Court upholds ordinance and finds the law applies to all affected employers within the City of SeaTac, regardless of whether or not they operate within Port of Seattle boundaries.
A recent decision by the Second Circuit will likely make it more difficult for parties to enter into private Fair Labor Standards Act settlements in cases pending not only in the Second Circuit, but nationwide.
New SEC guidance says whistleblowers are entitled to Dodd-Frank anti-retaliation protections after making an internal complaint about possible securities law violations, even if they do not report directly to the SEC.
The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015 proposes the creation of a federal civil cause of action for the misappropriation of trade secrets by amending the Economic Espionage Act of 1996, which criminalizes the theft of trade secrets.