He also counsels clients on employment law compliance, including international employment law issues, restrictive covenants, wage-and-hour matters, internal investigations, executive terminations, mass layoffs, employee policies, employee training and due diligence. “Scott’s thorough understanding of the ...
On August 20, 2024, a Texas federal court struck down the Federal Trade Commission’s final rule that banned noncompete agreements nationwide. Noncompete agreements generally prevent separated employees from working for a competitor. The FTC’s final rule was scheduled to take effect on September ...
and the company was ramping up its production in Austin, Texas, when environmental problems threatened toderailhis plans. The door to the plant’s giant casting furnace, which melts metal to be molded into the Model Y’s parts, wouldn’t shut,spewing toxinsinto the air and raising temperature...
Texas Lawyer – FTC Proposes Rule Banning Non-Compete Clauses with Workers Larry Carbo, Kellen Scott, and AJ Foreman discuss the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed rule banning non-compete clauses with workers in Texas Lawyer article Texas Lawyer January 12, 2023 "Business Development: Three Str...
Brett Coburn is quoted on the ramifications of employers’ reversing pay raises made in response to the Department of Labor’s rule on overtime before the rule was struck down by a Texas federal court. In the NewsNovember 14, 2024
Johnson has been preparing for this job all her life. She’s originally from Houston, Texas, and grew up in a family in which public service was a way of life — her grandfather was an officer in the U.S. Army who served in the Korean War, her mother was an executive for...
“On Tuesday, another lawsuit was filed in a US district court in Texas, this time by families struggling to help their kids recover from traumatizing experiences where C.AI chatbots allegedly groomed kids and encouraged repeated self-harm and other real-world violence.” Security & Legal Issues...
On Friday, November 15, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down a 2024 regulation issued by the Department of Labor (“DOL”) which raised the minimum salary exemption level for certain executive, administrative, professional, and highly compensated… ...
“Final Rule”), which, as we previously reported (hereandhere), had raised the minimum salary threshold on July 1, 2024, and was set to further increase the minimum salary threshold on January 1, 2025, forthe executive, administrative, and professional (“EAP”) exemptions, and the highly...
states with RTW laws have shown an increase in the manufacturing share of employment and increased labor participation. However, while employment levels are higher, average wages among workers also tend to be lower. Meanwhile, dividends to shareholders and executive compensation has increased post-RTW...