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The Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act – Immediate Implications for Businesses That Utilize Employment Agreements and Contracts To Protect Trade Secrets and Other Confidential Information
On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets A...
Learn MoreBREAKING NEWS – The DOL Issues the Final Version of its Much-Anticipated Overtime Regulations
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued the final version of its long...
Learn MoreAnother Statute With Broad Whistleblower Protections – The FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
In April, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) iss...
Learn MoreU.S. Supreme Court Approves “Trial By Formula” in Wage and Hour Class and Collective Actions Making It Easier For Workers To Prove Monetary Damages
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in the case of Tyson Food...
Learn MoreDOL’s Final Overtime Rule Sent to OMB – Likely To Be Published Late Spring
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) sent its much anticipated fi...
Learn MoreU.S. Supreme Court Rules That Unaccepted Settlement Offers and Offers of Judgment Can’t End Consumer Class Action Lawsuits
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court limited a tool that defendants had used t...
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Third Circuit Holds That Jury Must Decide If Temporary Workers Are Employees Under Anti-Discrimination Laws
Last week, the United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a tria...
Learn MoreMcDonald’s Mandatory Use of Payroll Cards Violates Pennsylvania’s Wage Payment and Collection Law
Over 2,300 current and former employees of 16 McDonald’s franchisee locat...
Learn MoreEight Barley Snyder Attorneys Selected to the 2015 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and 2015 Pennsylvania Rising Stars Lists
Lancaster, PA – The law firm of Barley Snyder is pleased to anno...
Learn MoreKeep an Eye on Executive Orders and Presidential Memoranda for Key Employment Initiatives in 2015
With Republicans in control of both the Senate and the House of Representat...
Learn MoreWho Needs Rules? The DOL Wins Supreme Court Battle In Mortgage Loan Officer Administrator’s Interpretation vs. Rule Making
When a federal agency deviates significantly in its historic interpretation...
Learn MoreU.S. Supreme Court: FLSA Does Not Entitle Warehouse Employees to Wages for Security Screenings
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Integrity Staffing Solutions,...
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