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Jan 16, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Jonathan Clark |Stephen Fox
Today, in the matter of E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, the United States Supreme Court held that employers must not meet a heightened standard of proof when defending claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The decision is a victory for employers defending FLSA actions across the country. In the Carrera matter, the Supreme Court was asked to address the standard of proof employers must meet to demonstrate a plaintiff/employee is exempt from the FLSA.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Stephen FOX |Jonathan Clark
On November 15th, Judge Sean Jordan of the Eastern District of
Texas halted a 2024 Department of Labor ("DOL") Final
Rule ("2024 Rule") that massively increased salary
requirements for employees classified as "exempt" from
the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). If implemented,
the 2024 Rule would have reclassified untold millions of employees
as "non-exempt" from the FLSA—making them eligible
for overtime pay.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Stephen FOX |Jonathan Clark
The Jerry Jones paternity litigation reads like a modern-day
soap opera. It had everything: money, power, and a supposed
cover-up. But it also raised interesting legal questions, chief
among them: is a confidentiality and release agreement executed by
a mother that purports to bind her daughter valid and enforceable? In July, a Texas federal court answered “yes” to that
question.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
lexology.com | John Carroll |Jonathan Clark |Stephen Fox |Ann M. O'Brien |Lindsay Stone |Mikela T. Sutrina | +1 more
On July 3, 2024, Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas entered a limited, preliminary injunction barring the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) from enforcing its controversial Final Rule (“Rule”) which purports to ban almost all non-compete agreements. Importantly, Judge Brown’s preliminary order only enjoined enforcement of the Final Rule against the named plaintiffs who opposed it.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Richard Swallow |Tim Blanchard |Ewan Brown |Jonathan Clark |Jonathan Cotton |Ross Pike | +10 more
IntroductionWelcome to Slaughter and May’s Disputes Briefcase, a regular digest of key developments in litigation and arbitration, produced by members of our market-leading disputes team. Previous editions of Disputes Briefcase are available here. The Disputes Briefcase team would welcome any thoughts and feedback. DISPUTE RESOLUTION UNDER A LABOUR GOVERNMENTThe King’s Speech on 17 July set out the new Government’s legislative agenda for the next year.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Stephen Fox |John Carroll |Jonathan Clark |Ann M. O'Brien
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On July 3, District Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of
Texas issued an order enjoining the Federal Trade Commission
("FTC") from enforcing its "Final Rule" against
plaintiffs Ryan, LLC ("Ryan") and the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce (the "Chamber"). If implemented, the Final Rule
would effectively render nearly all non-compete agreements
unlawful.
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May 14, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | John Carroll |Jonathan Clark |Bevin M.B. Newman |Lindsay Stone
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission issued a Final
Rule that will ban employers from entering into new noncompete
agreements with workers and making nearly all types of existing
noncompete agreements unenforceable, with a few exceptions, when
(and now if) it goes into effect.
The FTC's ban represents a massive sea change that will
impact employers and workers across industries, from healthcare to
technology.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | John Carroll |Leo Caseria |Jonathan Clark |Thomas Dillickrath |John Carroll |Jonathan Clark | +6 more
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) voted 3-2 to issue its final rule (“Final Rule”) banning employers from imposing noncompete clauses on their workers, approving the final rule in a special Open Commission Meeting. The FTC issued the Final Rule more than 15 months after publishing a proposed rule. Since that time, the FTC has received tens of thousands of comments, with the FTC claiming that 25,000 of the 26,000 comments received supported a ban on noncompetes.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Lindsay Stone |Jonathan Clark |Margaret Yanulis
On April 17, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a decades-old
circuit split regarding what amount of harm a plaintiff must
demonstrate to bring an employment discrimination claim under Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act ("Title VII"). In Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, a
unified Court ruled that a plaintiff need only show
"some"—and not "significant"—harm
from an employment decision to plead and prove employment
discrimination under Title VII.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Jonathan Clark |Lindsay Stone |Margaret Yanulis
On April 17, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a decades-old circuit split regarding what amount of harm a plaintiff must demonstrate to bring an employment discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (“Title VII”). In Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, a unified Court ruled that a plaintiff need only show “some”—and not “significant”—harm from an employment decision to plead and prove employment discrimination under Title VII.
