On March 4, the Honorable Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia vacated an August 29, 2017 decision by the Office of […]
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The Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers to pay covered employees time and one half their regular hourly wage rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 […]
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A judge says Eminem’s publisher can move forward with a $109 million lawsuit over allegedly unlicensed songs in the Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp music libraries. A Tuesday (June […]
EEO-1 Data Update: Uncertainty Remains as to When Employers May Be Required To Submit EEO-1 Pay and Hour Data for 2018
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Mystikal Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison After Pleading Guilty to Rape
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Ricky Martin Lawsuit Over ‘Vida’ Restarted Again by Appeals Court
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Supreme Court to Decide Whether Title VII Protects Against Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
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Quavo Lawsuit Over Ferrari Sculpture in TikTok Music Video Dropped
Quavo is no longer facing a lawsuit for rapping in front of a quartz sculpture of a 1961 Ferrari in a TikTok and Instagram promo video in 2024. […]