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Obama orders paid sick leave for federal contractor workers

September 9, 2015

By Kelline R. Linton, Associate. On Monday, President Obama signed an Executive Order requiring all federal contractors to offer paid sick leave by 2017. Federal contractors must…

NLRB: Joint Employer Status May Exist for Indirect or Potential Control

September 3, 2015

By Kelline R. Linton, Associate. Last Thursday, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) overturned decades of precedent by establishing a new standard to determine whether two companies…

Keeping an Eye on the NLRB and Executive Orders

August 7, 2015

By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate. Keeping an eye on the NLRB As August winds down, some NLRB watchers are expecting to see a flurry of…

Texas Supreme Court Fails to Extend Immunity to Government Contractors

April 30, 2015

By Kelline R. Linton, Associate. On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court held that an independent contractor is not entitled to sovereign immunity when exercising independent discretion in…

Supreme Court: Union contracts governed by contract law principles

January 30, 2015

By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate. Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that vague provisions in union contracts should not automatically be interpreted to favor…

Hot off the Press: Discrimination Issues

December 5, 2014

By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate. Two discrimination issues were in the news this week. The first issue deals with pregnancy discrimination in the workplace. On December…

NLRB intends to redefine joint employer

October 17, 2014

By Kelline R. Linton, Associate. In recent months, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has expressed an interest in redefining the standards for determining joint employer liability.…

Court finds extrapolation permissible to prove liability under False Claims Act

October 6, 2014

By Kelline R. Linton, Associate. On Monday, a Tennessee federal judge ruled that government attorneys can extrapolate from a small sample of billing statements to prove liability…

D.C. Circuit Upholds Attorney-Client Privilege for Companies’ Internal Investigations

August 29, 2014

By Kelline R. Linton, Associate. In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the attorney-client privilege for companies conducting internal investigations.…

OFCCP issues proposed rule requiring annual Equal Pay Report

August 13, 2014

By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. On August 6, 2014, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would require…

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