- Posts by Zac Brower
AssociateZac Brower is an associate practicing in Connell Foley LLP’s Corporate and Business Law, Commercial Litigation, Construction, and Labor and Employment groups. In his transactional practice, Zac drafts and revises various ...
The U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Texas has vacated and set aside a recently promulgated U.S. Department of Labor’s (“USDOL”) rule that effectively made it easier for salaried employees qualify for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA’s”) overtime ...
A Texas judge “set aside” the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) proposed ban on most non-compete agreements (the “Rule”) on August 20, 2024. It is likely that this federal district court judge’s order will have nationwide effect, not merely in the Northern District of ...
New Jersey businesses should expect that courts will generally refuse to enforce existing non-compete agreements after September 4, 2024, despite recent lawsuits challenging the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC’s”) recently adopted ban on non-compete agreements.
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As discussed in a prior alert, the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) promulgated a new rule on April 23, 2024, to expand the group of salaried employees covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) overtime protections by raising the threshold annual amount that employees covered by ...
The Supreme Court of New Jersey just issued an opinion holding that the New Jersey Wage Theft Act (“the Act”)—which penalizes employers for knowingly failing to pay compensation—may only be applied to conduct that occurred on or after August 6, 2019, the Act’s effective date.
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