By Alexander S Cumming On November 15, 2024, employers scored a victory when a Texas federal judge struck down the Department of Labor’s (DOL) rule which increased the salary levels for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) executive, administrative, professional, and highly compensated employee overtime exemptions. The court’s ruling vacated the DOL’s entire rule and...Read More

CORPORATE TRANSPARENCY ACT REPORTING TO FINCEN SUSPENDED. By Avery Chapman On December 3, 2024, Federal District Court Judge Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas granted a preliminary injunction, to be applied nation-wide, enjoining the United States from requiring any state’s domestic companies from having to report their beneficial owners to FINCEN under the Corporate...Read More