How the New FLSA Regulations May Impact You and Your Company
…requirements for Highly Compensated Employees from $100,000 per year to $134,004 per year. These new requirements go into effect on December 1, 2016.[1. Please note that this date is a…
The Corps’ NWP 12 for Pipelines and Transmission Lines is Vacated and Enjoined
…contact Joan Drake at jdrake@modrall.com, Walter Stern at western@modrall.com, Stuart Butzier at sbutzier@modrall.com, Christina Sheehan at ccs@modrall.com, and Sarah Stevenson at sarah.stevenson@modrall.com. [1] NWPs are intended to be used…
U.S. Supreme Court Establishes Middle Ground on Clean Water Act Regulation of Point Source Pollutant Discharge and Travel Via Groundwater
…Drake at jdrake@modrall.com, Walter Stern at western@modrall.com, Stuart Butzier at sbutzier@modrall.com, Christina Sheehan at ccs@modrall.com, and Sarah Stevenson at sarah.stevenson@modrall.com. [1] Slip Op. (April 23, 2020), available at: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/18-260_jifl.pdf….
Joint Employment and Overtime Obligations
…“joint employment.” Other factors that are relevant in finding joint employment include, for example, whether there are common officers or directors of the companies; the nature of the common management…
Four Changes to BIA’s Right-Of-Way Regulations That Grantees and Applicants Should Know
…Supreme Court. See Final 25 C.F.R. §§ 169.009, 169.010, 169.011. For example, the Final Rule provides that state law and state taxation generally do not apply to lands subject to…
Tips for Conducting Employee Investigations
…computer policy by circulating inappropriate jokes as compared to an internal investigation that concludes an employee committed harassment by circulating inappropriate jokes. The former will keep available the argument in…
Revisiting and Updating the Dakota Access Pipeline Controversy
…regarding this article or the proceedings discussed, please contact Walter Stern. [1] For prior reporting on this case, see: https://www.modrall.com/2016/11/22/dakota-access-controversy-standing-rock-sioux-tribe-v-u-s-army-corps-of-engineers-policy-review-of-federal-governments-tribal-consultation-obligations-and-why-this-matters-to-us/; https://www.modrall.com/2017/04/11/dakota-access-pipeline-project-update/; https://www.modrall.com/2017/08/22/dakota-access-pipeline-project-update-corps-nepa-analysis-flawed-part/; and https://www.modrall.com/2018/06/01/update-on-dakota-access-pipeline-litigation/. In addition, a more scholarly discussion…