Last week, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo gave a speech laying out what she called a “long-term vision for America’s technological leadership.” At the center of the effort was the CHIPS A...

What is a tip or gratuity? The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) defines a tip as “a sum presented by a customer as a gift or gratuity in recognition of service performed[.]” 29 C.F.R. § 531.52. T...

Where a registered representative for a brokerage firm leaves the firm for a competitor, the initial firm is permitted to enforce contractual restrictions on the solicitation of previous clients de...

As featured in #WorkforceWednesday: This week, we’re mapping out how Local Law 144 applies to every employer with employees in New York City using artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, ...

On February 15, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee held a confirmation hearing for Daniel Werfel, President Biden’s nominee to be the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Following t...

To help fix the labor shortage, international students should have a work permit. Utah needs workers to fill available job postings and there are many willing to work if only they could. The solut...

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Fisher Phillips, one of the country’s preeminent labor and employment law firms representing employers, is the first major law firm to deploy Casetext’s CoCounsel, an AI legal assistant that perfor...

Western Law is launching the Summer After 1L Employment Program (SA1L), connecting all doctor of jurisprudence (JD) students with work placements after their first year of studies. The program wil...

misconduct rather than because he blew the whistle over alleged safety breaches. . . . Stay ahead of the curve In the legal profession, information is the key to success. You have to know what’s ha...