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Blawg of the Day -- Fair Labor Standards Act Law
Here's another blog from big firm Womble Carlyle -- Fair Labor Standards Act Law follows the laws on fair labor standards, particularly in the southeastern United States...

Ninth Circuit rules Fair Labor Standards Act applies to Indian business
The Ninth Circuit today concluded that the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) applies to an Indian-owned smoke shop on trust land on the Puyallup Reservation, and that the Secretary of Labor has authority to enter the business to audit its...

Cherry on Working for (Virtually) Minimum Wage: Applying the Fair Labor Standards Act in Cyberspace
Miriam Cherry (McGeorge, Visiting Georgia) (she likes "Georges" I guess) has posted on SSRN her piece in the Alabama Law Review: Working for (Virtually) Minimum Wage: Applying the Fair Labor Standards Act in Cyberspace...

US Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, rules city?s EMTs are eligible for overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act
US Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, rules city?s EMTs are eligible for overtime under the Fair Labor Standards ActRichard Lawrence, et al, v City of Philadelphia; Donald H...

"This appeal forces us to choose sides in an emergent circuit split regarding the interpretation of the phrase 'responsibility to engage in fire suppression' as used in * * * the Fair Labor Standards Act"
"This appeal forces us to choose sides in an emergent circuit split regarding the interpretation of the phrase 'responsibility to engage in fire suppression' as used in * * * the Fair Labor Standards Act": A three-judge panel of the U...

FLSA Class Action Defense Cases-In re KFC: Judicial Panel On Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) Grants Defense Motion To Centralize Fair Labor Standards Act Class Action Litigation In District Of Minnesota
Judicial Panel Grants Defense Request, Over Plaintiffs’ Objections, for Pretrial Coordination of Class Action Lawsuits Pursuant to 28 U...

Can a landlord break a lease to sell the property?
Your lease will contain a clause that it is "binding on all successors and ...

My job requires me to drive bank deposits up to two times a day using my own vehicle and gas. Although not too far, can should I be receiving compensation? One deposit run is required daily by company policy, but the man
you should be getting a mileage comp. I own my own company and I pay my employee...

Can a fifty-fifty notarized doc give a father the right to claim a child on his taxes that does not live with him?
i believe you have custodial custody of you daughter (meaning she lives with you...

When selling an inherited home, how to make sure that the beneficiaries are taxed on the stepped up basis?
The cost basis at which the beneficiaries receive the property is the current fa...

I am a paralegal at the Colorado Dept. of Labor and Employment. In law, do we still refer to the master-servant relationship or is it being replaced by the employer-employee relationship.
The question is really one relating to respondeat superior or the liability of a...