United States: Update: It’s Time For A Close Up: DOJ Announces Proposed Rule That Would Require Movie Theaters To Provide Closed Captioning And Audio Description

The Attorney General recently announced that the deadline for providing public comment on the aforementioned NPRM regarding captioning and audio description in movie theaters has been extended for an additional sixty days from September 30, 2014 to December 1, 2014. The extension was granted based upon a public request citing the number and complexity of the questions covering a broad range of issues contained in the NPRM and the resulting need for additional time […]

By | October 10th, 2014 ||

United States: Fail To Pay Wages In D.C. And Get Sued With Some Of Your Closest Friends (And Contractors)

If you are a D.C. employer, temporary staffing agency, contractor or subcontractor, you have yet another wage and hour law to contend with: The Wage Theft Prevention Amendment Act of 2014.  Among other things, the law introduces new penalties for failure to pay earned wages and exposes to liability related entities that have no relationship to the employee.  Here are the highlights:

Under this new law, when a subcontractor is alleged to have failed to […]

By | October 10th, 2014 ||

United States: Court Sends Plaintiffs Back To The Locker Room Unhappy When It Denies Conditional Certification

In January 2014, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell raised eyebrows (and ire) when he announced that the league was considering eliminating the extra point after a touchdown.  As Goodell put it, “the extra point is almost automatic,” given that it is kicked from the twenty yard line, and it is exceptionally rare that a professional NFL kicker would miss at such a short distance.

The same can be said for recent decisions regarding conditional certification in […]

By | October 10th, 2014 ||