Delaware courts issued many important corporate and commercial decisions in 2023, including rulings by the state high court that clarified the test for analyzing board actions in the context of contested director elections, and clarified the limits of judicial equitable review of LLC agreements. In the first part of a two-part series, we examine these and other impactful decisions from last year. 

Employers around the country should take note of the recent release of the long anticipated new rule adopted by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that describes the test to be utilized to determine whether an individual should be classified as an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Spotify's list of 2024 Artists-To-Watch includes three country artists represented by Nashville Administrative Partner Matt Cottingham: Anne Wilson, Matt Schuster and Wyatt Flores. 

As we seem to say in every New York year-end recap, 2023 has been a year full of changes in labor and employment law in the Empire State. Workers’ rights continue to be expanded and employers’ obligations to their employees and independent contractors continue to increase. In an effort to hold employers accountable, the State has even gone so far as to amend the penal code to allow prosecution of employers for wage theft, which may now constitute a felony.

Raleigh Partner Chris Derrenbacher, Las Vegas Partner Laureen Frister, Tampa Partner John Rine, and Savannah Partner Brantley Rowlen will present a webinar titled "Best Practices Checklist for Investigating Premises Liability Claims," on January 24 at 12:00 p.m. PT. 

2023 saw several notable changes to the Garden State’s labor and employment laws. The changes encompass employers’ obligations to employees, employees’ financial entitlements and, most notably, a push to hold employers accountable via a form of public shaming to ensure compliance with certain wage, benefit, and tax laws.

Boston Partners Kenneth B. Walton and Patricia B. Gary recently obtained a favorable decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Cappello v. Restaurant Depo, LLC. Anthony Cappello, a New Hampshire resident, consumed a take-out salad from a counter-serve deli in New Jersey. Within days of returning to New Hampshire he was diagnosed with a life-threatening E. coli infection that required surgery, including removal of his colon. 

Houston Partner Joelle Nelson will serve as Co-Chair at the Transportation Lawyers Association (TLA) 2024 Chicago Regional Seminar and Boot Camp, hosted at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago on January 19.

Jackson, Mississippi Partner and Chair of Lewis Brisbois’ Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice Robert F. Walker, CIPP/US, recently joined an episode of the SafeHouse Initiative – a podcast series that provides education for businesses on business continuity and cybersecurity. During the episode, titled “You’ve Been Breached! Now What?” Mr. Walker discussed strategies for handling a cyber incident, including how to mitigate the short and long-term impacts of the event. 

On December 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) updated its earlier Guidance on Implementation of the Price Cap Policy for Crude Oil and Petroleum Products of Russian Federation Origin (“Updated Guidance”) (see our previous alert on the Russian Oil Price Cap).

Lewis Brisbois’ National Managing Partner Gregory S. Katz and New York Partner Kevin Davis will present a seminar on best strategies in handling New York no-fault cases on January 23 at 2:00 p.m. ET.

This alert discusses the major developments in Missouri labor and employment law from the previous year, including minimum wage changes, reductions in income taxes, Wayfair Legislation, and recent Court of Appeals holdings.