Anyone having a business relationship with the U.S. Government who believes the Government or one of its representatives has acted, or failed to act in such a manner as to cause harm, should be aware of the restrictions placed on governmental liability by the Federal Tort Claims Act, especially the…
This is Part VI of VII of a brief recap of some the significant environmental law and administrative cases decided in the past few months: M. U.S. Court of Federal Claims Wetlands mitigation banking agreements are subject to the rules of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; they can serve a useful…
This is Part V of VII of a brief recap of some the significant environmental law and administrative cases decided in the past few months: K. Tenth Circuit 1. Court of Appeals In an important decision released on May 29, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit rejected the…
This is Part IV of VII of a brief recap of some the significant environmental law and administrative cases decided in the past few months: J. Ninth Circuit In the case of Association of Irritated Residents v. EPA, et al., decided June 23, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth…
This is Part III of VII of a brief recap of some the significant environmental law and administrative cases decided in the past few months: G. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals On June 2, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decided the case of Adkisson v. Jacobs Engineering…
This is Part II of VII of a brief recap of some the significant environmental law and administrative cases decided in the past few months: E. Fourth Circuit 1. Court of Appeals On July 1, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a decision in the case of…
This is Part I of VII of a brief recap of some the significant environmental law and administrative cases decided in the past few months: I. FEDERAL COURTS A. Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court, on June 29, 2015, in a 5 to 4 ruling, held in Michigan v. EPA, that…
Today, Pillsbury attorneys Julia Judish and Erica Turcios published their client alert titled Department of Labor Says Most Workers Are Employees Under FLSA: Ultimate Test is Economic Dependence. The Alert discusses the recent Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Administrator’s Interpretation No. 2015-1. The Administrator’s Interpretation adopts a…
Pillsbury attorneys Julia Judish and Osama Hamady recently published their client alert titled Second Circuit Develops “Primary Beneficiary” Test to Evaluate Unpaid Internships. The Alert discusses the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit’s adoption of a “primary beneficiary” test for evaluating whether unpaid interns are employees for purposes of…
Today, Pillsbury attorneys Jon Russo, Peter Hunt and Matthew Kane, and summer associate Royce Liu published their client alert titled SEC Proposes Broad Executive Compensation Clawback Rules in Connection with Accounting Restatements. The Alert discusses the SEC’s proposed recovery provisions that would apply on a no-fault basis to executive officers…