Employment Alert – No More COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates in Texas
Private employers in Texas cannot require applicants, contractors, or employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Employment Alert – Delivered: EEOC Publishes Final Rules Implementing Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
On June 18, 2024, the final regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act will become effective.
Read More >Energy Alert – Implications of New 10th Circuit Opinion On Oilfield Contamination Litigation
The Tenth Circuit’s decision will likely make it more difficult to obtain summary judgment in oilfield contamination cases.
Read More >White-Collar Defense Alert – Recent Amendment to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Allows for More Lenient Sentencing of Nonviolent First-Time Offenders
Earlier this year, the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted to approve several amendments to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, including promulgating a new guideline at §4C1.1, entitled Adjustments for Certain Zero-Point Offenders, thus paving the way for more lenient sentences for certain nonviolent, first-time offenders.
Read More >Litigation Alert – The Newly Created Texas Business Court: What You Need to Know
Texas recently passed legislation creating a Business Court system to hear certain disputes between or among businesses and their owners or controlling persons and management regarding breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate governance, and the like.
Read More >Energy Alert – Watershed Moment: U.S. Supreme Court Narrows Federal Power Under Clean Water Act
This Alert addresses what this means for energy infrastructure in and around “wetlands.”
Read More >Energy Alert – Unanimous Oklahoma Supreme Court Answers
When does an oil and gas lease expire due to cessation of production?
Read More >Energy Alert – Supreme Court Decision Opens Door for Overtime Wage Lawsuits from Highly Compensated Day Rate Workers
This Alert highlights protective measures energy companies should consider.
Read More >Healthcare Alert – “Suspect Characteristics” of Telemedicine Arrangements
Telemedicine utilization is on the rise, bringing with it new opportunities for fraud and abuse and also, necessarily, a wave of government enforcement action.
Read More >Employment Alert – Supreme Court Concludes Prejudice Showing is Not Required to Establish Waiver
Don’t “waive” goodbye to tour right to enforce arbitration agreements.
Read More >Employment Alert – Class Action Waivers to Become Unlawful Under Proposed Law
The U.S. House of Representatives recently introduced and is expected to pass the PRO Act, which has been described by some as “a historic proposal that restores fairness to the economy” and, by others, “a union boss wish list.”
Read More >Employment Alert – New Employment Laws Brewing in Oklahoma
The new year has ushered in a flurry of new bills now pending at various stages of development within the Oklahoma Legislature. Read more on three particularly notable pieces of legislation.
Read More >Employment Alert – EEOC Issues Updated Guidance Regarding Religious Discrimination Under Title VII
The EEOC emphasized that its Guidance is intended only to provide clarity to the public based on court decisions that have issued since the last update with respect to the balance between employees’ and employers’ rights and obligations regarding religious discrimination.
Read More >Employment Client Alert – Oklahoma Governor Stitt Signs Bill to Protect Businesses from COVID-19-Related-Lawsuits
The law provides civil liability immunity for businesses that are reopening and complying with government issued guidance.
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