Bingham McCutchen LLP

About this office:

Bingham represents clients in cross-border restructurings and insolvencies; complex securities and financial regulatory matters; high-stakes litigation; environmental issues; government affairs; and sophisticated corporate, financing and technology transactions.

We have built our firm, on a global basis, in the areas where we are strongest and are able to counsel our clients most effectively. Our 1,000 lawyers are based in the world's major financial centers — New York, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong — as well as on both coasts in the United States.

At Bingham McCutchen LLP, we offer you focused strengths in a broad range of critical disciplines. Our practices include: Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Appellate; Banking; Base Reuse; Bioscience; Broker-Dealer Litigation; Business Regulation and White Collar Defense; Commercial Technology; Construction and Project Finance Litigation; Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions Group; Emerging Growth Companies; Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation; Energy and Resources; Environmental; Environmental and Land Use Litigation; Estate Planning; Financial Institutions Regulatory and Corporate; Financial Restructuring; General Corporate and Securities; Insolvency and Financial Services Litigation; Institutional Finance; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property and Technology Litigation; International Trade Law; Investment Management; Japanese Practice; Labor and Employment; Land Use; Privacy and Security; Private Equity; Product Liability; Project and Structured Finance; Project Development; Real Estate; Real Estate Litigation; Securities and Corporate Governance Litigation; Sports, Entertainment and Media; Tax.

Economic Relief for California Employers: Reducing Exempt Employees' Workweeks and Their Salaries Does Not Violate Salary Basis Test
Debra L. Fischer, Jessica S. Boar, September 19, 2009
Employers seeking ways to cut costs in California, according to an August 19, 2009, Department of Labor Standards Enforcement ("DLSE") opinion letter, may now reduce exempt employees' workweeks from five to four days, accompanied by a 20 percent reduction in pay, so long as the employees...

Are Commuting Time and Work Performed at Home Compensable?
Wendy M. Lazerson, Jessica S. Boar, August 28, 2009
A technician who commutes in a company car from his home to his first customer does some paperwork before driving to his first customer. After driving from the last customer to his home, he performs some additional activities for the company. Does the employer have to pay for this commute time? Is...

Warning: New Bill Seeks To Amend the Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification Act Plus a Reminder of Current WARN Requirements
Wendy M. Lazerson, Jessica S. Boar, May 22, 2009
Laying off employees may become even more costly for employers due to a new law introduced into Congress on April 23, 2009.

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