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Faegre Baker Daniels Denver, CO Document Search Results (21) Show: results per page Sort by:  | Seventh Circuit Holds Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives Are Exempt Under FLSA
Ellen E. Boshkoff, Thomas W. Carroll, Daniel G. Prokott; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article May 11, 2012, previously published on May 9, 2012 On May 8, 2012, the Seventh Circuit became the latest U.S. Circuit Court to weigh in on the exempt status of pharmaceutical sales representatives under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In Schaefer-LaRose v. Eli Lilly & Co., a consolidated case considering appeals from divergent district...
| | Supreme Court Decides Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority
Jon Laramore, Marie E. Williams; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article April 23, 2012, previously published on April 18, 2012 On April 18, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority, No. 11-88. The Court held that the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 ("TVPA"), which creates a cause of action in United States courts for acts of torture committed under color of a foreign nation's law,...
| | Supreme Court Decides Kappos v. Hyatt
Nina Y. Wang, Marie E. Williams; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article April 23, 2012, previously published on April 18, 2012 On April 18, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Kappos v. Hyatt, No. 10-1219. The Court held that in a civil action brought pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 145, there are no limitations on a patent applicant's ability to introduce new evidence beyond those already present in the Federal Rules of Evidence...
| | Supreme Court Decides Filarsky v. Delia
Bruce Jones, Marie E. Williams; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article April 18, 2012, previously published on April 17, 2012 On April 17, the Supreme Court decided Filarsky v. Delia, No. 10-1018. The Court held that a private attorney hired by the City of Rialto, California to interview a firefighter in connection with an internal affairs investigation was entitled to assert a qualified immunity defense to a claim...
| | Bipartisan JOBS Act Provides Significant Reforms to Public and Private Securities Offerings
Charles A. Cotter, David B. Miller, Robert L. Schnell, Jeffrey A. Sherman; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article April 4, 2012, previously published on April 3, 2012 President Obama is expected to sign into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act (H.R. 3606), which both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives passed by large bipartisan majorities. Although it is questionable whether the JOBS Act will create any new jobs, the law will...
| | EEOC and DOJ Asked to Weigh in on Legality of Employer Access to Job Applicants' Social Media and Personal Email Accounts
Susan W. Kline, Amy M. Steketee, Mary L. Will; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article March 30, 2012, previously published on March 29, 2012 On Monday, March 26, Senators Richard Blumenthal (CT) and Chuck Schumer (NY) asked the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to weigh in on the increasingly widespread practice among employers to demand access to job applicants' social media and personal...
| | Environment Groups Sue EPA to Regulate Nutrients
Delmar R. Ehrich, Lynn M. Kornfeld, Thomas A. Olsen; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article March 21, 2012, previously published on March 19, 2012 A coalition of environmental groups filed simultaneous federal actions in New York and Louisiana on March 13, 2012, seeking to require the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address nitrogen and phosphorous runoff and discharges from waste water treatment plants in the Mississippi River...
| | Pharmaceutical Industry Targeted Again in Case Alleging Misclassification of Sales Representatives
Ellen E. Boshkoff, Thomas W. Carroll, Daniel G. Prokott; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article March 9, 2012, previously published on March 7, 2012 Two Novo Nordisk pharmaceutical sales representatives—one current and one former—have filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York, alleging Novo Nordisk failed to pay them overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and violated New York labor law by misclassifying sales...
| | Industry Reaction to USDA Office Closures
John D. Shively, Kimberly J. Walker; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article February 16, 2012, previously published on February 16, 2012 The U.S. Department of Agriculture ushered in the new year at the American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting on January 9, with Secretary Tom Vilsack's announcement of USDA's "Blueprint for Better Services." This initiative will close 259 USDA offices across the country in 2012. ...
| | Crowdfunding Promises New Opportunities for Entrepreneurs and Emerging Companies
Charles A. Cotter, Jeffrey A. Sherman; Faegre Baker Daniels;
Legal Alert/Article February 7, 2012, previously published on February 6, 2012 Congress is currently considering bills that will allow issuers to raise capital through crowdfunding, which is also known as crowd-sourced capital, or crowd financing. Crowdfunding is the sale of equity to a relatively large number of investors in small increments. This is an exciting...
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