Brown Rudnick Insights

20 Nov, 2024

It's 2024! Do You Know Who's Exempt?

By Shlomo Katz

You definitely can be forgiven if you don't know the minimum salary level for exemption from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Let me...

22 Aug, 2024

By Kevin Brown Emery Lyon Shlomo Katz +3 more...

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule (FTC Rule) banning almost all noncompete agreements. The rule...

29 Jul, 2024

By Kevin Brown Emery Lyon Shlomo Katz +2 more...

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule banning almost all noncompete agreements. The rule is currently...

24 Apr, 2024

By Kevin Brown Rodger Moss Emery Lyon +1 more...

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule banning (with limited exceptions) employers’ use of noncompete...

08 Jan, 2024

By Shlomo Katz

In a post last week, we noted that nearly half of Americans make New Year’s resolutions and that people who make resolutions are ten...

02 Jan, 2024

By Shlomo Katz

Did you know that nearly half of Americans make New Year’s resolutions? In truth, almost half of these resolutions are abandoned by the...

06 Dec, 2023

By Shlomo Katz

Sometimes a news headline leaves you scratching your head in wonder, as happened to me this morning when I saw the title of a recent U.S....

12 Sep, 2023

By Shlomo Katz

If one believes the media, a federal government shutdown at the end of September is a real possibility. Politics is not my thing, but the...

05 Sep, 2023

By Shlomo Katz

By now, you have probably heard about the proposal by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to update the rules for determining who is...

25 Jul, 2023

By Shlomo Katz

Last week, I wrote about an employer that was fined for Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations after using a fake priest to help...

21 Jul, 2023

By Shlomo Katz

This would be hard to believe if it wasn't in a U.S. Department of Labor press release! A U.S. federal court ordered a restaurant and its...