2024 Will Bring Anaheim’s Hotel Worker Protection Ordinance

2024 Will Bring Anaheim’s Hotel Worker Protection Ordinance

Sean Paisan is of counsel in the Orange County, California, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He is the leader of the firm’s Cal/OSHA practice subgroup and co-leader of the firm’s Construction industry... Read more »
Biglaw Firm Knows How To Keep Associates Happy (It’s Cash)

Biglaw Firm Knows How To Keep Associates Happy (It’s Cash)

The wave of raise and bonus news continues to crash through Biglaw. Yesterday, Texas firm Vinson & Elkins announced their own set of compensation bumps — in line with the market standard... Read more »
Peru dispatch: Constitutional Court’s affirmation of ex-president’s pardon opposed by international tribunal privileges politics over rights – JURIST

Peru dispatch: Constitutional Court’s affirmation of ex-president’s pardon opposed by international tribunal privileges politics over rights – JURIST

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Perú. All of them are from... Read more »

Portland PD Face Internal Investigation for Violating State Law, Making Mugshots Public

Officers with the Portland police department are facing an internal affairs investigation for putting a slideshow together on people committing retail theft featuring mugshots of Black suspects, an act that may violate... Read more »
401(k) balances down, hardship withdrawals are up. But it’s not all dire.

401(k) balances down, hardship withdrawals are up. But it’s not all dire.

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save It’s been a tale of two types of retirement savers this year. Many of those saving for retirement have been waiting patiently... Read more »
Top 10 Firm Has Gone And Done The Thing (Raises And Bonuses)

Top 10 Firm Has Gone And Done The Thing (Raises And Bonuses)

Gibson “Done” the thing that is! OK that one was a stretch. Anyway Gibson Dunn has announced raises and bonuses. This is your number 9 firm per the ALM 200 with $2,736,637,000... Read more »
Russia court prolongs detention of Russian-American journalist in ‘foreign agent’ case – JURIST

Russia court prolongs detention of Russian-American journalist in ‘foreign agent’ case – JURIST

A district court in Kazan, Russia extended on Friday the detention of Alsu Kurmasheva, a journalist holding both Russian and United States citizenship, according to Russian state media. Kurmasheva faces allegations of... Read more »

Oklahoma Executes Phillip Hancock, Ignoring Parole Board’s Clemency Recommendation

The state of Oklahoma executed death row inmate Phillip Hancock on Thursday, dismissing years of claims of self defense and a recommendation for clemency by the state’s parole board, Adam Kemp reports... Read more »
Lawmakers Debate Change to Overtime Salary Threshold

Lawmakers Debate Change to Overtime Salary Threshold

​During a hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce on Nov. 29, there was little agreement over the impact the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) proposed overtime rule... Read more »
Alina Habba, You Got Some ‘Splainin’ To Do!

Alina Habba, You Got Some ‘Splainin’ To Do!

Alina Habba (headshot from Habba Madaio LLP) WTF, ALINA! No, seriously, WHAT THE FUCK? Yesterday, Alice Bianco, a former server at Trump’s Bedminster golf club, sued the club in New Jersey state... Read more »
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