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Employment LawFeaturedFederal Law
October 25, 2024By Monica Lopez
Mary is a dog walker on the Rover app. She advertises her dog-walking business on the app, and once she gets a booking request, she can respond or decline it. Mary is a gig worker because she derives income from freelance work on an on-demand basis.[i] The term gig economy refers to the larger landscape where […]
AntitrustEmployment LawFeaturedSports Law
April 17, 2024By Peter Dourvetakis
The Sherman Antitrust exemption for Major League Baseball (MLB) was born over 100 years ago. Over the years, Congress has passed some legislation that allows the players to sue the league under federal antitrust law. However, as it stands today, Major League Baseball still enjoys the exemption from the Sherman Antitrust Act, which allows […]
Administrative LawConstitutional LawEmployment LawFeatured
March 13, 2024By Sara Asher
During the second wave of the New Deal, the National Labor Relations Act (“the Act”) was enacted to address the imbalance of bargaining power between employers and employees. The Act explicitly states that “[e]mployees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their […]
Business LawEmployment LawFeaturedFederal Trade Commission
October 9, 2023By Daniel Borges
After centuries of use as a staple of employment law, the non-compete clause may soon become a relic of the past. On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) proposed a new rule to ban employers in the United States from including non-compete clauses in employment agreements with workers.[i] The aptly-named “Non-Compete […]
