Insights: Results

DOL Proposes New Overtime Rule and Salary Threshold for Exemption

by Megan Erickson Moritz

The Department of Labor is proposing a hike to the salary threshold requirement for exempted employees.

Resilience and Success

by Justin Smulison

Burg Simpson secured favorable results in 2021 and also strategically expanded to ensure its future and provide more personalized service to its clients nationwide.

Legal Trends in the Modern Workplace

by Emma R. Schuering and Meghan H. Hanson

Employees are reevaluating their jobs and the workforce, including issues like pay equity, forced arbitration, paid time off, discrimination and other such policies as they continue to navigate a post-pandemic work life.

How the DOL's Final Rule on White Collar Exemptions Compares To Its Original Proposal

by Megan Erickson Moritz

We finally know details of the Department of Labor’s long-awaited Final Rule updating the executive, administrative, professional, and outside sales exemptions – i.e., the so-called “white collar” exemptions.

Evolving Marijuana Laws and the Workplace

by Tess P. Anglin

How can employers enforce statutes that differ from state to state?

Holiday Pay Explained: Federal Rules and Employer Policies

by Bryan Driscoll

Understand how paid holidays work, when employers must follow their policies and when legal guidance may be necessary.

Remote Controls

by Cynthia Morgan Ohlenforst

How law firms, lawyers and taxing authorities must adapt to remote work

Washington, D.C. In the Law

by Gregory Sirico

We explore three legal cases in Washington, D.C.

New York Takes Leave

by Sharon P. Stiller, Rachel Demarest Gold, & Stephanie Nott

How empire state businesses are preparing to implement the country's most progressive paid-leave program.

The Employment Pandemic

by Meredith Caiafa and Sarah Greene

The pandemic has had far-reaching effects on employment law since it officially took hold in 2020, but the litigation and lawmaking surrounding it are mutating faster than the variants. Here’s how lawmakers and businesses can keep up.

Leading the Evolution in Workplace Law

by Best Lawyers

Colin G.M. Gibson discusses workplace safety, issues such as raising the minimum wage, and job-protected leaves. 

United They Stand

by Justin Smulison

Teamwork and commitment are the core values of Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, which fueled successes in and out of the courtroom in 2020

The Tragic Limitations of New York’s Outdated Wrongful Death Law

by David Scher

New York might be a progressive state in many respects, but its wrongful death law is itself a regressive tragedy—essentially the same statute first passed in the mid-1800s—that prolongs and deepens grieving families’ suffering. This must change.

Interagency Cooperation: Raising the Bar for Immigration Adherence

by Kathleen Campbell Walker

The Antipodean Advantage

by Tony Britten-Jones

As the pandemic recedes, Australia remains one of the best countries in which to invest. The commercial law experts at Piper Alderman review the country’s advantages when it comes to outside money looking for outsized returns.