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Fees
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Employment Class Action Blog
Hawaiian Supreme Court Issues Ruling Regarding Restaurant Service Charges
By Greg Mersol
When is a “service charge” a tip? And who gets it, the employer or the employee? These aren’t just questions of etiquette, but are now serious issues for the restaurant…
Workforce Bulletin
DOL Tip Pooling Rule Held Invalid by Federal Court
By Epstein Becker Green, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
By: Kara Maciel and Jordan Schwartz As discussed in prior blogs, due to confusion surrounding FLSA tip pool requirements, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) Wage and Hour Division enacted…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Should sex offender have to pay an annual fee for their monitoring?
Main March 24, 2013Should sex offender have to pay an annual fee for their monitoring? The question in the title of this post is prompted by this new article from…
Securities Compliance Sentinel
What Brokers Need to Know About Receiving Cash Fees
The SEC's Division of Investment Management allowed a sanctioned broker-dealer official to be paid a cash solicitation fee from a RIA. See J.P. Turner & Co. LLC, SEC No-Action Letter, avail. 9/10/12, and…
Keeping It Real Estate
Campbell v Daejan: full service charge recovery not a given
By Ed John
Ed John considers the implications of the recent case of Campbell v Daejan On 20 November 2012, the Court of Appeal re-emphasised that there is no implication in service charge…
Patents Post-Grant
USPTO Proposes Revising Fees for Post Grant Patent Proceedings
Proposal Apportions PostĀ Grant Patent Trial Fees Into Petition & Trial PhasesAs I predicted in early August, the USPTO has announced a proposal to apportion the filing fees for the new…
ContractsProf Blog
Today’s topics: those pesky fees
This article in the Huffington Post provides some tips on how to get out of a contract without paying fees. Tip #1? Read the fine print. Speaking of fees, it…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
TX: Lawsuit Over Local Fees
By Greg Russell
The Star-Telegram is reporting that two Texas associations have filed suit to protect their members against discriminatory fees imposed by one local government (Arlington). "The Texas Oil & Gas Association…
CAFA Law Blog
King Comeoniwannalayya Hooks Up With Resort Staff and Sends Their Case Back to Hawaiian State Court.
Smith v. Kawailoa Development, LLP, No. 11–00350 JMS, 2011 WL 4971165 (D. Haw. Oct. 19, 2011). Hawaii..land of beautiful beaches, lush jungles, seething volcanoes, and gypped food servers. A Magistrate Judge…
Legal Profession Blog
Understanding (And Taking Advantage Of) The 1%
The March 2012 California Bar Journal has a summary of a bar discipline case:[An attorney] was suspended for three years, stayed, placed on three years of probation with a two-year…