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Interstate Commerce
116 published works
Stoel Rives Environmental Law
Ninth Circuit Holds California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard is Constitutional on its Face
This week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in Rocky Mountain Farmers Union v. Corey, ruling on the constitutionality of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). The…
SALT Shaker
Don’t Clog the Pipes: Retroactive Relief Applies to Oklahoma’s Unconstitutional Capital Gains Deduction
By Mary Alexander and Prentiss Willson The Oklahoma Court of Appeals held that retroactive relief applied to a facially unconstitutional capital gains deduction. The court previously held that the capital…
Federal Eminent Domain Blog
The Next War Between States..WATER
The Pew Charitable Trusts article really got it right in the article below. The next major fight between States will not be about land or politics, but about water. The…
Wage & Hour Law Update
New York Judge: Employee’s Sporadic Use of Credit Card Machine Insufficient to Establish Individual Coverage Under FLSA
When small and medium-sized businesses are sued under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a common litigation issue is whether or not the defendant-employer – or the plaintiff-employee – is covered…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
SDNY Favors the SEC in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Action Involving Novel Issues of Statutory Interpretation
Co-authored by Joseph E. Gallo. In a case addressing an issue of first impression involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the US District Court for the Southern District of…
Subject to Inquiry
FCPA Resource Guide: What jurisdictional conduct triggers the anti-bribery provisions?
By Government Investigations Group
There are some anti-corruption practitioners (including those blogging at the BriberyLibrary), however, who believe that the courts, when these issues are put before it in the future, may take a…
Wage & Hour Law Update
Texas Federal Court Holds That Motor Carrier Exemption Applies to “Loader”
The FLSA’s highly technical motor carrier exemption applies to certain employees of motor carriers regulated by the Department of Transportation whose work affects the transportation of goods in interstate commerce. In…
Federal Eminent Domain Blog
The Ohio Supreme Court Will Decide What Is a Federal Issue
Whether the Youngstown right-a-way is a valid part of the interstate commerce system, which would pre-empt a local eminent domain proceeding, now is before the Ohio Supreme Court. If provided…
Employer Labor Relations
Between A Rock And A Hard Place: The NLRB And The NMB
By Seyfarth Shaw, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
By Bradford L. Livingston While the NLRA governs labor relations for most private sector employers, it specifically excludes employers covered under the Railway Labor Act (“RLA”) ─ the earlier federal statute…
The Faculty Lounge
Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Interns, Outsourcing, and Why the United States Should Enact a National Film Incentive
Colin Miller, a law professor at John Marshall (Chicago), and a friend of (and occasional visitor to) the Lounge, asked me to make this post on his behalf: It was…