I am a big student of the FLSA motor carrier exemption and have handled many such cases. I often find that a big obstacle for the employer claiming the exemption is to prove that the drivers are ...
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 22: Jonathan Salant, Washington correspondent for NJ Advance Media and former president of the National Press Club, (R) moderates a panel with Michelle Minton, senior fellow at ...
Several years ago, federal prosecutor indicted Robert Doggart for soliciting others to help destroy a mosque in upstate New York. Among the specific charges was solicitation to commit arson in ...
The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) generally requires courts to enforce arbitration agreements. However, the FAA carves out contracts involving "class[es] of workers engaged in interstate commerce." ...
[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced a proposal and request for comment on a new pilot program to allow drivers ...
On December 29, 2022, over 18 months after cannabis became legal to sell in New York State, the first retail dispensary is scheduled to open. This begs the question – should it have taken this long?
If Jonathan Elfand is good at anything, it’s shipping weed across borders. In the 1990s, he smuggled cannabis from Mexico by sealing it inside empty salsa cans and packing them on a truck headed to ...