On November 15, 2024, a Texas federal district court set aside and vacated the U.S. Department of Labor’s final rule that substantially increased the minimum salary threshold for employees who are classified as exempt under the executive, administrative, and professional exemptions. As discussed in a prior alert, the DOL issued the rule in April 2024, […]
Weston Hurd LLP is honored to be named by Best Lawyers® in its 2025 “Best Law Firms” rankings in both national and metropolitan categories. According to Best Lawyers, “Our Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of clients and professional reference evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys, industry […]
Weston Hurd is pleased to announce that 21 attorneys are recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2025 including Joseph A. Gerling attaining “Lawyer of the Year” recognition. Best Lawyers® uses a methodology “…designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same […]
On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule updating the salary threshold for employees classified as exempt. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), employees fall into classifications of either exempt or non-exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements. Non-exempt employees must be paid overtime wages of 1.5 times their regular […]
On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced its long-awaited final rule regarding noncompete agreements. The FTC had issued a proposed rule in January 2023 and received more than 26,000 comments from the public in response. The final rule effectively bans employers from entering into noncompetes with workers and bans enforcement of most […]
Weston Hurd LLP is honored to be named by Best Lawyers® in its 2024 “Best Law Firms” rankings in both national and metropolitan categories. According to Best Lawyers, “Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys, and review of […]
Weston Hurd is pleased to announce that 19 attorneys are recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2024 including John Farnan and Kathy Perrico attaining “Lawyer of the Year” recognition. Best Lawyers® uses a methodology “…designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues […]
On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision finding that broad confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions of a severance agreement were unlawful because they interfered with employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act. The McLaren McComb case dealt with a severance agreement offered to an employee who was laid off in the wake […]
