Department of Labor Releases Proposed Regulation Increasing Salary Threshold
On March 7, 2019 the U.S. Department of Labor announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that could increase the minimum salary level for overtime-exempt employees. Currently, employees with an annual salary below $23,660 must be paid overtime if they work Read more →
New Federal Regulation on the Horizon Could Make More Employees Eligible for Overtime
The United States Department of Labor has announced plans to update the Fair Labor Standards Act regulations that set a salary threshold below which employees must be paid overtime. If this announcement sounds familiar, you are right; in 2016, the Read more →
A Decade In The Making: Are You Prepared To Switch To The New AIA Forms?
Every 10 years or so, the American Institute of Architects updates its primary contracting forms. Years ending in a “7” are especially noteworthy because that is the year the AIA revises its most common forms, including the A201 “General Conditions Read more →
A Deed to a Husband and Wife May Not Accomplish Its Intended Goal
To quote the Indiana Supreme Court in a 2017 decision, “Indiana has a longstanding legal presumption . . . that spouses owning real property hold their interests as tenants by the entirety.” However, that presumption is rebuttable, and as the Read more →
Fee Shifting Under Goodrich-Implications for General Contractors and Subcontracts
Indiana courts must shift attorneys’ fees to prevailing parties in mechanic’s-liens-foreclosure actions. Prior to the Indiana Supreme Court’s recent decision in Goodrich Quality Theaters, Inc. v. Fostcorp Heating and Cooling, Inc., 29 N.E.3d 124 (Ind. 2015), arguably only those with Read more →