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On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | March 14, 2017 |
Employment & Labor Law
College athletes have long argued — for the most part unsuccessfully — to be treated as university employees. On January 31, 2017, NLRB General Counsel, Richard F. Griffin, Jr., delivered the most significant victory to date for a particular group of these athletes. In an official document, titled Memorandum GC…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | November 28, 2016 |
Employment & Labor Law
Less than two weeks before the Department of Labor’s new federal overtime rule was scheduled to take effect on December 1, a federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction postponing…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | November 9, 2016 |
Government Contracts
If teaming agreements are not enforceable, are they worth the time and effort government contractors spend negotiating them? Ideally, every clause in a procurement staple like a teaming agreement should be enforceable…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | September 21, 2016 |
Employment & Labor Law
United Excel Corporation, a Kansas company in the hospital construction business, employed a sales representative to solicit business from hospitals throughout the country. At some point, the sales representative asked to work out of his home, which was located in Massachusetts. During the three years that he worked from his…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | September 21, 2016 |
Business Litigation
A homeowner’s fraud lawsuit against builder Pulte Home Corporation based on excessive noise in the homeowner’s unit was recently dismissed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division. The case is Devine v. Pulte Home Corporation, Case No. 1:15-cv-1361 (E.D.Va. Dec. 4, 2015). U.S. District…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | September 21, 2016 |
Employment & Labor Law
Two major recent changes impact the enforceability of Virginia construction contracts. These changes make certain contractual waivers “null and void” as a matter of law. First, waivers of mechanic’s lien rights executed before work begins or materials are supplied by subcontractors or material suppliers are now null and void. This…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | September 21, 2016 |
Business Litigation
Donald Trump won the Virginia Republican presidential primary on March 1 with 34.7% of the vote, earning him 17 bound delegates of the state’s 49. Carroll Correll, a Virginia delegate to this year’s Republican National Convention, has recently filed an action against the Virginia Attorney General challenging the constitutionality…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | September 19, 2016 |
Intellectual Property
Since Iron Man was released to rave reviews in 2008, Marvel has created the most successful film franchise in history and has amassed a global empire while simultaneously re-energizing the comic book genre. As you might expect, many overly ambitious citizens have attempted to take a cut of Marvel’s profit…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | September 19, 2016 |
Business Litigation
Since the release of Amazon’s Kindle in 2008, e-publishing has slowly transformed from an indie alternative into a viable mainstream distribution outlet for both new and established authors.According to Fortune 500, e-book sales…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | September 12, 2016 |
Business Litigation
, Government Contracts
In the last several months, the government issued new regulations that can benefit all government contractors and especially small businesses. Berenzweig Leonard wanted to summarize them so government contractors can take advantage of these opportunities as well as be…
