Sean is Co-Chair of the firm’s appellate practice, and a member of the Firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Service Team. His practice extends to all phases of trial and appellate proceedings, and he has significant ...
Written by: Sean Williamson
On September 22, 2020, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a proposed rule that attempts to clarify the distinction between employees covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and independent contractors. The FLSA requires covered employers to pay nonexempt employees at least the federal ...
Spring has sprung. The birds are singing, the flowers are blooming. And some of your employees may be in the midst of budding romances – or continuing longtime relationships. A recent employee survey by Namely highlighted the prevalence and secrecy of office romances.¹ Forty percent (40%) of Namely’s survey ...
By Kacey L. Faughnan, Byron N. Brown, IV, and Sean G. Williamson
Businesses now have an additional weapon with which to protect their trade secrets. Effective May 11, 2016, the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) was signed into law. The DTSA provides a federal cause of action for the protection of trade secrets related to products or services ...
By Kacey L. Faughnan, Byron N. Brown, IV, and Sean G. Williamson
Businesses now have an additional weapon with which to protect their trade secrets. Effective May 11, 2016, the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) was signed into law. The DTSA provides a federal cause of action for the protection of trade secrets related to products or services ...
The recent and unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia at a West Texas ranch may affect the decisions in several employment-related cases pending before the U.S. Supreme Court this term. The nine-member body—now reduced to eight—faces a variety of controversial issues predicted to divide the Court along ...
An unemployment compensation hearing can be fraught with dangers for the unsuspecting or unprepared employer. Many employers disregard such proceedings as low risk because any benefits will be paid from the state’s unemployment insurance fund to which all employers must contribute. But the factual issues raised in ...
By Sean G. Williamson*
Recently, the Kentucky General Assembly amended the Unemployment Compensation law in several respects.
KRS 341.415(1) outlines the procedures for recovery and subsequent disposition of improperly paid unemployment compensation benefits. Act of Mar. 21, 2013, 2013 Ky. Laws Ch. 45, § 1(1) (HB 102). Unemployment ...