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May 2017ScottHulse Attorney Stuart Schwartz Honored by El Paso’s Young Lawyers
ScottHulse shareholder Stuart R. Schwartz was recognized as “Outstanding Senior Lawyer” by the El Paso Young Lawyers Association for his community service and dedication to professionalism and justice, May 13, at the El Paso Bar Association Law Day Dinner and Awards Banquet. Mr. Schwartz has served on the board of numerous nonprofit and governmental organizations. He is the current chairman of the Ethics Review Commission...
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Jan 2017ScottHulse to Host 9th Annual Labor & Employment Law Seminar March 2
January 9, 2017 The ninth annual ScottHulse Labor & Employment Law Seminar is set for Thursday, March 2, at the El Paso Community College (EPCC) Administrative Service Center. The theme for this year’s seminar is “Taking Care of Business: A Rock & Roll Guide to Employment Law.” The seminar, which is designed for business owners, executives, in-house legal counsel, human resource professionals, managers, and supervisors,...
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Dec 2016Mitchell Moss Admitted as Member of International Association of Defense Counsel
Attorney Mitchell Moss, a ScottHulse shareholder and chair of the Firm’s litigation section, has been admitted as a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), an invitation-only organization comprised of approximately 2,500 corporate and insurance defense attorneys and insurance executives, who have been reviewed by their peers. Created in 1920, IADC takes a leadership role in many areas of legal reform and professional...
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Nov 2016Federal Judge Blocks Obama Overtime Pay Rule Set to Go into Effect December 1, 2016
By M. Blake Downey, Associate Attorney U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas imposed a nationwide injunction against the U.S. Department of Labor’s hotly contested Final Overtime Rule which was set to go into effect December 1, 2016. The rule changes would have, among other things, doubled the mandatory threshold for exempt salaried employees from $23,660 to $47,476 per year. This...
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Nov 2016USCIS Publishes Revised Form I-9. Compliance Deadline is January 22, 2017
By John S. Collins, Associate Attorney The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Department (“USCIS”) has published its long-awaited revised version of the Form I-9. Beginning on January 22, 2017, employers will be required to use only the new version of the Form I-9 (dated 11/14/2016 N). Until then, employers may continue to use the current version of the Form I-9 (dated 03/08/2013 N) or...
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Oct 2016ScottHulse Attorneys and Staff to Demonstrate the Importance of Voting by Walking to the County Courthouse on October 24, the First Day of Early Voting
As they have done for the past four presidential elections, on October 24, the first day of early voting, attorneys and staff of the ScottHulse law firm will walk together to the El Paso County Courthouse from their offices in the Chase Tower in downtown El Paso to exercise their right to vote. “The most important right granted to us as citizens of our democratic...
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Sep 2016Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission Announces Bid Process for Round 2.2 Which Will Include 12 Oil and Gas Fields
Mexico’s oil regulator, National Hydrocarbons Commission (Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos “CNH”), has announced the second open bid process of Round 2. Round 2.2 includes 12 onshore oil and gas fields with prospective resources of approximately 643.2 million barrels of crude equivalent. Nine of the 12 blocks are located in the Burgos Basin in northern Tamaulipas and northern Nuevo León, and some of those fields are...
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Sep 2016ScottHulse Attorneys to Present Employment Law Seminar for Members of the El Paso Society of Human Resource Management
Attorneys from the ScottHulse law firm’s labor and employment practice group will present an employment law seminar for members of the El Paso Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), September 28, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at The El Paso Club located in the Chase Tower in downtown El Paso. More than 100 SHRM members are expected to attend. Presentations will include “Onboarding and...
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Aug 2016Effective Today, the Cost of U.S. Department of Labor Fines and Penalties Is Increasing Significantly
By Rosemary M. Marin, Attorney & Shareholder; Chair, Labor & Employment Effective today, August 1, pursuant to the Inflation Adjustment Act that was passed by Congress in November, 2015, and with a pair of Final Rules that were finalized on July 1, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is implementing substantial, double-digit price increases for fines and penalties to keep up with inflation. These are the...
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Jun 2016A Checklist to Help Employers Prepare for New FLSA Overtime Regulations
By now you have almost certainly heard about the U.S. Department of Labor’s Final Overtime Regulations, considered by many to be the most difficult regulatory and compliance challenge faced by employers since the introduction of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA,” aka “Obamacare”). The salary level for exempt employees increased and will go into effect December 1, 2016.So, now what? Do you panic and cut staffing, anticipating an...
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