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U.S. implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 14 2013

The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (“MLC 2006”) was adopted by the International Labor Organization (“ILO”) at the 94th Maritime Session of the

Shipbuilders Council of America and OSHA settle lawsuit, OSHA issues first interpretation letter for shipyard industry on Subpart F

  • Ogletree Deakins
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 24 2013

On August 1, 2011, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) standards for General Working Conditions in Shipyard Employment (1915

California update employment law

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • March 27 2012

We have previously written about many of the new employment laws that took effect earlier this year

California appellate court ruling on seventh day premium pay

  • Fenwick & West LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 8 2011

In Seymore v. Metson Marine, a California appellate court held that it was not permissible for an employer to artificially designate the beginning of the work week in such a way as to circumvent the statutory requirement to pay overtime rates for the seventh consecutive day worked

Transportation companies must plan for and implement changes for 2013 to comply with new hours of service rules

  • Littler Mendelson
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 1 2012

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently published a final rule establishing new Hours of Service regulations for commercial motor vehicles

Trucking industry gets another "break" from California meal period rules: federal court finds route drivers' break claims preempted by FAAAA

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 24 2012

Following down the road paved late last year by the Ninth Circuit in Am. Trucking Ass’ns, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles, (ATA II), 660 F.3rd 384 (2011), and the Southern District of California in Dilts v. Penske Logistics LLC (discussed here), Judge Jacqueline Nguyen in the Central District of California has dismissed a putative class action brought by a group of route delivery drivers against Performance Food Group in Esquivel v. Vistar Corp. dba Roma Food and dba Performance Food Group.pdf, Central District of California Case No. 2:11-cv-07284-JHN-PJWx

Manufacturer cannot be strictly liable for products of others

  • Jenner & Block
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2012

In O’Neil v. Crane Co., 266 P.3d 987 (Cal. 2012), the California Supreme Court rejected an argument by plaintiff that a defendant manufacturer of valves and pumps used on a ship should be held strictly liable because it was foreseeable that the products would be used with replacement parts manufactured by others that incorporated asbestos

2010 Minnesota legislative summary

  • Larkin Hoffman
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  • USA
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  • July 27 2010

Liquor stores may offer tastings of beer and spirits in addition to wine under amendments to Minn. Stat. 340A.419

FMCSA issues final rule revising truck driver hours of service regulations

  • Littler Mendelson
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 22 2011

A day after the Department of Transportation issued final flight duty and rest requirements for commercial passenger airline pilots, the DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) on December 22 released a final rule (pdf) establishing new hours of service (HOS) regulations for commercial truck drivers

Are you enforcing your cell phone policy? You do have one, don’t you?

  • Fisher & Phillips LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 31 2012

Recently, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) proposed a ban on all cell phone calls and texting while driving