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EDITOR’S DESK
In this issue of Today’s General Counsel, Margaret H. Allen and Tayler G. Bragg analyze the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on companies that pay high-earning workers a day rate without overtime. The Court knew that the only two options left after its decision required compensation for days not actually worked, but according to the authors, it was not sympathetic to employers who find themselves in that dilemma.
Ajith Samuel argues that new federal legislation imposing child privacy regulations on most enterprises, even those that don’t interface with children, is inevitable. Despite the fact the legislation has bipartisan support, it’s stalled along with everything else of consequence as the second session of the 117th Congress attempts to organize itself to pass bills. Read Samuel’s article for practical advice about how to stay compliant when The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), COPPA 2.0, and The American Data and Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) eventually become law. Maybe next year.
In other articles, Joe Polizzotto discusses best practices in value-based vendor selection; Lionel Lavenue and Joseph Myles examine the issue of reasonable fees for patent litigation when a high fee is part of the strategy that defendants employ against patent-asserting entities; Miranda Zolot provides a comprehensive checklist for defensible classification of global workers as either employees or contractors.
