Sands Anderson PC today announced the firm’s 2025 three-member board of directors will be Jeffrey H. Geiger to serve as President, Ashley Burgess to join the board, and Brian R. Pitney to continue service.
In E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, the Supreme Court decided the burden of proof an employer must meet to prove that an employee is exempt from the overtime and minimum wage requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
A new HIPAA rule that goes into effect on December 23, 2024 requires each healthcare provider and other HIPAA covered entities and business associates to implement new workflows, policies, and procedures in responding to requests for protected health information that may involve “reproductive healthcare information.”
Courts are supposed to decide only the necessary things. They’re supposed to avoid weighing in on issues that don’t need a decision. Those principles came to a head in the Supreme Court of Virginia last month in Rebh v Arlington County.
In a significant development, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has issued a preliminary injunction halting enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA).
On November 15, 2024, a Texas Federal Court struck down the U.S. Department of Labor’s Final Rule increasing the salary threshold for “white collar” overtime exemptions.
Sands Anderson’s Brian Pitney recently interviewed Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer Peter Walls of Kinloch Capital about private real estate syndications. They discussed how Kinloch Capital identifies commercial real estate opportunities and how they benefit Kinloch’s investors in addition to traditional investments in stocks, bonds, and other private equity.
Sands Anderson is pleased to announce that it has achieved Midsize Mansfield Certification Plus for the 2023-2024 year. The achievement is the result of a year-long collaboration with Diversity Lab to track, measure, and achieve diversity and advance inclusive practices in law firm leadership.
Sands Anderson PC is pleased to announce that 32 lawyers have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. In addition, attorney Andrew R. McRoberts, who has been recognized by Best Lawyers for the past 10 years, was named Best Lawyers 2025 Lawyer of the Year in the Litigation – Municipal Law category.
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