Employment Law Alert – June 2016
View as PDF Articles: Guidance for New Mexico Employers: Misclassification of Independent Contractors How a business classifies a worker has a dramatic impact on both the worker and the business. For example, in New Mexico, pay received by independent contractors is subject…
Employment Law Alert – May 2016
View as PDF Articles: What New Mexico Employers Need to Know about the U.S. Supreme Court’s Recent Decision Regarding Constructive Discharge Claims On May 23, 2016, the United States Supreme Court decided that an employee’s time to file a discrimination charge for…
Energy & Resources Notes – Spring 2016
View as PDF The FAST Act Seeks to Expedite Multi-Agency NEPA Compliance for Large Infrastructure Projects A new law offers the prospect of faster Federal approvals and limitations on judicial challenges for certain large infrastructure projects that must comply with the National…
Employment Law Alert – April 2016
View as PDF Articles: Are New Mexico Employers Required to Accommodate Obesity Under the ADA? Between 25% and 30% of all adults in New Mexico are obese. With such a significant percentage of New Mexicans being affected by obesity, employers are increasingly…
Court Allows BIA’s Final Rule Regarding Rights-of-Way on Indian Land To Go Into Effect April 21
On Thursday, April 21, 2016, the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Final Rule entitled Rights-of-Way on Indian Land, 80 Fed. Reg. 72492-72549 (Nov. 19, 2015), making changes to the regulations in 25 C.F.R. Part 169, will go into effect. The United States District Court…
Native American Law Watch – Spring 2016
View as PDF Articles: Professor Kevin Washburn: Reflections on Service as Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, the State of Indian Law in 2016, and Returning Home to New Mexico Kevin Washburn recently returned to his position as a professor at the University of New…
Employment Law Alert – March 2016
View as PDF Articles: New Mexico’s Whistleblower Statute 101: A Crash Course In 2010, New Mexico’s Legislature enacted the Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA). Generally, the purpose of a whistleblower protection act is to protect employees who risk job security for the good…
Employment Law Alert – February 2016
View as PDF Articles: Tips for Conducting Employee Investigations Investigating your employee for inappropriate conduct can be a sensitive and difficult task. An employer’s decisions regarding how to conduct the investigation can have significant impact in subsequent litigation related to the investigation….
Native American Law Watch – Fall 2015/Winter 2016
View as PDF Articles: Bondholders and Trustee Avoid Tribal Court Jurisdiction on Defaulted Bonds The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that bondholders and their counsel were not required to exhaust tribal court remedies in a case involving a bond transaction…
Energy & Resources Notes – Fall 2015
View as PDF The Clean Water Rule: Troubled Waters Ahead for the EPA and Corps Two federal courts have preliminarily halted the enforceability of the “Clean Water Rule” promulgated jointly by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the U.S. Army Corps…