The Firm welcomes Chase Gordon and Abigail Hilburn as litigation associates in Tulsa and Oklahoma City, respectively.
When the United States Supreme Court junked the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine this past term in its Loper Bright decision, many in the legal community were wondering what the fallout would look like. Loper Bright liberated courts to freshly interpret statutes and eschew deference to agency interpretations, setting the stage for a flood of rulings invalidating regulations across the administrative state. A prime candidate for attack: the Department of Labor’s “Minimum Salary Rule.”
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Benchmark Litigation, a guide that provides analysis of commercial and financial litigators and law firms in the United States, named GableGotwals as a "highly recommended" law firm for Dispute Resolution in their 2024 rankings. Ten GableGotwals attorneys were also recognized.
Since 2022, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been focused on heat-related hazards and possible heat-related injuries and illnesses in indoor and outdoor workplaces. OSHA recently proposed workplace regulations designed to protect workers from heat-related illnesses and fatalities, specifically.
This is the Firm’s fifth consecutive year to appear in the review - with 19 attorneys and 12 practice areas highlighted.
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For years, courts have dismissed employment discrimination claims where employees cannot show alleged discrimination caused a “serious,” “significant,” or “substantial” change in the “terms and conditions” of their employment.
