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Jenner & Block
Anti-DEI litigants have zeroed in on the healthcare industry in their growing number of legal challenges to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
The U.S. Supreme Court's June 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (SFFA) promised to be a game changer...
Littler Mendelson
The New Jersey Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights (S723/A822), one of three laws signed in early January relating to protecting immigrants and part of the Murphy administration's larger effort to build a more inclusive state for all citizens, will take effect in July 2024.
Pierson Ferdinand
Spoiler alert: it often doesn't end well for the plaintiff or their lawyer.
Romano Law
Before Bill S4516 was ratified, Section 5-336 of the New York General Obligations Law prevented a settlement agreement from containing any provision that prevented facts of a discrimination claim from being disclosed.
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
On February 7, 2024, in Jones v. Georgia Ports Authority, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment for an employer...
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
The Eleventh Circuit recently issued an opinion blocking the enforcement of Florida's "anti-woke" law.
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
The Connecticut Appellate Court recently ruled that a septuagenarian teacher's claims that she was forced to resign because of age discrimination were untimely.
Pierson Ferdinand
The inspiration for today's post comes from a recent Georgia federal court decision. The plaintiff in this case, a white woman...
Littler Mendelson
This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal in the last month.
Mizrahi Kroub
If you've been subjected to racial discrimination in the workplace, it is important to understand your rights and the legal options available to you. The employment lawyers at Mizrahi Kroub, LLP...
Hall Benefits Law
A California appeals court recently overturned a trial court's dismissal of an employee's age discrimination claim, finding that his job transfer may have constituted a demotion.
Venable LLP
As 2024 gets off the ground, federal regulators are continuing their focus on fair lending issues. In February, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)...
Pierson Ferdinand
Establishing that an employer's stated legitimate reason for an adverse action is a "pretext" for discrimination requires more than a former employee's word for it.
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
On February 14, 2024, a judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont dismissed a plaintiff's Americans with Disabilities Act...
Hall Benefits Law
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments in the federal government's appeal of a U.S. District Court judge's ruling invalidating Section 1557...
Littler Mendelson
A federal judge in New York recently cast doubt on the validity of state laws that seek to restrict employer speech in connection with union organizing.
Hall Benefits Law
Although managers are typically well-trained on harassment, discrimination, and bullying in the workplace, reverse bullying – which occurs when subordinates are intimidating...
Ward and Smith, P.A.
Few governmental agencies can require private employers to permit their employees to say things on the job, in the presence of customers and co-workers, that employers don't like.
Romano Law
In Tennessee, wrongful termination occurs when an employee is fired for reasons that violate state or federal laws. Tennessee is an "at-will" employment state, meaning employers...
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