Labor of Law: 'Epic Systems' Fallout: What's Next | 'Zarda' Goes to SCOTUS | Plus: Around the Water
Management-side lawyers and worker advocates are assessing what's next after the Supreme Court's ruling in Epic Systems. And the justices have two petitions—including Zarda, from the 2nd Circuit—that confront the scope of LGBT workplace protections. Thanks for reading Labor of Law!
May 31, 2018 at 05:47 PM
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Welcome to Labor of Law. I'm Erin Mulvaney in Washington, D.C., covering labor and employment from the Swamp to Silicon Valley. Follow this weekly newsletter for the latest analysis and happenings. If you have a story idea, feedback or just want to say hi, I'm at [email protected] and on Twitter @erinmulvaney. Thanks always for reading.
|What's Next After 'Epic' Supreme Court Ruling?
embrace An Economic Policy Institute study that will be affected Kelly Dermody, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein wrote last week Ogletree Deakins announced a tool Ron Chapman Jr. told LegalTech News |
More reading:
The American Lawyer Haynes and Boone The Recorder
|'Zarda' Workplace LGBT Case Reaches SCOTUS
The U.S. Supreme Court just got a big new petition in February said Saul Zabell Zabell & Associates petition EEOC pointed to What we'll be watching: lined up against the EEOC's argument Meanwhile... who else got the work ... here are some other big cases grabbing headlines: executive order more here Uber's newly announced policy Outten & Golden's Jennifer Schwartz Menaka Fernando are on the complaint here Sweeny and Bechtold Hutchinson, Black and Cook Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete here
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Around the Water Cooler...
• Chai Feldblum Washington Post The New Yorker Legal Intelligencer • P. David Lopez New Jersey Law Journal • New York Times Reuters
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Who Got The Work
Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
Who Got The Work
David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
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