Erin Mulvaney

January 10, 2018 | National Law Journal

The rise in class action settlements and federal government workplace litigation last year is expected to soften as the Trump administration's takeover settles in, according to Seyfarth Shaw's annual workplace litigation report.

By Erin Mulvaney

4 minute read

January 08, 2018 | National Law Journal

A GEO Group spokesperson said the company mandates “zero tolerance towards all forms of sexual harassment in all its facilities.”

By Erin Mulvaney

3 minute read

January 08, 2018 | National Law Journal

"One can debate how best to address this important societal issue—but the class allegations here are not the right vehicle for that debate," Microsoft's lawyers at Orrick say in their opposition to class certification.

By Erin Mulvaney

4 minute read

January 05, 2018 | Law.com

Welcome back to Labor of Law! In our first 2018 dispatch, we'll explore the intersection between workplace technology and sexual harassment and tee up a new labor fight to defend the Obama-era NLRB's "joint employment" standard.

By Erin Mulvaney |

5 minute read

January 04, 2018 | National Law Journal

"It seems like Trump does view himself as the CEO of America Inc. and is attempting to use and enforce and gag Bannon the way a private employer would do," one employment law attorney says. "Using these corporate instincts in a government context doesn't make sense. There is a lot of bluster in this letter."

By Erin Mulvaney

6 minute read

December 28, 2017 | National Law Journal

Here's a roundup of some of our most-read stories about labor and employment this year.

By Erin Mulvaney

6 minute read

December 20, 2017 | The Recorder

The suit claims that by targeting employment ads to younger workers—in age ranges of 18 to 40, or 22 to 45, for instance—employers are violating laws that prohibit discrimination in employment advertising, recruiting and hiring.

By Erin Mulvaney

5 minute read

December 20, 2017 | National Law Journal

"I think most Americans would be outraged to know that they are subsidizing sexual predators in the tax code,” U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, told the New York Times.

By Erin Mulvaney |

4 minute read

December 19, 2017 | National Law Journal

"The easiest mistake any employer can make is to assume that 'this could never happen here,'" Brad Smith, the company's chief legal officer, said in a blog post Tuesday. "While it's natural to hope and believe that's the case, one of the fundamental lessons of recent months is that people's voices need to be heard if their problems are to be addressed."

By Erin Mulvaney

7 minute read

December 15, 2017 | National Law Journal

The Republican-controlled National Labor Relations Board moved quickly this week to overturn a host of Obama-era panel decisions.

By Erin Mulvaney

6 minute read